A comparative ethnobotany of Khevsureti, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Tusheti, Svaneti, and Racha-Lechkhumi, Republic of Georgia (Sakartvelo), Caucasus

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Bussmann, Rainer W ^a   Paniagua Zambrana, Narel Y ^b   Sikharulidze, Shalva ^c   Kikvidze, Zaal ^d   Kikodze, David ^c   Tchelidze, David ^c   Khutsishvili, Manana ^c   Batsatsashvili, Ketevan ^c   Hart, Robbie E ^a  

^a MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^b Herbario Nacional de Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^c ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^d ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Caucasus; Conservation; Knowledge loss; Republic of georgia; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

ASIA; CONSENSUS; ETHNOBOTANY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FIELD WORK; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; SPECIES; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84995576401     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13002-016-0110-2     Document Type: Article

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