Human-induced movement of wild food plant biodiversity across farming systems is essential to ensure their availability

Journal of Ethnobiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 68-83

  Cruz Garcia, Gisella S ^a,b   Price, Lisa L ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^b BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Farming landscape; Food security; Gathering; Transplanting; Wild food plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897693749     PISSN: 02780771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2993/0278-0771-34.1.68     Document Type: Article

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