Traditional knowledge and rationale for weaver ant husbandry in the Mekong delta of Vietnam

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 2-9

  Barzman, Marco S ^a   Mills, Nick J ^b   Cuc, Nguyen Thi Thu ^c  

^a American Friends Service Committee

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CAN THO UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

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EID: 0003184104     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01530519     Document Type: Article

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