Diversity of Plants Tended or Cultivated in Orang Asli Homegardens in Negeri Sembilan, Peninsular Malaysia

Human Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 325-331

  Milow, Pozi ^a   Malek, Sorayya ^a   Mohammad, Nur Shahidah ^a   Ong, Hean Chooi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CULTIVATION; PLANT;

MALAYSIA; NEGERI SEMBILAN; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 84875479577     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-012-9555-7     Document Type: Article

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