Cultural Erosion of Balinese Indigenous Knowledge of Food and Nutraceutical Plants

Economic Botany

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 426-437

  Sujarwo, Wawan ^a,b   Arinasa, Ida Bagus Ketut ^a   Salomone, Francois ^b   Caneva, Giulia ^b   Fattorini, Simone ^c  

^a INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES   (Indonesia)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bali Aga village; Cultural erosion; ethnobotany; food; nutraceutical plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922104362     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: 18749364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-014-9288-1     Document Type: Article

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