How Hummingbird and Vulture Mediate between Life and Death in Latin America

Journal of Ethnobiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 783-806

  Sault, Nicole ^a  

^a Sally Glean Center for the Avian Arts   (United States)

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Latin America

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EID: 85011298177     PISSN: 02780771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2993/0278-0771-36.4.783     Document Type: Article

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