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29 produkter
Ethnobotany of Mexico
Interactions of People and Plants in Mesoamerica
Av Rafael Lira, Alejandro Casas m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
3238 kr
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This book reviews the history, current state of knowledge, and different research approaches and techniques of studies on interactions between humans and plants in an important area of agriculture and ongoing plant domestication: Mesoamerica. Leading scholars and key research groups in Mexico …
Ethnobotany of Mexico
Interactions of People and Plants in Mesoamerica
Av Rafael Lira, Alejandro Casas m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
3238 kr
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This book reviews the history, current state of knowledge, and different research approaches and techniques of studies on interactions between humans and plants in an important area of agriculture and ongoing plant domestication: Mesoamerica. Leading scholars and key research groups in Mexico …
Chiloé
The Ethnobiology of an Island Culture
Av Anton Daughters, Ana Pitchon
Häftad, 2018
1084 kr
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This volume focuses on the ethnobiology of southern Chile’s Archipelago of Chiloé. Chiloé presents a unique perspective on the intersection of society and biology owing to its vast natural resources, historic culture of cooperation, geographic isolation, and external resource exploitation. …
Ethnoecology and Medicinal Plants of the Highland Maya
Häftad, 2018
1084 kr
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Plants play a central role in human existence. Medicinal plants, in particular, have allowed for the continued survival of the human species. This book, based on over a decade of research in Southern Mexico with the Highland Maya, explores the relationship between medicinal plants, traditional …
Neotropical Ethnoprimatology
Indigenous Peoples’ Perceptions of and Interactions with Nonhuman Primates
Av Bernardo Urbani, Manuel Lizarralde
Inbunden, 2020
1623 kr
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Ethnoprimatology is situated at the intersection between the biological and cultural subfields of anthropology. Research on the interface between human and nonhuman primates has been steadily increasing since 1997, when the term ethnoprimatology was first coined. Although there have been studies on …
Neotropical Ethnoprimatology
Indigenous Peoples’ Perceptions of and Interactions with Nonhuman Primates
Av Bernardo Urbani, Manuel Lizarralde
Häftad, 2021
1623 kr
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Ethnoprimatology is situated at the intersection between the biological and cultural subfields of anthropology. Research on the interface between human and nonhuman primates has been steadily increasing since 1997, when the term ethnoprimatology was first coined. Although there have been studies on …
Changing Climate, Changing Worlds
Local Knowledge and the Challenges of Social and Ecological Change
Av Meredith Welch-Devine, Anne Sourdril m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
1623 kr
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This book explores how individuals and communities perceive and understand climate change using their observations of change in the world around them. Because processes of climatic change operate at spatial and temporal scales that differ from those of everyday practice, the phenomenon can be …
Changing Climate, Changing Worlds
Local Knowledge and the Challenges of Social and Ecological Change
Av Meredith Welch-Devine, Anne Sourdril m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
1623 kr
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This book explores how individuals and communities perceive and understand climate change using their observations of change in the world around them. Because processes of climatic change operate at spatial and temporal scales that differ from those of everyday practice, the phenomenon can be …
Ethnobiology of Mountain Communities in Asia
Av Arshad Mehmood Abbasi, Rainer W. Bussmann
Inbunden, 2021
1838 kr
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Natural resources and associated biological diversity provide the basis of livelihood for human population, particularly in the rural areas and mountain regions across the globe. Asia is home to the world's highest mountain regions including the Himalayas, Karakorum and Hindukush. These regions are …
Ethnobiology of Mountain Communities in Asia
Av Arshad Mehmood Abbasi, Rainer W. Bussmann
Häftad, 2022
1838 kr
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Natural resources and associated biological diversity provide the basis of livelihood for human population, particularly in the rural areas and mountain regions across the globe. Asia is home to the world's highest mountain regions including the Himalayas, Karakorum and Hindukush. These regions are …
Local Food Plants of Brazil
Av Michelle Cristine Medeiros Jacob, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque
Inbunden, 2021
1838 kr
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There has been growing academic interest in local food plants. This is a subject that lies at the frontiers of knowledge of various areas, such as environmental sciences, nutrition, public health, and humanities. To date, however, we do not have a book bringing these multi-disciplinary perspectives …
Local Food Plants of Brazil
Av Michelle Cristine Medeiros Jacob, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque
Häftad, 2022
1838 kr
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There has been growing academic interest in local food plants. This is a subject that lies at the frontiers of knowledge of various areas, such as environmental sciences, nutrition, public health, and humanities. To date, however, we do not have a book bringing these multi-disciplinary perspectives …
Amazon Fruits: An Ethnobotanical Journey
Av Nigel Smith
2023
2168 kr
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This is the first comprehensive listing of Amazon fruits from an ethnobotanical perspective. This detailed book covers 50 botanical families, 207 species, in the Amazon including how the people of each region use them. It is lavishly illustrated with high-quality photographs taken by the author, an …
Amazon Fruits: An Ethnobotanical Journey
Av Nigel Smith
2024
2168 kr
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This is the first comprehensive listing of Amazon fruits from an ethnobotanical perspective. This detailed book covers 50 botanical families, 207 species, in the Amazon including how the people of each region use them. It is lavishly illustrated with high-quality photographs taken by the author, an …
Ethnobiology of Uzbekistan
Ethnomedicinal Knowledge of Mountain Communities
Av Olim K. Khojimatov, Yusufjon Gafforov m. fl.
