Dormancy and revitalization: The fate of ethnobotanical knowledge of camel forage among Sahrawi nomads and refugees of western Sahara

Ethnobotany Research and Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 183-210

  Volpato, Gabriele ^a   Puri, Rajindra K ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84903582687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15473465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17348/era.12.0.183-210     Document Type: Article

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