Bark-peeling, food stress and tree spirits the use of pine inner bark for food in Scandinavia and North America

Journal of Ethnobiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-112

  Östlund, Lars ^a   Ahlberg, Lisa ^a   Zackrisson, Olle ^a   Bergman, Ingela ^b   Arno, Steve ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b The Silver Museum   (Sweden)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark peeling; CMT; forest history; pine (Pinus sp.); plant food; sharply seasonal climate

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954265350     PISSN: 02780771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2993/0278-0771-29.1.94     Document Type: Article

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