Ethnobotany in a coastal environmental protected area: shifts in plant use in two communities in southern Brazil

Abstract Background We investigated local knowledge of plants in terms of plant use shifts and losses, in two coastal communities within a protected area in southern Brazil. Our hypothesis is that people’s livelihoods are associated with different ethnobotanical knowledge, and changes in these activ...

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Main Authors: Rafaela H. Ludwinsky, Natalia Hanazaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13002-018-0265-0