Edible wild plant use in the Faroe Islands and Iceland

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 233-238

  Svanberg, Ingvar ^a   Ægisson, Sigurdur ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Algae; Lichens; Wild food plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873509025     PISSN: 00016977     EISSN: 20839480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5586/asbp.2012.035     Document Type: Review

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