Exploring the potential of wild food resources in the Mediterranean region: Natural yield and gathering pressure of the wild asparagus (Asparagus acutifolius L.);Potencial de las plantas silvestres comestibles en la región mediterránea: Producción y presión recolectora del espárrago triguero (Asparagus acutifolius L.)

Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1090-1100

  Molina, M ^a   Pardo de Santayana, M ^b   Garcia E ^b   Aceituno Mata, L ^a,b   Morales, R ^c   Tardio J ^a  

^a Dept Agroalimentación   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Applied ethnobotany; Gathering; Non timber forest products; Spear yield; Wild edible plants

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGUS; ASPARAGUS ACUTIFOLIUS;

EID: 84870469346     PISSN: 1695971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5424/sjar/2012104-3050     Document Type: Article

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