Wild plants eaten in childhood: A retrospective of Estonia in the 1970s-1990s

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 239-253

  Kalle, Raivo ^a   Sõukand, Renata ^b  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b Estonian Literary Museum   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Changes in wild food use; Childhood memories; Ethnobotany; Food culture; Foraging; Free listing; Wild edible plants; Wild fruits; Wild snacks

Indexed keywords

EDIBLE SPECIES; EDUCATION; ETHNOBOTANY; NOMENCLATURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TAXONOMY; WILD POPULATION;

ESTONIA;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84878109373     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/boj.12051     Document Type: Article

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