Impact assessment of the harvest of a medicinal plant (Anadenanthera colubrina (Vell.) Brenan) by a rural semi-arid community (Pernambuco), northeastern Brazil

International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 106-118

  Soldati, Gustavo Taboada ^a   De Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bark extractivism; Caatinga; Ethnobotany; Tannins

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIAMETER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ETHNOBOTANY; HARVESTING; HOME GARDEN; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUNTAIN REGION; NATURAL RESOURCE; PASTURE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RESEARCH WORK; RURAL AREA; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SUSTAINABILITY; TANNIN;

BRAZIL; PERNAMBUCO;

ANADENANTHERA COLUBRINA; COLUBRINA;

EID: 79960132196     PISSN: 21513732     EISSN: 21513740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21513732.2011.565729     Document Type: Article

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