Gendered Homegardens: A Study in Three Mountain Areas of the Iberian Peninsula

Economic Botany

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 235-247

  Reyes García, Victoria ^a   Vila, Sara ^b   Aceituno Mata, Laura ^a,c   Calvet Mir, Laura ^a   Garnatje, Teresa ^d   Jesch, Alexandra ^e   Lastra, Juan José ^b   Parada, Montserrat ^f   Rigat, Montserrat ^f   Vallès, Joan ^f   Pardo de Santayana, Manuel ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT BOTÀNIC DE BARCELONA IBB CSIC ICUB   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catalan Pyrenees; Central Asturias; diversity index; gendered division of labor; kitchen gardens; Sierra Norte de Madrid

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956138275     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-010-9124-1     Document Type: Article

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