Knowledge and Use of Wild Food Plants in Areas of Dry Seasonal Forests in Brazil

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 317-343

  do Nascimento, Viviany Teixeira ^a   de Lucena, Reinaldo Farias Paiva ^b   Maciel, Maria Inês Sucupira ^c   de Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DA BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caatinga; ethnobotany; local knowledge; rural communities; wild food plants

Indexed keywords

CAATINGA; DIET; DRY FOREST; ETHNOBOTANY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FRUIT; NATIVE SPECIES; RURAL SOCIETY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; DIET; ETHNOBOTANY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PLANT; RECALL; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; TREE;

ADULT; BRAZIL; DIET; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PLANTS, EDIBLE; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; TREES;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84880026660     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2012.707434     Document Type: Article

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