When knowledge follows blood: Kin groups and the distribution of traditional ecological knowledge in a community of seminomadic pastoralists, Gujarat (India)

Current Anthropology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 471-483

  Salpeteur, M ^a   Patel, H ^b   Balbo, A L ^c,d   Rubio Campillo, X ^e   Madella, M ^c,f   Ajithprasad, P ^b   Reyes Garcia V ^a,f  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

^e BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

^f INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

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EID: 84933041201     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/681006     Document Type: Article

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