Ritual releasing of wild animals threatens island ecology

Human Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 251-254

  Agoramoorthy, Govindasamy ^a   Hsu, Minna J ^b  

^a TAJEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL TRADITION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INTRODUCED SPECIES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33947590865     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-006-9068-3     Document Type: Article

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