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If you can't beat them eat them! (Tricks of the trade observed among the Adi and other North-East Indian tribals)

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ID4621066
AuthorsVictor Benno Meyer-Rochow (0000-0003-1531-9244, Hachinohe Gakuin University, corresponding author), Karsing Megu (0000-0001-8274-5046, Rajiv Gandhi University), Jharna Chakravorty (0000-0003-3705-8970, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences)
Year2015
Volume11
Issue1
Pages45-45
Publication date2015-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1746-4269 • E-ISSN: 1746-4269
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1186/s13002-015-0034-2
PMID26024664
PMCIDPMC4457996
OpenAlexW2108227150
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited25

Given the need to meet the world's future food demands and the environmental consequences of an expanding livestock production with regard to global warming, water availability, deforestation, soil erosion etc., rats as a food item, as our example shows, should not be overlooked. Using rats as food reduces hunting pressures on other wild and often already rare animals. It is a far superior method to control rat populations than poisoning the rodents and the artisanal construction of rat traps by local menfolk helps maintaining traditional skills and knowledge

Archaeology · Biology · Context (archaeology · Geography · North east · Rodenticide · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Tribe · Zoology · Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies · Anthropology · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation · Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research · Zoonotic diseases and public health · Ecology

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Unique citing works2
Citations per year0,22
Citation span2017 - 2023 (7)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 2
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