Isolated, but transnational: The glocal nature of Waldensian ethnobotany, Western Alps, NW Italy

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Bellia, Giada ^a   Pieroni, Andrea ^b  

^a University of Gastronomic Sciences ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GASTRONOMIC SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alps; Ethnobotany; Italy; Medicinal plants; Wild food plants

Indexed keywords

BOTRYCHIUM LUNARIA; CETRARIA ISLANDICA; FILICOPHYTA; VERONICA ALLIONII;

AGED; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDIBLE PLANT; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMAN; ITALY; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMANS; ITALY; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PLANTS, EDIBLE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RELIGION;

EID: 84935460198     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13002-015-0027-1     Document Type: Article

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