Do they really "Know Nothing"? An inquiry into ethnobotanical knowledge of students in Arizona, USA

Ethnobotany Research and Applications

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages 35-48

  O'Brien, Colleen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 77950295550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15473465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17348/era.8.0.35-47     Document Type: Article

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