Plants with Histories: The Changing Ethnobotany of Iquito Speakers of the Peruvian Amazon

Economic Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-59

  Jernigan, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

endangered languages; Historical ethnobotany; Iquito; Peruvian Amazon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858700989     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-011-9184-x     Document Type: Article

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