Losing knowledge about plant use in the Sierra de Manantlan biosphere reserve, Mexico

Economic Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 183-191

  Benz, Bruce F ^a   Cevallos, Judith E ^b   Santana, Francisco M ^b   Rosales, Jesus A ^c   Graf, S M ^c  

^a TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^c Dir Reserva Biosfera Sierra M   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Erosion of cultural knowledge; Ethnobotany; Mexico, socioeconomic marginality; Sierra de Manantlan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033945195     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02907821     Document Type: Article

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