Local knowledge about fodder plants in the semi-arid region of Northeastern Brazil
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Local knowledge about fodder plants in the semi-arid region of Northeastern Brazil
BACKGROUND This study evaluated local knowledge of the fodder plants of the Caatinga in northeast Brazil (seasonal dry forest). Specifically, the goal was to catalog local knowledge regarding the use of native and exotic forage plants in two rural communities located in the state of Paraíba (northeast Brazil), to provide information for nutritional investigations and to verify how the knowledge...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1746-4269
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-11-12