Shifting to settled cultivation: Changing practices among the Adis in Central Arunachal Pradesh, north-east India
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Vertebrates used for medicinal purposes by members of the Nyishi and Galo tribes in Arunachal Pradesh (North-East India)
Arunachal Pradesh, the easternmost part of India, is endowed with diverse natural resources and inhabited by a variety of ethnic groups that have developed skills to exploit the biotic resources of the region for food and medicines. Information on animals and animal parts as components of folk remedies used by local healers and village headmen of the Nyishi and Galo tribes in their respective W...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ambio
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0044-7447,1654-7209
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-016-0765-x