Multi-dimensionality and variability in folk classification of stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini)

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Zamudio, Fernando ^a   Hilgert, Norma I ^b  

^a Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Vegetal   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGÍA SUBTROPICAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Binomiality; Culturally mixed population; Folk classifications; Local variability; Prototypicality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; BEE; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HONEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOMENCLATURE; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BEES; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HONEY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931046363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13002-015-0029-z     Document Type: Article

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