Biosocial Synchrony on Sumba: Multispecies Relationships and Environmental Variations in Indonesia. By Cynthia T. Fowler. 2016. Lexington Books, Lanham. 137 pp.

Author Biography

F. Merlin Franco, Institute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Darussalam.

F. Merlin Franco is an ethnobiologist interested in the relationship between indigenous languages, cultures and biological diversity. He is also working with various communities of Asia, to document and revitalize their indigenous calendric systems.

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2018-12-09
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Franco, F. M. (2018). Biosocial Synchrony on Sumba: Multispecies Relationships and Environmental Variations in Indonesia. By Cynthia T. Fowler. 2016. Lexington Books, Lanham. 137 pp. Ethnobiology Letters, 9(2), 307-308. https://doi.org/10.14237/ebl.9.2.2018.1374
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