Ethnobotanical knowledge of Philippine lowland farmers and its application in agroforestry

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 173-194

  Langenberger, Gerhard ^a   Prigge, Vanessa ^a   Martin, Konrad ^a   Belonias, Beatriz ^b   Sauerborn, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Analog agroforestry; Local knowledge; Native plant species

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; CULTIVATION; DICOTYLEDON; ETHNOBOTANY; FITNESS; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NATIVE SPECIES; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; VINE;

ASIA; EURASIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

CALAMUS MERRILLII; CALAMUS ROTANG; CHLORANTHACEAE; MENISPERMACEAE; PANAX GINSENG; PICRASMA; PICRASMA JAVANICA; SARCANDRA GLABRA; SIMAROUBACEAE; TINOSPORA; TINOSPORA CRISPA;

EID: 67349215168     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-008-9189-3     Document Type: Article

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