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An Ethnobotanical Survey of Useful Plants in the Agro Nocerino Sarnese (Campania, Southern Italy)

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We are grateful to all the informants who participated in this study and shared their knowledge with us. Thanks also to Antonello Migliozzi for the graphic support. Mark Walters revised the English language version.

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Motti, R., Motti, P. An Ethnobotanical Survey of Useful Plants in the Agro Nocerino Sarnese (Campania, Southern Italy). Hum Ecol 45, 865–878 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-017-9946-x

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