Local knowledge on plants and domestic remedies in the mountain villages of Peshkopia (Eastern Albania)

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 180-193

  Pieroni, Andrea ^a   Nedelcheva, Anely ^b   Hajdari, Avni ^c   Mustafa, Behxhet ^c   Scaltriti, Bruno ^a   Cianfaglione, Kevin ^d   Quave, Cassandra L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GASTRONOMIC SCIENCES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRISHTINA   (Serbia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Albania; Ethnobotany; Medicinal Plants; Mount Korab; Wild Food Plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893111632     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-013-2651-3     Document Type: Article

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