@inbook{588, keywords = {smallholders, land tenure, household, natural resource management, biodiversity conservation, Native Americans, fish, germplasm resources, forestry, agricultural ecology, taxonomy, agricultural conservation, ecosystem, peasants, population, Mesoamerica, settlements, land redistribution, mestizo, landscapes, woodland management, pasture, subsistence patterns, transect, soil classification, maize morphology, mushroom, Purépecha, Tarascans}, author = {Victor M. Toledo and Margery L. Oldfield and Janis B. Alcorn}, title = {Pátzcuaro's lesson: Nature, production, and culture in an indigenous region of Mexico}, abstract = {This document looks at the ecosystem and cultural history in the region of Lake Pátzcuaro, Mexico. The production activities and use of natural resources (plant and animal, both wild and cultivated) of and by the local indigenous communities are detailed. Activities and knowledge of the Purhépecha people are focused upon.}, year = {1991}, journal = {Biodiversity: Culture, conservation, and ecodevelopment}, pages = {147-171}, month = {01/1991}, publisher = {Westview Press}, address = {Boulder, CO}, isbn = {0-8133-7680-7; 978-0-8133-7680-6}, url = {http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24467584}, language = {English}, }