Hunting in Ancient and Modern Amazonia: Rethinking Sustainability

American Anthropologist

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 652-667

  Shepard, Glenn H ^a   Levi, Taal ^b   Neves, Eduardo Góes ^c   Peres, Carlos A ^d   Yu, Douglas W ^d,e  

^a MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Amazon prehistory; community based conservation; indigenous peoples; Manu Biosphere Reserve; protected areas management; source sink dynamics; subsistence hunting; Xing River

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870413426     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1433.2012.01514.x     Document Type: Article

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