Botanical knowledge of a group of South Carolina elementary school students

Ethnobotany Research and Applications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages 121-127

  Cooper, Chanda L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 52249100598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15473465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17348/era.6.0.121-127     Document Type: Article

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