Testing the "ecologically noble savage" hypothesis: Interspecific prey choice by Piro hunters of Amazonian Peru

Human Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 355-387

  Alvard, Michael S ^a  

^a DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonia; conservation; foraging theory; hunting; Peru

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION CONCEPT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FORAGING THEORY; HUNTING ACTIVITY; PIRO POPULATION; SUBSISTENCE HUNTERS; THEORETICAL STUDIES;

PERU, AMAZONIA;

EID: 0027726571     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: 15729915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00891140     Document Type: Article

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