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A model designed for estimating biomass and carbon pool stock in over-mature plantations of teak; Tectona grandis [PDF]
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Teak (Tectona grandis L.f.) plantations are essential for wood production and reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide levels by storing carbon.
C.A. Siregar +7 more
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Genetic resources sourcing strategies and behavior of scientists: results from an international survey on researchers' use and exchange practices [PDF]
Adopted during the first International Congress of Ethnobiology (1988), the Belem Declaration acknowledged for the first time biologists' responsibility to better address the needs of indigenous and local populations and recommended compensating them for
Louafi, Selim, Welch, Eric W.
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Children’s ethnobiological knowledge: an introduction
By the turn of the 21st century, several anthropologists have insistently been denouncing a global disinterest for anthropology of child (see for instance Corsaro 2003; Friedl 2004; Gottlieb 2000; Hirschfeld 2002; Panther-Brick & Smith 2000). Since then, and especially over the past decade, anthropological research pertaining to children and childhood ...
Dounias, Edmond +1 more
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Short Abstract This study explores how participatory mapping can support wildfire resilience strategies in Indigenous communities of the Brazilian Amazon. Drawing on participatory mapping exercises in three villages of the Capoto/Jarina Indigenous Land, it highlights how spatialising local fire knowledge helps identify wildfire risks, community ...
Michel Valette +8 more
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The large carpenter bee Xylocopa augusti (Hymenoptera: Apidae): new record for Chile [PDF]
The large carpenter bee Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) augusti Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1841, is here recorded for the first time in Chile. This new record increases to four the number of carpenter bees known for the country.
Allendes, Juan L. +2 more
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Introduction Zootherapy involves using animals and their derivatives for medicinal purposes and is a vital component of traditional medicine worldwide. Traditional zootherapeutic knowledge (TZK) is crucial to biodiversity conservation and indigenous healing.
Bekele Gebreamanule +4 more
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Management of fruit species in urban home gardens of Argentina Atlantic Forest as an influence for landscape domestication [PDF]
Home gardens are considered germplasm repositories and places for experimentation, thus they are key sites for the domestication of plants. Domestication is considered a constant process that occurs along a continuum from wild to managed to domesticated ...
Furlan, Violeta +2 more
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The exploration of wild and semi‐wild edible plants (WEPs) has received global attention as valuable alternative food sources. This study explored and documented the indigenous knowledge of WEPs within the Addi Arkay District of Ethiopia. Ethnobotanical data were collected from 385 informants, including 355 general informants selected through ...
Worku Misganaw +5 more
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Ethnobiology of snappers (Lutjanidae): target species and suggestions for management [PDF]
In this study, we sought to investigate the biology (diet and reproduction) and ethnobiology (fishers knowledge and fishing spots used to catch snappers) of five species of snappers (Lutjanidae), including Lutjanus analis, Lutjanus synagris, Lutjanus ...
Alpina Begossi +8 more
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Comparing Local Ecological Knowledge(LEK) to Line‐Transect Surveys for Estimation of Species Occupancy in Central Amazon. We highlight the potential of complementing LEK‐based approaches with traditional surveys to attempt more comprehensive, rapid and cost‐effective monitoring of biodiversity.
Paula E. Horn, Rafael M. Rabelo
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