Wild edible plants traditionally gathered in Gorbeialdea (Biscay, Basque Country)

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1329-1347

  Menendez Baceta, Gorka ^a   Aceituno Mata, Laura ^b   Tardío, Javier ^b   Reyes García, Victoria ^c   Pardo de Santayana, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Dept Agroalimentación   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Iberian Peninsula; Traditional knowledge; Wild edible plants

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; EDIBLE SPECIES; ETHNOBOTANY; FRUIT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; WILD POPULATION;

BASQUE COUNTRY; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN; VIZCAYA;

ARBUTUS UNEDO; CASTANEA SATIVA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FRAGARIA; FRAGARIA VESCA; ILEX; PINUS RADIATA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS SPINOSA; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM; QUERCUS ROBUR; RUBUS; RUBUS ULMIFOLIUS; RUMEX; RUMEX ACETOSA; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 84866460235     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-011-9760-z     Document Type: Article

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