Use and knowledge of forest plants among the Ribeirinhos, a traditional Amazonian population

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 543-554

  Couly, Claire ^a   Sist, Plinio ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b TA C 105 D Campus International de Baillarguet   (France)

Author keywords

Agrobiodiversity; Amazon forest; Ethnobotany; Forest plant diversity; Ribeirinhos; Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK)

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL ACTIVITY; ETHNOBOTANY; FALLOW; HOME GARDEN; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

EID: 84877000978     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-012-9575-8     Document Type: Article

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