Comparison of the Homegardens of Eight Cultural Groups in Jinping County, Southwest China

Economic Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 345-355

  Huai, Huyin ^a   Xu, Wei ^a   Wen, Guangjun ^a   Bai, Weirong ^a  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

floristic composition; function; Homegarden; Jinping; structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 83355173948     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-011-9172-1     Document Type: Article

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