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Ethnobotany : a methods manual /
Ethnobotany, the study of the classification, use and management of plants by people, draws on a range of disciplines, including natural and social sciences, to show how conservation of plants and of local knowledge about them can be achieved. Ethnobotany is critical to the growing importance of dev...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London ; Sterling, VA :
Earthscan,
2004.
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| Series: | People and plants conservation series.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | Ethnobotany, the study of the classification, use and management of plants by people, draws on a range of disciplines, including natural and social sciences, to show how conservation of plants and of local knowledge about them can be achieved. Ethnobotany is critical to the growing importance of developing new crops and products such as drugs from traditional plants. This book is the basic introduction to the field, showing how botany, anthropology, ecology, economics and linguistics are all employed in the techniques and methods involved. It explains data collection and hypothesis testing and. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 268 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-261) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781849775854 1849775850 |