Ethnobotany of the Aegadian Islands: safeguarding biocultural refugia in the Mediterranean

Ethnobotany of the Aegadian Islands: safeguarding biocultural refugia in the Mediterranean

Abstract Background The Aegadian Islands are located west of Trapani, Sicily. Once the site of bountiful tuna fisheries and fruit orchards (plums, peaches, apricots), grapevines, prickly pears, and grains, the local economy is now based on tourism, and many traditional agricultural and maritime prac...

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Main Authors: Alfonso La Rosa, Laura Cornara, Alessandro Saitta, Akram M. Salam, Santo Grammatico, Marco Caputo, Tommaso La Mantia, Cassandra L. Quave
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-07-01
Series:Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Subjects:
The Mediterranean
Medicinal plants
Glaucium flavum
Agave sisalana
Pleurotus eryngii
Artemisia arborescens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-021-00470-z

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-021-00470-z

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