The Consumption of Wild Edible Plants

Wild Plants, Mushrooms and Nuts: Functional Food Properties and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 159-198

  Carvalho, Ana Maria ^a   Barata, Ana Maria ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária INIAV   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biocultural heritage; Conservation strategies; CWR; Food security; Foraging; Local knowledge; PGR; Wild edible species

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FOOD SUPPLY; NUTRITION;

BIOCULTURAL HERITAGE; CONSERVATION STRATEGIES; FOOD SECURITY; FORAGING; LOCAL KNOWLEDGE; WILD EDIBLE SPECIES;

CONSERVATION;

EID: 85018926762     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118944653.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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