The power of plants: Introducing ethnobotany & biophilia into your biology class

American Biology Teacher

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 217-221

  Babaian, Caryn ^a   Twigg, Paul ^b  

^a Bucks County Community College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

biophilia; botanical illustration; cultural practices; Ethnobotany; interdisciplinary; symbiotic relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953329584     PISSN: 00027685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/abt.2011.73.4.6     Document Type: Review

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