Are biological species and higher-ranking categories real? Fish folk taxonomy on Brazil's Atlantic forest coast and in the Amazon

Current Anthropology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 291-306

  Begossi, A ^a,b   Clauzet, M ^a   Figueiredo, J L ^a,c   Garuana, L ^a   Lima, R V ^d   Lopes, P F ^a   Ramires, M ^a   Silva, A L ^a   Silvano, R A M ^a,e  

^a Fisheries and Food Institute   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul ^*  (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

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EID: 45849127275     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/527437     Document Type: Article

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