The role of individuals in the resilience of local medical systems based on the use of medicinal plants - a hypothesis

Ethnobiology and Conservation

Volumn 2, Issue 2013, 2013, Pages

  Ferreira, Washington Soares ^a   Santoro, Flávia Rosa ^a   Nascimento, André Luiz Borba ^a   Ladio, Ana Haydée ^b   Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Individual traditional knowledge; Medical ethnobiology; Resilience; Therapeutic targets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925861522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22384782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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