Forty-five years later: The shifting dynamic of traditional ecological knowledge on Pantelleria Island, Italy

Economic Botany

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 380-393

  Quave, Cassandra L ^a,b   Saitta, Alessandro ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Daphne gnidium; edible fungi; Malva arborea; medicinal plants; Mediterranean; Opuntia ficus indica; Sicily

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007014588     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-016-9363-x     Document Type: Article

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