The ecological apparency hypothesis and the importance of useful plants in rural communities from Northeastern Brazil: An assessment based on use value

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 106-115

  Lucena, Reinaldo Farias Paiva de ^a   Medeiros, Patricia Muniz de ^b   Araújo, Elcida de Lima ^c   Alves, Angelo Giuseppe Chaves ^c   Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino de ^b  

^a Ethnoecology Laboratory   (Brazil)

^b University Federal Rural of Pernambuco   (Brazil)

^c Federal Rural University   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Brazil; Caatinga; Ecological apparency hypothesis; Use value

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; RURAL AREAS; VEGETATION;

'CURRENT; BRAZIL; CAATINGA; ECOLOGICAL APPARENCY HYPOTHESIS; ETHNOBOTANICALS; NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL; RELATIVE DENSITY; RELATIVE FREQUENCIES; RURAL COMMUNITY; USE VALUE;

BIODIVERSITY;

CAATINGA; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ETHNOBOTANY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; RURAL AREA; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; ETHNOBOTANY; RURAL POPULATION; VEGETATION;

BRAZIL;

EID: 82955222838     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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