Cross-Cultural Agreement in Perception of Animal Beauty: Boid Snakes Viewed by People from Five Continents

Human Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 829-834

  Frynta, Daniel ^a   Marešová, Jana ^a   Řeháková Petrů, Milada ^a,d   Šklíba, Jan ^b   Šumbera, Radim ^b   Krása, Antonín ^c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d Děčín Zoo ^*  (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL RELATIONS; PERCEPTION; SNAKE;

ANIMALIA; BOIDAE; SERPENTES;

EID: 83955162198     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-011-9447-2     Document Type: Article

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