Dynamic Ecological Knowledge Systems Amid Changing Place and Climate: Mt. Yulong Rhododendrons

Journal of Ethnobiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 21-36

  Hart, Robbie ^a   Salick, Jan ^a  

^a MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

China; ethnobotany; Himalaya; Rhododendron (Ericaceae); Traditional ecological knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016488362     PISSN: 02780771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2993/0278-0771-37.1.21     Document Type: Review

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