The floating forest: Traditional knowledge and use of matupá vegetation islands by riverine peoples of the central Amazon

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  De Freitas, Carolina T ^a   Shepard, Glenn H ^b   Piedade, Maria T F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ECOLOGY; FISH; FISHING; FLOATING FOREST; FOREST; HISTORY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOIL FERTILITY; VEGETATION; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); RIVER;

ANIMALIA; ARAPAIMA GIGAS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; FORESTS; ISLANDS; KNOWLEDGE; RIVERS;

EID: 84926623686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122542     Document Type: Article

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