Ethnobotanical knowledge shared widely among Tsimane' Amerindians, Bolivia

Science

Volumn 299, Issue 5613, 2003, Pages 1707-

  Reyes Garcia, V ^a   Godoy, R ^b   Vadez, V ^b   Apaza, L ^c   Byron, E ^a   Huanca, T ^d   Leonard, W R ^e   Perez E ^c   Wilkie, D ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^d Correo Central ^*  (Bolivia)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNOBOTANY;

AGRICULTURE; AMERICAN INDIAN; BOLIVIA; BOTANY; COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCIENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BOLIVIA; ETHNOBOTANY; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; KNOWLEDGE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, EDIBLE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0037436449     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1080274     Document Type: Short Survey

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7. We thank M. Alvarado, R. Bernard, Z. Foster, Consejo Tsimane', Y. Gutierrez, D. Ista, A. Nate, J. Pache, P. Pache, M. Roca, B. Sandstrom, S. Tanner, E. Tayo, and A. Yakhedts. This work was supported by the NSF (grants 9731240 and 9904318) and McArthur and Conservation, Food, & Health Foundations.