Ethnobotany and effects of harvesting on the population ecology of Syngonanthus nitens (Bong.) Ruhland (Eriocaulaceae), a NTFP from Jalapao region, central Brazil

Economic Botany

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-85

  Schmidt, Isabel Belloni ^a,b,c   Figueiredo, Isabel Benedetti ^b,c   Scariot, Aldicir ^d,e  

^a IBAMA (Brazilian Environmental Agency)   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c SCLN 408   (Brazil)

^d Ed Corporate Financial Center   (Brazil)

^e EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Brazilian Cerrado; Economic importance; Handicraft; Herb; Resource management; Scape harvesting; Syngonanthus nitens

Indexed keywords

ERIOCAULACEAE; SYNGONANTHUS NITENS;

EID: 34247241536     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2007)61[73:EAEOHO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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