Dusun ethnobotany: Forest knowledge and nomenclature in northern Borneo

Journal of Cultural Geography

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1-31

  Voeks, Robert A ^a   bin Nyawa, Samhan ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brunei Museums Department   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; CULTURAL TRADITION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOBOTANY; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; MEDICINAL PLANT; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ASIA; BORNEO; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

CALAMUS ROTANG;

EID: 33746789365     PISSN: 08873631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08873630609478221     Document Type: Article

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