A collaborative research process studying fruit availability and seed dispersal within an indigenous community in the Middle Caqueta River Region, Colombian Amazon

Ecology and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Parrado Rosselli, Angela ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Tropenbos Colombia   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DISTRITAL FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE CALDAS   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Amazon region; Indigenous peoples' knowledge; Nonuya indigenous community; Plant animal relationships; Scientific knowledge; Tropenbos International Colombia

Indexed keywords

FIELDWORK; FRUIT PRODUCTION; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; RAINFOREST; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AMAZONIA; COLOMBIA; JAPURA RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 41249103582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02219-120239     Document Type: Article

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