The socioeconomic context of the use of Euterpe precatoria Mart. and E. oleracea Mart. in Bolivia and Peru

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Paniagua Zambrana, Narel ^a   Bussmann, Rainer W ^b   Macía, Manuel J ^c  

^a Herbario Nacional de Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^b MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Arecaceae; Asa ; Livelihoods; Non timber forest products; Palm heart; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; ARECACEAE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; BOLIVIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREST; FRUIT; HEART; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LEARNING; MARKET; MESTIZO; MIGRANT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NONHUMAN; PERU; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPECIES; SPEECH; EUTERPE; KNOWLEDGE;

BOLIVIA; EUTERPE; KNOWLEDGE; PERU; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85020049395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13002-017-0160-0     Document Type: Article

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