Aphandra natalia (Arecaceae) - A little known source of piassaba fibers from the western amazon

Revista Peruana de Biologia

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 103-113

  Kronborg, Mette ^a   Grández, César A ^b   Ferreira, Evandro ^c   Balslev, Henrik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA AMAZONÍA PERUANA   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ACRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Conservation; Ecological sustainability; Extractivism; Value chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986213630     PISSN: 15610837     EISSN: 17279933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15381/rpb.v15i3.3341     Document Type: Article

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