Ethnotaxonomy of sharks from tropical waters of Brazil [PDF]
Background Accessing folk knowledge from small-scale fishers is an affordable and reliable approach to understand the dynamic and diversity of shark species worldwide, especially of those eventually caught.
Marcelo Moreira de Carvalho +1 more
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Cultural consensus and intracultural diversity in ethnotaxonomy: lessons from a fishing community in Northeast Brazil [PDF]
Background Traditional fishing communities are strongholds of ethnobiological knowledge but establishing to what degree they harbor cultural consensus about different aspects of this knowledge has been a challenge in many ethnobiological studies. Methods
Vítor Renck +5 more
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Ethnotaxonomy of buffallo (Bubalus Bubalis) on livestock system of the Gayo Community, Aceh [PDF]
This paper aims to reveal the knowledge of the Gayo community about buffalo ethnotaxonomy so as to provide a good alternative for sustainability issues in maintaining local wisdom and identity.
Harahap, R. Hamdani +3 more
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Whales, dolphins or fishes? The ethnotaxonomy of cetaceans in São Sebastião, Brazil [PDF]
The local knowledge of human populations about the natural world has been addressed through ethnobiological studies, especially concerning resources uses and their management. Several criteria, such as morphology, ecology, behavior, utility and salience,
Souza Shirley P, Begossi Alpina
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Ethnotaxonomy of birds by the inhabitants of Pedra Branca Village, Santa Teresinha municipality, Bahia state, Brazil [PDF]
Studies on popular names of birds help to understand the relationship between human beings and birds and it also contributes to the field of ornithology.This study aims to register the ethnotaxonomy of birds in the village of Pedra Branca, Santa Teresinha municipality, Bahia State, Brazil, by cataloguing and identifying their popular names, besides ...
Eraldo M Costa Neto, Caio Graco Machado
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Ethnotaxonomy of mastofauna as practised by hunters of the municipality of Paulista, state of Paraíba-Brazil [PDF]
It was aimed in the present work to report aspects related to identification, naming and categorization of the mastofauna species of the caatinga biome, according to hunters' knowledge of Northeast Brazil.
Araujo Helder FP +2 more
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Descriptive attributes used in the characterization of stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) in rural populations of the Atlantic forest (Misiones-Argentina) [PDF]
Background Human beings employ a combination of morphological, sensorial, utilitarian, cultural and ecological characters when they identify and classify organisms.
Zamudio Fernando, Hilgert Norma I
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The Amazon Basin is home to a great number of Indigenous nationalities that have coevolved with aquatic habitats and fish resulting in a precise traditional ecological knowledge. Nevertheless, this biocultural heritage is threatened by the degradation of
Ibon Tobes
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Feathered dinosaurs reconsidered: New insights from baraminology and ethnotaxonomy [PDF]
Birds could not have evolved from land animal ancestors because Genesis clearly states that birds and land animals were created on separate days. As a result, young-earth creationists have consistently opposed the theory that birds evolved from dinosaurs.
McLain, Matthew +2 more
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Folk Nomenclature of Quercus (Fagaceae) in the Southern valleys of Cantabria (Spain) [PDF]
A survey of the Ethnotaxonomy and Ethnonomenclature of southern Cantabria Quercus (Q- faginea subsp. faginea, Q. ilex subsp. ilex, Q. petraea, Q. pyrenaica, Q. robur) is presented.
Manuel Pardo de Santayana
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