Dietary use and conservation concern of edible wetland plants at indo-burma hotspot: A case study from northeast India

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Jain, A ^a   Sundriyal, M ^b   Roshnibala, S ^a   Kotoky, R ^c   Kanjilal, P B ^c   Singh, H B ^a   Sundriyal, R C ^b  

^a North East Institute of Science and Technology   (India)

^b G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

^c CSIR North East Institute of Science and Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Conservation; Dietary use; Ethnobotanical survey; Livelihood; Marketing; Nutritive value; Tribal communities; Wetland plant resources

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; MYANMAR; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT; QUESTIONNAIRE; WETLAND;

ADULT; BIODIVERSITY; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIET; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYANMAR; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANTS, EDIBLE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; WETLANDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053505528     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-7-29     Document Type: Article

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