TY - CHAP T1 - Pátzcuaro's lesson: Nature, production, and culture in an indigenous region of Mexico T2 - Biodiversity: Culture, conservation, and ecodevelopment Y1 - 1991 A1 - Victor M. Toledo ED - Margery L. Oldfield ED - Janis B. Alcorn KW - agricultural conservation KW - agricultural ecology KW - biodiversity conservation KW - ecosystem KW - fish KW - forestry KW - germplasm resources KW - household KW - land redistribution KW - land tenure KW - landscapes KW - maize morphology KW - Mesoamerica KW - mestizo KW - mushroom KW - Native Americans KW - natural resource management KW - pasture KW - peasants KW - population KW - Purépecha KW - settlements KW - smallholders KW - soil classification KW - subsistence patterns KW - Tarascans KW - taxonomy KW - transect KW - woodland management AB - 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. JF - Biodiversity: Culture, conservation, and ecodevelopment PB - Westview Press CY - Boulder, CO SN - 0-8133-7680-7; 978-0-8133-7680-6 UR - http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24467584 U5 - 26 pp. JO - Pátzcuaro's lesson ER -