From fish and bushmeat to chicken nuggets: The nutrition transition in a continuum from rural to urban settings in the Colombian Amazon region

Ethnobiology and Conservation

Volumn 4, Issue 2015, 2015, Pages

  van Vliet, Nathalie ^a   Quiceno Mesa, Maria Paula ^b   Cruz Antia, Daniel ^b   Tellez, Leady ^e   Martins, Cristian ^c   Haiden, Enio ^c   de Oliveira, Michael Ribeiro ^c   Adams, Cristina ^d   Morsello, Carla ^d   Valencia, Lorena ^e   Bonilla, Tamara ^e   Yagüe, Blanca ^e   Nasi, Robert ^a  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^b Fundación SI Science International   (Colombia)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e Independent Consultant ^*  (Brazil)

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EID: 84944390884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22384782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15451/ec2015-7-4.6-1-12     Document Type: Article

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