Medicinal Plant Knowledge Richness and Sharing in Northeastern Brazil

Economic Botany

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 371-382

  Alencar, Nélson Leal ^a,b   Júnior, Washington Soares Ferreira ^a   Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ethnobiology; ethnobotany; human ecology; Local experts; traditional pharmacopoeia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922079693     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: 18749364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-014-9284-5     Document Type: Article

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