Markets, healers, vendors, collectors: The sustainability of medicinal plant use in northern Peru

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 128-134

  Bussmann, Rainer W ^a   Sharon, Douglas ^b  

^a MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes; Ethnobotany; Harvest; Medicinal plants; Peru; Trade

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; ETHNOBOTANY; HARVESTING; INVENTORY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NATURE CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ANDES; PERU;

EID: 77949362068     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/mrd.1083     Document Type: Article

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