From famine foods to delicatessen: Interpreting trends in the use of wild edible plants through cultural ecosystem services

Ecological Economics

Volumn 120, Issue , 2015, Pages 303-311

  Reyes García, Victoria ^a,b   Menendez Baceta, Gorka ^c   Aceituno Mata, Laura ^c   Acosta Naranjo, Rufino ^d   Calvet Mir, Laura ^b,e   Domínguez, Pablo ^b   Garnatje, Teresa ^f   Gómez Baggethun, Erik ^b,g   Molina Bustamante, Manuel ^c   Molina, Marta ^d   Rodríguez Franco, Ramón ^d   Serrasolses, Ginesta ^h   Vallès, Joan ^h   Pardo de Santayana, Manuel ^c  

^a INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^f INSTITUT BOTÀNIC DE BARCELONA IBB CSIC ICUB   (Spain)

^g NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biocultural diversity; Ecosystem services; Ethnobotany; Local ecological knowledge; Natural resources; Spain

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CULTURAL ECONOMY; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EDIBLE SPECIES; ETHNOBOTANY; FAMINE; NATURAL RESOURCE; PLANT PRODUCT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; WILD POPULATION;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

EID: 84947052688     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.11.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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