Market economy and the loss of folk knowledge of plant uses: Estimates from the Tsimane' of the Bolivian Amazon

Current Anthropology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 651-656

  Reyes García, Victoria ^a   Vadez, Vincent ^a   Byron, Elizabeth ^b   Apaza, Lilian ^c   Leonard, William R ^d   Perez, Eddy ^e   Wilkie, David ^f  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Protección del Medio Ambiente Tarija   (Bolivia)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Fundación para El Desarrollo de la Ecología   (Bolivia)

^f WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

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EID: 33748693139     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/432777     Document Type: Review

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