Edible native plants of the Gulf of Mexico Province [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2022 Currently, at the global level, human food is mainly based on a few crops extensively cultivated as monocultures. Climate change, changes in land to agriculture and cattle raising, as well as the scarcity of water all affect and reduce the possibility of
Eva María Piedra-Malagón +3 more
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Foodways in transition: food plants, diet and local perceptions of change in a Costa Rican Ngäbe community [PDF]
, 2016 Background Indigenous populations are undergoing rapid ethnobiological, nutritional and socioeconomic transitions while being increasingly integrated into modernizing societies. To better understand the dynamics of these transitions, this article aims
A Constenla +62 more
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Letting Go of “Natural Kind”: Toward a Multidimensional Framework of Nonarbitrary Classification [PDF]
, 2018 This article uses the case study of ethnobiological classification to develop a positive and a negative thesis about the state of natural kind debates.
Ludwig, David
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Ethnobiology Letters, 2014 I connect the theoretical emphasis that motivated the cognitive ethnobiology of the 1960s and early 1970s with the contemporary emphasis on promoting ethnobiology as contributing to biodiversity conservation.
Eugene Hunn
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Assessing Cultural and Ecological Variation in Ethnobiological Research: The Importance of Gender [PDF]
, 2005 Contending that a significant portion of current ethnobiological research continues to overlook cultural variation in traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and practice, this paper explores the potential impacts of gender-imbalanced research on data ...
Pfeiffer, Jeanine M.
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Swiss ethnoveterinary knowledge on medicinal plants - a within-country comparison of Italian speaking regions with north-western German speaking regions [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: Ethnoveterinary knowledge in Europe may play an important role as a basis for sustainable treatment options for livestock. Aims of our study were (a) to compare the ethnoveterinary practices of two culturally and sociodemographically ...
Amorena, M. +8 more
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A Note on the Montessori of Ethnobiology, Hal Conklin
Ethnobiology Letters, 2016 A Note on the Montessori of Ethnobiology, Hal ...
Myrdene Anderson
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The role of traditional medicine practice in primary health care within Aboriginal Australia: a review of the literature [PDF]
, 2013 This literature review attempts to identify and examine, both qualitatively and quantitatively, traditional medicine practices within Aboriginal Australia today.AbstractThe practice of traditional Aboriginal medicine within Australia is at risk of being ...
Stefanie J Oliver
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Root Tonics and Resilience: Building Strength, Health, and Heritage in Jamaica
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021 Jamaican root tonics are fermented beverages made with the roots, bark, vines (and dried leaves) of several plant species, many of which are wild-harvested in forest areas of this Caribbean island.
Ina Vandebroek +7 more
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Dormancy and Revitalization: The fate of ethnobotanical knowledge of camel forage among Sahrawi nomads and refugees of Western Sahara [PDF]
, 2014 Knowledge about forage is fundamental to the survival of pastoral populations around the world. In this paper, we address the knowledge of camel forage of Sahrawi nomads and refugees of Western Sahara.
Puri, Rajindra K., Volpato, Gabriele
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