Is Meat Flavor a Factor in Hunters' Prey Choice Decisions?

Human Nature

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 219-242

  Koster, Jeremy M ^a   Hodgen, Jennie J ^b   Venegas, Maria D ^c   Copeland, Toni J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b Hodgen Consulting   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnoecology; Meat science; Optimal foraging theory; Signaling theory; Taboos

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649629316     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-010-9093-1     Document Type: Article

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