An ethnobotany of the Lukomir Highlanders of Bosnia & Herzegovina

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ferrier, Jonathan ^a,b,c,d   Saciragic, Lana ^a,d   Trakić, Sabina ^e   Chen, Eric C H ^a   Gendron, Rachelle L ^d   Cuerrier, Alain ^f   Balick, Michael J ^b   Redžić, Sulejman ^e   Alikadić, Emira ^g   Arnason, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d Emcarta Inc   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^g Foundation GEA+   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Bosnia and Herzegovina; Lukomir highlanders; Medicinal, food, and endemic plants; Postwar ethnobotany

Indexed keywords

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

BIODIVERSITY; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

BIODIVERSITY; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84961061346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13002-015-0068-5     Document Type: Article

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