Wild edible fruit species cultural domain, informant species competence and preference in three districts of Amhara region, Ethiopia

Ethnobotany Research and Applications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages 487-502

  Mengistu, Fentahun ^a   Hager, Herbert ^b  

^a Amhara Agricultural Reseach Institute   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

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EID: 72749102987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15473465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17348/era.6.0.487-502     Document Type: Article

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