Palms and people in the Amazon. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Nigel Smith.
• Authors: Smith, Nigel
• Contents: About the Series; Preface; Contents; 1: Palms and Cultural Landscapes; 2: Acrocomia aculeata; 3: Aiphanes aculeata; 4: Aphandra natalia; 5: Astrocaryum acaule; 6: Astrocaryum aculeatum; 7: Astrocaryum chambira; 8: Astrocaryum gynacanthum; 9: Astrocaryum jauari; 10: Astrocaryum murumuru; 11: Astrocaryum vulgare; 12: Attalea butyracea; 13: Attalea maripa; 14: Attalea phalerata; 15: Attalea racemosa; 16: Attalea sagotii; 17: Attalea speciosa; 18: Attalea spectabilis; 19: Bactris acanthocarpa; 20: Bactris bidentula; 21: Bactris bifida; 22: Bactris brongniartii; 23: Bactris concinna. 24: Bactris gasipaes25: Bactris hirta; 26: Bactris major; 27: Bactris maraja; 28: Bactris martiana; 29: Bactris riparia; 30: Copernicia alba; 31: Desmoncus polyacanthos; 32: Elaeis oleifera; 33: Euterpe catinga; 34: Euterpe oleracea; 35: Euterpe precatoria; 36: Geonoma deversa; 37: Geonoma macrostachys; 38: Geonoma maxima; 39: Iriartea deltoidea; 40: Iriartella setigera; 41: Leopoldinia major; 42: Leopoldinia piassaba; 43: Leopoldinia pulchra; 44: Lepidocaryum tenue; 45: Manicaria saccifera; 46: Mauritia carana; 47: Mauritia flexuosa; 48: Mauritiella armata; 49: Oenocarpus bacaba. 50: Oenocarpus bataua51: Oenocarpus distichus; 52: Oenocarpus mapora; 53: Phytelephas macrocarpa; 54: Raphia taedigera; 55: Socratea exorrhiza; 56: Syagrus inajai; 57: Wettinia maynensis; Appendices; Appendix 1: Voucher Specimens of Palms Collected in Peru; Appendix 2: Some Indigenous Groups in Amazonia that Use Palms; References.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 500 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 584/.509811; Earth sciences; Palms -- Amazon River Region; Ethnobotany -- Amazon River Region; Human Geography; Botany; NATURE -- Plants -- General; Ethnobotany; Palms; Social Science -- Human Geography; Science -- Life Sciences -- Botany; Human geography; Botany & plant sciences; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geology; Biogeography; Amazon River Region; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319055091; 3319055097; 3319055089; 9783319055084
• Related ISBNs: 9783319055084
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 9, 2014).
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.