Indigenous uses of wild and tended plant biodiversity maintain ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes of the Terai Plains of Nepal

Indigenous uses of wild and tended plant biodiversity maintain ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes of the Terai Plains of Nepal

Abstract Background Despite a rapidly accumulating evidence base quantifying ecosystem services, the role of biodiversity in the maintenance of ecosystem services in shared human-nature environments is still understudied, as is how indigenous and agriculturally dependent communities perceive, use, a...

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Main Authors: Jessica P. R. Thorn, Thomas F. Thornton, Ariella Helfgott, Kathy J. Willis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Subjects:
Agrobiodiversity conservation
Ethnopharmacology
Ethnobotany
Ethnoecology
Ethnomedicine
Food security
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13002-020-00382-4

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