Hunting practices among the Awá-Guajá: Towards a long-term analysis of sustainability in an Amazonian indigenous community

Boletimdo Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi:Ciencias Humanas

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 479-491

  Prado, Helbert Medeiros ^a   Forline, Louis Carlos ^b   Kipnis, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Aw Guaj Indians; Hunting; Mammals; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866501003     PISSN: 19818122     EISSN: 21782547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1981-81222012000200010     Document Type: Article

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