No greens in the forest? Note on the limited consumption of greens in the Amazon

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 283-293

  Katz, Esther ^a   López, Claudia Leonor ^b   Fleury, Marie ^c   Miller, Robert P ^d   Payê, Valeria ^e   Dias, Terezinha ^f   Silva, Franklin ^e   Oliveira, Zelandes ^e   Moreira, Elaine ^g  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^c Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle   (French Guiana)

^d UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^f EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RORAIMA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Ethnobotany; Greens; Herbs; Weeds; Wild foods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873440132     PISSN: 00016977     EISSN: 20839480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5586/asbp.2012.048     Document Type: Review

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