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Botanical cultures

Plants, People, and Culture: The Science of Ethnobotany.

By Michael J. Balick andPaul Alan Cox. W. H. Freeman/Scientific American Library: 1996. Pp. 228. $32.95, £19.95. Making Nature, Shaping Culture: Plant Biodiversity in Global Context. By Lawrence Busch William B. Lacy Jeffrey Burkhardt Douglas Hemken Jubel Moraga-Rojel Timothy Koponen andJosé de Souza Silva. University of Nebraska Press: 1996. Pp. 261. $52.50, £40. Medicinal Resources of the Tropical Forest: Biodiversity and Its Importance to Human Health. Edited by Michael J. Balick Elaine Elisabetsky andSarah A. Laird. Columbia University Press: 1996. Pp. 440. $75 (hbk); $35 (pbk).

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Pimentel, D. Botanical cultures. Nature 382, 412–413 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/382412a0

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