Even useful weeds are pests: Ethnobotany in the Bolivian Andes

International Journal of Pest Management

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 189-207

  Bentley, Jeffery W ^a   Webb, Morag ^a   Nina, Silvio ^b   Pérez, Salomón ^b  

^a Universidad Mayor de San Simón ^*

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Andes; Bolivia; Ethnobotany; Quechua; Weed control

Indexed keywords

ETHNOBOTANY; WEED; WEED CONTROL;

ANDES; BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 27744541662     PISSN: 09670874     EISSN: 13665863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670870500213760     Document Type: Article

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