Traditional Management and Morphological Patterns of Myrtillocactus schenckii (Cactaceae) in the Tehuacán Valley, Central Mexico1

Economic Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 375-387

  Blancas, J ^a   Casas, Alejandro ^a   Lira, Rafael ^b   Caballero, Javier ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Columnar cacti; Domestication; Genetic resources; Mesoamerica; Non timber forest products; Tehuac n Valley

Indexed keywords

CACTACEAE; MYRTILLOCACTUS SCHENCKII;

EID: 74849140934     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-009-9095-2     Document Type: Article

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