Summer cattle transhumance and wild edible plant gathering in a Mapuche community of northwestern Patagonia

Human Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 225-240

  Ladio, Ana H ^a   Lozada, Mariana ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cattle transhumance; Edible wild plant gathering; Mapuche; Patagonia

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; EDIBLE SPECIES; FARMING SYSTEM; LIVESTOCK FARMING;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 1942530789     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HUEC.0000019764.62185.99     Document Type: Article

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