Historical ethnobotanical review of wild edible plants of Estonia (1770s-1960s)

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 271-281

  Kalle, Raivo ^a   Sõukand, Renata ^b  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b Estonian Literary Museum   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Ethnographic and folkloristic records; Food culture; Historical ethnobotany; Wild edible plants; Wild food plants; Wild snacks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873518396     PISSN: 00016977     EISSN: 20839480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5586/asbp.2012.033     Document Type: Review

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