Plant species and their uses in homegardens of migrant maya and mestizo smallholder farmers in Calakmul, Campeche, Mexico

Journal of Ethnobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 105-124

  Neulinger, Korinna ^a   Vogl, Christian R ^a   Alayón Gamboa, José A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

biodiversity; Calakmul; ethnobotany; sustainable livelihood; tropical agroforestry systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879408237     PISSN: 02780771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2993/0278-0771-33.1.105     Document Type: Article

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