Yanesha agriculture in the upper Peruvian Amazon: Persistence and change fifteen years down the 'road'

Economic Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-180

  Hamlin, Catherine C ^a   Salick, Jan ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Amazon; Peru; Yanesha

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041564059     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2003)057[0163:YAITUP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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