Long-term (secular) change of ethnobotanical knowledge ofuseful plants: Separating cohort and age effects

Journal of Anthropological Research

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-67

  Godoy, Ricardo ^a   Reyes García, Victoria ^a   Broesch, James ^b   Fitzpatrick, Ian C ^c   Giovannini, Peter ^d   Rodríguez, María Ruth Martínez ^e   Huanca, Tomás ^f   Leonard, William R ^g   McDade, Thomas W ^g   Tanner, Susan ^e  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^f CBIDSI Centro Boliviano de Investigacion y de Desarrollo Socio Integral   (Bolivia)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Ethnobotanical knowledge; Secular change; Tsimane'; Useful plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249148314     PISSN: 00917710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3998/jar.0521004.0065.105     Document Type: Article

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