"A caretaker responsibility": Revisiting Klamath and Modoc traditions of plant community management

Journal of Ethnobiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 296-322

  Deur, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Klamath; Modoc; plant cultivation

Indexed keywords

GAYLUSSACIA BACCATA; JUNIPERUS; LILIUM; NUPHAR; NUPHAR LUTEA; NUPHAR POLYSEPALUM; PERIDERIDIA; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM MEMBRANACEUM;

EID: 77954316999     PISSN: 02780771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2993/0278-0771-29.2.296     Document Type: Article

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