'Le da Alegría Tener Flores' Homegardens in the Soconusco region of Chiapas, Mexico

Journal of Ethnobiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 259-277

  Gasco, Janine ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biodiversity; ethnobotany; ethnoecology; homegardens; Soconusco

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954338233     PISSN: 02780771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2993/0278-0771-28.2.259     Document Type: Article

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