Agrobiodiversity change in a Saharan desert oasis, 1919-2006: Historic shifts in Tasiwit (Berber) and Bedouin crop inventories of Siwa, Egypt

Economic Botany

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-43

  Nabhan, Gary Paul ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobiodiversity; Bedouin; Date groves; Egypt; Genetic erosion; Globalization; In situ conservation; Oasis agriculture; Tamazight (Berber)

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247200427     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2007)61[31:ACIASD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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