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Different Ecological Niches of Poisonous Aristolochia clematitis in Central and Marginal Distribution Ranges—Another Contribution to a Better Understanding of Balkan Endemic Nephropathy [PDF]
Plants, 2023 Aristolochia clematitis L. is a perennial herbaceous plant distributed throughout Europe, Asia Minor and Caucasus. It has been used as a medicinal plant since antiquity but not in recent times because it contains poisonous aristolochic acid, causing ...
Ivan Brzić +14 more
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Multiple Uses of Wild Edible Trees by a Nahua-Origin Community in Western Mexico [PDF]
PlantsWild edible trees (WETs) play an important role in the diet of many rural communities. Therefore, research on their use and management is important to support both food sovereignty and local conservation of biocultural resources.
Alana Pacheco-Flores +5 more
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Applied research in ethnoecology: Fieldwork experiences [PDF]
Antropólogos Iberoamericanos en Red, 2012 Ethnoecology studies human beings’ relation with their environment aiming at understanding several current social-ecological problems such as ecological degradation and loss of cultural diversity, mainly from a local point of view.
Isabel Ruíz-Mallén +4 more
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Disentangling Domestication from Food Production Systems in the Neotropics
Quaternary, 2021 The Neolithic Revolution narrative associates early-mid Holocene domestications with the development of agriculture that fueled the rise of late Holocene civilizations.
Charles R. Clement +19 more
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Le maïs et la mémoire bioculturelle de Mésoamérique
Revue d'ethnoécologie, 2021 Our contribution focuses on revisiting the theme of maize and the regenerative traditional agricultural system called milpa (corn-beans-squash) in its cosmogonic, cognitive, and practical context within the Mesoamerican agricultural tradition.
Víctor M. Toledo +1 more
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Folk Knowledge in Southern Siberia in the 1770s: Johan Peter Falck’s Ethnobiological Observations
Studia Orientalia Electronica, 2021 The southern Siberian Turkic groups were mostly unknown to outsiders when the Swedish scientist Johan Peter Falck (1732–1774) visited their settlements in the early 1770s.
Sabira Ståhlberg, Ingvar Svanberg
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Na Primeira Margem do Rio: Território e Ecologia do Povo Xavante de Wedezé
Ethnobiology Letters, 2014 Review of Na Primeira Margem do Rio: Território e Ecologia do Povo Xavante de Wedezé. James R Welch, Ricardo Ventura Santos, Nancy M. Flowers, and Carlos E. A. Coimbra Jr. 2012. Museu do Índio/FUNAI, Rio de Janeiro. Pp. 244. ISBN 978-85-85986-46-9.
Nicholas C. Kawa
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Ecology and Society, 2004 The importance accorded to ethnoecological knowledge for suggesting new paths in scientific research, understanding ecological processes, and designing sustainable management of natural resources has grown in recent years. However, variation in knowledge
Suresh Kumar Ghimire +2 more
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Ecology and Society, 2006 Sabal palm has been used for thatching the traditional Maya house for over 3000 yr. The great importance of this resource has promoted its management within home gardens.
Andrea Martínez-Ballesté +2 more
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Cryogenic Resources: Ice, Snow, and Permafrost in Traditional Subsistence Systems in Russia
Resources, 2019 This article is devoted to the study of the role of natural cryogenic resources in the traditional subsistence systems of the people of Russia. The main source of the actual information and the empirical basis reflecting the features of traditional ...
Roman Fedorov
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