Ethnomycology among the Nuaulu of the Moluccas: Putting Berlin's "general principles" of ethnobiological classification to the test

Economic Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 483-496

  Ellen, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnobiological classification; Ethnomycology; Fungi; Indonesia; Mushrooms; Nuaulu

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 57049083977     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-008-9036-5     Document Type: Review

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