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Context and semantics in exchange networks [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The NETSEED project deals with strengthening management of agro-biodiversity through social networks using an interdisciplinary method for analyzing how local seed systems impact the diversity of domesticated plants.
Clouvel, Pascal, Martin, Pierre
core  

Towards a historical ecology of intertidal foraging in the Mafia Archipelago: archaeomalacology and implications for marine resource management

open access: yes, 2019
Understanding the timing and nature of human influence on coastal and island ecosystems is becoming a central concern in archaeological research, particularly when investigated within a historical ecology framework.
Boivin, N.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Medicinal plants used by women in Mecca: urban, Muslim and gendered knowledge [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Background: This study explores medicinal plant knowledge and use among Muslim women in the city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Ethnobotanical research in the region has focused on rural populations and male herbal healers in cities, and based on these few ...
A Begossi   +63 more
core   +1 more source

Children’s ethnobiological knowledge: an introduction

open access: yesAnthropoChildren, 2017
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
openaire   +5 more sources

Comparative assessment of local ecological knowledge and line‐transect surveys for assessing species occupancy

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, Volume 7, Issue 12, December 2025.
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
wiley   +1 more source

A model designed for estimating biomass and carbon pool stock in over-mature plantations of teak; Tectona grandis [PDF]

open access: yesGlobal Journal of Environmental Science and Management
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
doaj   +1 more source

The large carpenter bee Xylocopa augusti (Hymenoptera: Apidae): new record for Chile [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
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
core   +4 more sources

Traditional knowledge promotes the protection of large old trees: A case from China's richest biocultural diversity area

open access: yesPeople and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 11, Page 2700-2713, November 2025.
Abstract Large old trees are important ecological entities in human settlements, providing cultural values and ecological services that are threatened by current and future changes in global climate, land use and disturbance regimes. Some studies suggest incorporating social and cultural significance into the conservation of large old trees.
Zhuo Cheng   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Circum-Mediterranean cultural heritage and medicial plant uses in traditional animal healthcare: a field survey in eight selected areas within the RUBIA project [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
During the years 2003¿2005, a comparative ethnobotanical field survey was conducted on remedies used in traditional animal healthcare in eight Mediterranean areas. The study sites were selected within the EU-funded RUBIA project, and were as follows: the
A Manzi   +80 more
core   +3 more sources

Resilience of Indigenous healthcare systems: Ethnobotanical approaches among the Baka, southeastern Cameroon

open access: yesPeople and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 11, Page 2879-2894, November 2025.
Abstract Indigenous Peoples rely on biodiversity and traditional knowledge for health and well‐being, yet biological and cultural systems are threatened by ecological and social changes. Limited understanding exists on the factors that support the resilience of Indigenous Peoples' healthcare systems—the capacity of a healthcare system to adapt to ...
Sandrine Gallois   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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