An ethnobotanical survey of the Gollak region, Kosovo

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 739-754

  Mustafa, Behxhet ^a   Hajdari, Avni ^a   Pajazita, Qazim ^a   Syla, Bedije ^a   Quave, Cassandra L ^b   Pieroni, Andrea ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRISHTINA   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GASTRONOMIC SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Albanians; Ethnobotany; Gollak; Kosovo; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HERITAGE; DATA ACQUISITION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISORDER; DISEASE TREATMENT; ELDERLY POPULATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOBOTANY; FOOD; MEDICINAL PLANT; MUSHROOM; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RURAL AREA; SKIN DISORDER; WILD POPULATION;

BALKANS; GOLLAK; KOSOVO; SERBIA;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84861007313     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-011-9715-4     Document Type: Article

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