The prevalence of wild food knowledge among nomadic Turkana of Northern Kenya

Journal of Ethnobiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 137-152

  Watkins, Tammy Y ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

East Africa; pastoralists; Turkana; wild foods

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77954836826     PISSN: 02780771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2993/0278-0771-30.1.137     Document Type: Article

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