180 years of marine animal diversity as perceived by public media in southern Brazil. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2023 Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu CEX2019-000940-MCommoditization of marine resources has dramatically increased anthropogenic footprints on coastal and ocean systems, but the scale of these impacts remain unclear due to a pervasive lack of historical
Herbst DF +5 more
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Ethnotaxonomie des plantes médicinales chez les Bété de Gagnoa, en Côte d’Ivoire [PDF]
International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences, 2021 Dans le but de contribuer à la sauvegarde des savoirs médicaux ancestraux et à la valorisation de la médecine traditionnelle, cent vingt tradipraticiens du département de Gagnoa ont été soumis à des entretiens semi-structurés portant sur les procédés ...
N'guessan, Koffi, Sidio, Serge-Roland
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The uses of Kenyan aloes: an analysis of implications for names, distribution and conservation. [PDF]
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed, 2015 Background The genus Aloe is renowned for its medicinal and cosmetic properties and long history of use. Sixty-three Aloe species occur in Kenya, of which around 50 % are endemic.
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Fishers' knowledge on the coast of Brazil. [PDF]
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed, 2016 Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)Although fishers' knowledge has been recently considered into management programmes, there is still the need to establish a ...
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The role of Nucularia perrinii Batt. (Chenopodiaceae) in the camel-based Sahrawi social-ecological system. [PDF]
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed, 2017 BACKGROUND: Pastoral social-ecological systems (SESs) are adaptive and complex systems rooted in the extensive exploitation of forage plants for livestock-based livelihoods and culture.
Volpato G, Di Nardo A.
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Ethnoontology: Ways of world‐building across cultures [PDF]
Philosophy Compass, Volume 14, Issue 9, September 2019., 2019 This article outlines a program of ethnoontology that brings together empirical research in the ethnosciences with ontological debates in philosophy. First, we survey empirical evidence from heterogeneous cultural contexts and disciplines.
Ludwig, David, Weiskopf, Daniel A.
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Folk taxonomy and indigenous names for frogs in Zululand, South Africa [PDF]
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2019 Background We use taxonomy to organize the world into recognizable units. Folk taxonomy deals with the naming and classification of organisms through culture. Unlike its scientific counterpart, folk taxonomy is mostly undocumented, the Zoological Code of
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When the seeds sprout, the hornbills hatch: understanding the traditional ecological knowledge of the Ibans of Brunei Darussalam on hornbills [PDF]
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2019 Background Hornbills are known to play an important role in rainforests as agents of seed dispersal. Decades of scientific research has led to a vital body of knowledge on hornbill taxonomy, ecology, distribution, and conservation status.
F. Merlin Franco, Misa Juliana Minggu
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Snakebite envenomation and community responses in an Amazonian floodplain: Public health and ethnobiological perspectives. [PDF]
PLOS Global Public HealthSnakebite envenomation is a serious tropical public health problem, with a high incidence in the Amazon region. In floodplain areas, the seasonal flood pulse intensifies interactions between humans and snakes, making the riverine populations of the Lower
Brenna Celina de Carvalho Muniz +6 more
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A review of the prevalence, utility, and caveats of using chloroplast simple sequence repeats for studies of plant biology. [PDF]
Appl Plant Sci, 2014 Microsatellites occur in all plant genomes and provide useful markers for studies of genetic diversity and structure. Chloroplast microsatellites (cpSSRs) are frequently targeted because they are more easily isolated than nuclear microsatellites. Here, we quantified the frequency and uses of cpSSRs based on a literature review of over 400 studies ...
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