The natural place to begin: The ethnoprimatology of the Waorani

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1117-1128

  Papworth, Sarah ^a   Milner Gulland, E J ^a   Slocombe, Katie ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazon; Ecological knowledge; Ethnobiology; Lagothrix; Yasun National Park

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DIET; EVOLUTION; NATIONAL PARK; PRIMATE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AMAZON RIVER; ECUADOR; NAPO [ECUADOR]; YASUNI NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMALIA; BASSARICYON GABBII; HAPLORHINI; LAGOTHRIX; MAMMALIA; POTOS FLAVUS; PRIMATES; TAYASSU PECARI;

AMAZON; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATELIDAE; CARNIVORA; CLASSIFICATION; DIET; ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE; ECOLOGY; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNOBIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIMATE; WOOLLY MONKEY; YASUNÍ NATIONAL PARK;

AMAZON; ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE; ETHNOBIOLOGY; LAGOTHRIX; YASUNÍ NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMALS; ATELINAE; CARNIVORA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIET; ECOLOGY; ECUADOR; HUMANS; PERCEPTION; POPULATION GROUPS; PRIMATES;

EID: 84885179148     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22173     Document Type: Article

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