Social organization influences the exchange and species richness of medicinal plants in amazonian homegardens

Ecology and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Díaz Reviriego, Isabel ^a   González Segura, Lara ^a   Fernández Llamazares, Álvaro ^a   Howard, Patricia L ^b,c   Molina, José Luis ^d   Reyes García, Victoria ^a,e  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Exchange networks; Gender; Plant diversity; Social networks analysis; Tropical homegardens; Tsimane

Indexed keywords

GENDER; HOME GARDEN; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; NETWORK ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 84962684606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-07944-210101     Document Type: Article

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