A regression analysis of Q'eqchi' Maya medicinal plants from southern Belize

Economic Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-38

  Amiguet, Virginie Treyvaud ^a   Arnason, John Thor ^a   Maquin, Pedro ^b   Cal, Victor ^b   Sänchez Vindas, Pablo ^c   Alvarez, Luis Poveda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Belize Indigenous Training Institute   (Belize)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Belize; Medicinal plants; Q'eqchi' Maya; Regression analysis; Residual values

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE; CYPERACEAE; ORCHIDACEAE; PIPERACEAE; POACEAE; RUBIACEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33646072747     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2006)60[24:ARAOQM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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