" Tertius gaudens" : Germplasm exchange networks and agroecological knowledge among home gardeners in the Iberian Peninsula

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Reyes García, Victoria ^a,b   Molina, José Luis ^b   Calvet Mir, Laura ^a   Aceituno Mata, Laura ^c   Lastra, Juan J ^d   Ontillera, Ricardo ^c   Parada, Montse ^e   Pardo de Santayana, Manuel ^c   Rigat, Montse ^e   Vallès, Joan ^e   Garnatje, Teresa ^f  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f INSTITUT BOTÀNIC DE BARCELONA IBB CSIC ICUB   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Germplasm exchange; Home gardens; In situ conservation; Landraces; Social network analysis, Spain; Traditional ecological knowledge

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPAIN;

AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPAIN;

EID: 84880364044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-9-53     Document Type: Article

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