© Kamla-Raj 2005                                                                          J. Hum. Ecol., 17(3): 197-200 (2005)

Astro-Ethnobiology: I. Introducing a New Sub-Discipline

Sachidananda Padhy¹*, Santosh K. Dash² and A. Padmavati³

1. Department of Botany, Govt. Science College (Lead),

Chatrapur 761020, Orissa, India

2. Department of Biology & Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Berhampur (Mohada), Orissa, India

3. P.G. Department of Zoology, Khallikote College (Autonomous),

 Berhampur 760 001, Orissa, India

KeyWords  Ethnobiology. Astrology. Astro-ethnobiology. Biological Ecology

Abstract The paper presents the interdisciplinary nature of the subject Ethnobiology  and its various sub-disciplines with the emergence of a new branch of it, Astro-Ethnobiology, that explores the planetary influence on biological ecology.

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