Introduction to Ethnobiology /

This book covers teaching ethnobiology at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Providing an explanation of the historical and conceptual aspects of ethnobiology, the work addresses relatively new or little debated approaches which will interest even the most experienced researcher in the field of...

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Other Authors: Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino de (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Alves, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016
Edition:First edition 2016
Series:Biomedical and Life Sciences (Springer-11642)
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Table of Contents:
  • What Is Ethnobiology
  • History Ethnobiology
  • Ethnobiology Or Ethnoecology
  • Historical Ethnobiology.-Paleoethnobiology
  • Urban Ethnobiology
  • Diaspora Ethnobiology
  • Ethnophycology
  • Gastronomic Ethnobiology
  • Ethnoprimatology
  • Ethnobiology Of Change
  • Political Ecology
  • Ethnobiology, Ethics And Traditional Knowledge Protection
  • What Is Environmental Perception
  • Biota Perception And Use
  • Biological Bases For Human Perception
  • Risk Perception
  • How And Why Should People Classify Natural Resources
  • Alternative Views Of Folk Classification
  • Fungi
  • Food Plants
  • Medicinal Plants
  • Tonic Plants
  • Magic Plants
  • Ornamental Plants
  • Timber Resources
  • Animal Resources
  • Plant And Landscape Local Management
  • Indigenous Use Of Tropical Biodiversity And Ecosystem Domestication
  • Extractivism Of Plant Resources
  • Plant Domestication
  • Domestication Of Animals
  • Ethnobiology And Biodiversity Conservation
  • Local Or Traditional Knowledge Transmission And Natural Resource Use
  • Gender And Age
  • Ethnicity, Income And Education
  • Urbanization, Modernization And Nature Knowledge
  • How Does Social Status Relate To Traditional Ecological Knowledge?
  • Plant Knowledge And Use In The Context Of Migration
  • Cultural Comparisons In Ethnobiological Research