Ethnobiology of edible palm weevil larvae Rhynchophorus palmarum L. (Curculionidae, Coleoptera), a common food source in Amazonian Ecuador

  1. T. Jaramillo-Vivanco 15
  2. R.M. Cámara 2
  3. M. Cámara 2
  4. E. Tejera 1
  5. H. Balslev 6
  6. J.M. Álvarez-Suarez 34
  1. 1 Grupo de Bio-quimio Informática, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, Ecuador
  2. 2 Departamento Nutrición y Ciencia de los Alimentos, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
  3. 3 Laboratorio de Investigación de Ingenierı́a en Alimentos (LabInAli), Colegio de Ciencias e Ingenierı́a, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador
  4. 4 Ingenierı́a en Alimentos, Colegio de Ciencias e Ingenierı́as, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador
  5. 5 Departamento de Biológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
  6. 6 Department of Bioscience – Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark
Revista:
Journal of Insects as Food and Feed

ISSN: 2352-4588

Año de publicación: 2023

Volumen: 10

Número: 3

Páginas: 427-441

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1163/23524588-20230135 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Journal of Insects as Food and Feed

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