Forest foods and healthy diets: Quantifying the contributions

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 102-114

  Rowland, Dominic ^a,b   Ickowitz, Amy ^a   Powell, Bronwen ^a,c   Nasi, Robert ^a   Sunderland, Terry ^a,d  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

animal source foods; bushmeat; diets; forests; fruits; micronutrients; nutrition; vegetables; wild foods

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FISH; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUITS; MEATS; NUTRIENTS; NUTRITION; TRACE ELEMENTS; VEGETABLES;

ANIMAL SOURCE FOODS; BUSHMEAT; FORESTS; MICRONUTRIENTS; WILD FOOD;

FORESTRY;

DIET; FOOD; FOOD SUPPLY; FOREST; FRUIT; HETEROGENEITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIVESTOCK; MEAT; NUTRITION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMALLHOLDER; TRACE ELEMENT; TYPOLOGY; VEGETABLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84992052277     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892916000151     Document Type: Article

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