Use and knowledge of fuelwood in an area of Caatinga vegetation in NE Brazil

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 510-517

  Ramos, Marcelo Alves ^a   Medeiros, Patrícia Muniz de ^a   Almeida, Alyson Luiz Santos de ^a   Feliciano, Ana Lícia Patriota ^a   Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino de ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Ethnobotany; Firewood; Rural communities; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; HARVESTING; VEGETATION;

ETHNOBOTANY; FIREWOOD; RURAL COMMUNITIES;

WOOD;

CHARCOAL; HARVESTING; VEGETATION; WOOD;

CAATINGA; CHARCOAL; ETHNOBOTANY; FUELWOOD; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE USE; RURAL POPULATION; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

CHARCOAL; HARVESTING; PLANTS; WOOD;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 44449152644     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2007.11.015     Document Type: Article

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