Ethnobotany of the Tacana: Quantitative inventories of two permanent plots of northwestern Bolivia

Economic Botany

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 237-260

  DeWalt, Saara J ^a   Bourdy, Geneviève ^b   Chávez De Michel, Lia R ^c   Quenevo, Celin ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institut de recherche pour le developpement Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^c Herbario Nacional de Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^d Consejo Indigena del Pueblo Tacana ^*  (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Bolivia; Ethnobotany; Permanent plot; Tacana

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032872787     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02866635     Document Type: Article

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