Botanists and their childhood memories: An underutilized expert source in ethnobotanical research

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 334-343

  Łuczaj, Łukasz Jakub ^a   Kujawska, Monika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RZESZÓW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Children; Ethnobotanical methods; Experts; Florivory; Foraging; Freelisting; Urban ethnobotany; Wild food plants

Indexed keywords

ETHNOBOTANY; FLORISTICS; IDENTIFICATION KEY; RESEARCH WORK; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WILD POPULATION;

EID: 84856938153     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01205.x     Document Type: Article

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