The socio-cultural importance of Mauritia flexuosa palm swamps (aguajales) and implications for multi-use management in two Maijuna communities of the Peruvian Amazon

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gilmore, Michael P ^a   Endress, Bryan A ^b   Horn, Christa M ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnoecology; Forest resources; Maijuna; Mauritia flexuosa; Multi use management; Peruvian Amazon

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAURITIA FLEXUOSA;

ADULT; ARECACEAE; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; TREE; ARTICLE;

ADULT; ARECACEAE; CULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; TREES;

EID: 84876700710     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-9-29     Document Type: Article

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