Comparative Survey of Entomophagy and Entomotherapeutic Practices in Six Tribes of Eastern Arunachal Pradesh (India)

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Chakravorty, Jharna ^a,b   Ghosh, Sampat ^a   Meyer Rochow, V Benno ^b,c  

^a RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Chakma; Deori; Edible insects; Nocte; Singpho; Tangsa; Traditional wisdom; Wangcho (Wancho)

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; ISOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANTODEA; ODONATA; ORTHOPTERA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; INSECT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; POPULATION GROUP;

ANIMALS; DIET; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECTS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; POPULATION GROUPS;

EID: 84880335527     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-9-50     Document Type: Article

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