Do socioeconomic characteristics explain the knowledge and use of native food plants in semiarid environments in Northeastern Brazil?

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 115, Issue , 2015, Pages 53-61

  Campos, Letícia Zenóbia de liveira ^a   Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino ^a   Peroni, Nivaldo ^b   Araújo, Elcida Lima ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ethnobiology; Ethnobotany; Human ecology; Local ecological knowledge

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC SPECIES; ETHNOBOTANY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOREST RESOURCE; KNOWLEDGE; NATIVE SPECIES; PROTECTED AREA; SEMIARID REGION; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84921287770     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2015.01.002     Document Type: Article

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