Conservation of wild food plants from wood uses: evidence supporting the protection hypothesis in Northeastern Brazil

• Main Authors: Roberta de Almeida Caetano (Author), Emilly Luize Guedes da Silva (Author), Luis Fernando Colin-Nolasco (Author), Rafael Ricardo Vasconcelos da Silva (Author), Adriana Rosa Carvalho (Author), Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The interplay between different uses of woody plants remains underexplored, obscuring our understanding of how a plant's value for one purpose might shield it from other, more harmful uses. This study examines the protection hypothesis by determining if food uses can protect...