Ethnobotany of riverine populations from the Rio Negro, Amazonia (Brazil)

Journal of Ethnobiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 46-72

  Silva, Aandréa Leme ^a   Tamashiro, Jorge ^b   Begossi, Alpina ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c Fisheries and Food Institute   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian Amazon; diversity indices; ethnobotany; plant knowledge and use; Rio Negro

Indexed keywords

EID: 65549170463     PISSN: 02780771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2993/0278-0771(2007)27[46:EORPFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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