Folk classification of the crabs and swimming crabs (Crustacea – Brachyura) of the Mamanguape river estuary, Northeastern – Brazil

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Folk taxonomy is a sub-area of ethnobiology that study the way of how traditional communities classify, identify and name their natural resources. The work present was undertaken in two traditional communities (Barra de Mamanguape an...

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Main Authors: da S Q Bezerra Dandara, Nascimento Douglas M, da S Mourão José, Rocha Pollyana D, Ferreira Emmanoela N
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-08-01
Series:Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Online Access:http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/5/1/22