Uses and taboos of turtles and tortoises along Rio Negro, Amazon Basin

Journal of Ethnobiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 153-168

  Pezzuti, Juarez C B ^a   Lima, Jackson Pantoja ^b   Da Silva, Daniely Félix ^a   Begossi, Alpina ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Brazil; chelonians; Ethnobiology; food taboos

Indexed keywords

PELTOCEPHALUS DUMERILIANUS; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 77954841309     PISSN: 02780771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2993/0278-0771-30.1.153     Document Type: Article

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