Ethnoecological Importance Value (EIV) methodology: Assessing the cultural importance of ecosystems as sources of useful plants for the Guaymi People of Costa Rica

Ethnobotany Research and Applications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages 249-257

  Castaneda, Héctor ^a   Stepp, John Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

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EID: 38149050516     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15473465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17348/era.5.0.249-257     Document Type: Article

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