Ethnoecology and Medicinal Plants of the Highland Maya, John Richard Stepp

Автор: Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque; Luiz Vital Fernandes
Название: Methods and Techniques in Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology
ISBN: 1493954520 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781493954520
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Описание: This book introduces the basic techniques and methods used in ethnobiology and ethnoecology. It covers the different qualitative and quantitative aspects of ethnobiology research methods as well as methods from natural and social sciences.

Автор: John Richard Stepp
Название: Ethnoecology and Medicinal Plants of the Highland Maya
ISBN: 3319693131 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319693132
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Описание: Plants play a central role in human existence. Medicinal plants, in particular, have allowed for the continued survival of the human species. This book, based on over a decade of research in Southern Mexico with the Highland Maya, explores the relationship between medicinal plants, traditional ecological knowledge and the environment. The biodiversity of the region remains among the highest in the world, comprising more than 9000 plant species. Over 1600 employed for medicinal uses and knowledge for approximately 600 species is widespread. Medicinal plants play an overwhelmingly primary role in the daily health care of the Highland Maya. Three principal objectives are addressed: 1) identifying which medicinal plants are used; 2) determining the role of environmental variation on use and selection of medicinal plants; and 3) identifying which habitats are preferred for medicinal plant procurement. Findings demonstrate the overwhelming importance of human modified environments for medicinal plants. Explanations are presented from human ecology and biochemical ecology. Implications for conservation, health and the environment are discussed.

Автор: Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque; Reinaldo Farias Paiva
Название: Methods and Techniques in Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology
ISBN: 1493989189 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781493989188
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Описание: Ethnobiology and ethnoecology have become very popular in recent years. Particularly in the last 20 years, many manuals of methods have published the most classical approaches to the subject. There have been, however, many advances in research as a result of interaction with different disciplines, but also due to more recent results, new original and interesting questions. This handbook provides the current state of the art methods and techniques in ethnobiology and ethnoecology, and related fields. This new volume, besides bringing new and original aspects of what is found in the literature, fills some of the gaps in volume one by including the most systematic and extensive treatment of methods and techniques in qualitative research. Along with the various methods covered in the individual chapters, the handbook also includes an extensive bibliography that details the current literature in the field.

Автор: Angelica Cibrian-Jaramillo, Joshua D. Englehardt, Mark A. Bonta, Michael D. Carrasco
Название: Under the Shade of Thipaak: The Ethnoecology of Cycads in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
ISBN: 081306936X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780813069364
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: Under the Shade of Thipaak is the first book to explore the cultural role of cycads, plants that evolved over 250 million years ago and are now critically endangered, in the ancient and modern Mesoamerican and Caribbean worlds. This volume demonstrates how these ancient plants have figured prominently in regional mythologies, rituals, art, and foodways from the Pleistocene-Holocene transition to the present.Contributors discuss the importance of cycads from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including biology and population genetics, historical ecology, archaeology, art history, linguistics, and conservation and sustainability. Chapters pay special attention to the enduring conceptual relationships between cycads and maize. This book demonstrates how a close examination of cycad-human relationships can motivate conservation of these threatened plants in ways that engage local communities, as well as promote the significance of ancient and modern practices that unite nature and culture.

Автор: Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque; Luiz Vital Fernandes
Название: Methods and Techniques in Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology
ISBN: 1461486351 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781461486350
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Описание: This book introduces the basic techniques and methods used in ethnobiology and ethnoecology. It covers the different qualitative and quantitative aspects of ethnobiology research methods as well as methods from natural and social sciences.