Systematic reviews and meta-analysis applied to ethnobiological research

Ethnobiology and Conservation

Volumn 1, Issue 2012, 2012, Pages

  Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino ^a   de Medeiros, Patrícia Muniz ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ethnobiology; Quantitative analysis; Traditional biological knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876838176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22384782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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