2023
2040 kr
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Natural resources and associated biological diversity provide the basis of livelihood for humans, particularly in rural areas and mountain regions around the world. Over centuries, indigenous peoples, traditional societies and local communities have developed their own specific knowledge regarding …
Ethnobiology of Uzbekistan
Ethnomedicinal Knowledge of Mountain Communities
Av Olim K. Khojimatov, Yusufjon Gafforov m. fl.
2024
2040 kr
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Natural resources and associated biological diversity provide the basis of livelihood for humans, particularly in rural areas and mountain regions around the world. Over centuries, indigenous peoples, traditional societies and local communities have developed their own specific knowledge regarding …
Ethnobiology and Development in Asia
The Belt and Road Initiative, Volume 1
Av Yao Fu, Rainer W. Bussmann m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
3098 kr
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Ethnobiology and Development in Asia: The Belt and Road Initiative offers a groundbreaking perspective on the interplay between traditional knowledge, cultural practices, and biological resources along historical and contemporary trade routes across Asia. Against the backdrop of an interlinked …
Ethnobiology and Development in Asia
The Belt and Road Initiative, Volume 2
Av Yao Fu, Rainer W. Bussmann m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
2215 kr
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Ethnobiology and Development in Asia: The Belt and Road Initiative offers a groundbreaking perspective on the interplay between traditional knowledge, cultural practices, and biological resources along historical and contemporary trade routes across Asia. Against the backdrop of an interlinked …
Ethnobiology of Corals and Coral Reefs
Av Nemer Narchi, Lisa Leimar Price
Inbunden, 2016
1623 kr
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This book explores the ethnobiology of corals by examining the various ways in which humans, past and present, have exploited and taken care of coral and coralline habitats. This book will bring the educated general audience closer to corals by exploring the various circumstances of human-coral …
Traditional Ecological Knowledge of the Solega
A Linguistic Perspective
Av Aung Si
Inbunden, 2015
1084 kr
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This book covers the ethnobiology and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) of the Solega people of southern India. Solega TEK is shown to be a complex, inter-related network of detailed observations of natural phenomena, well-reasoned and often highly accurate theorizing, as well as a belief …
Plants and Health
New Perspectives on the Health-Environment-Plant Nexus
Av Elizabeth Anne Olson, John Richard Stepp
Inbunden, 2017
1084 kr
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This volume showcases current ethnobiological accounts of the ways that people use plants to promote human health and well-being. The goal in this volume is to highlight some contemporary examples of how plants are central to various aspects of healthy environments and healthy minds and bodies. …
Ethnoecology and Medicinal Plants of the Highland Maya
Inbunden, 2018
1098 kr
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Plants play a central role in human existence. Medicinal plants, in particular, have allowed for the continued survival of the human species. This book, based on over a decade of research in Southern Mexico with the Highland Maya, explores the relationship between medicinal plants, traditional …
Ethnobiology of Corals and Coral Reefs
Av Nemer Narchi, Lisa Leimar Price
Häftad, 2018
1643 kr
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This book explores the ethnobiology of corals by examining the various ways in which humans, past and present, have exploited and taken care of coral and coralline habitats. This book will bring the educated general audience closer to corals by exploring the various circumstances of human-coral …
Traditional Ecological Knowledge of the Solega
A Linguistic Perspective
Av Aung Si
Häftad, 2019
1098 kr
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This book covers the ethnobiology and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) of the Solega people of southern India. Solega TEK is shown to be a complex, inter-related network of detailed observations of natural phenomena, well-reasoned and often highly accurate theorizing, as well as a belief …
Plants and Health
New Perspectives on the Health-Environment-Plant Nexus
Av Elizabeth Anne Olson, John Richard Stepp
Häftad, 2018
1098 kr
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This volume showcases current ethnobiological accounts of the ways that people use plants to promote human health and well-being. The goal in this volume is to highlight some contemporary examples of how plants are central to various aspects of healthy environments and healthy minds and bodies. …
Chiloé
The Ethnobiology of an Island Culture
Av Anton Daughters, Ana Pitchon
Inbunden, 2018
1084 kr
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This volume focuses on the ethnobiology of southern Chile’s Archipelago of Chiloé. Chiloé presents a unique perspective on the intersection of society and biology owing to its vast natural resources, historic culture of cooperation, geographic isolation, and external resource exploitation. …
Coastal Heritage and Cultural Resilience
Av Lisa L. Price, Nemer E. Narchi
Inbunden, 2018
1623 kr
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This book explores the knowledge, work and life of Pacific coastal populations from the Pacific Northwest to Panama. Center stage in this volume is the knowledge people acquire on coastal and marine ecosystems. Material and aesthetic benefits from interacting with the environment contribute to the …
Living with Biodiversity in an Island Ecosystem
Cultural Adaptation in the Solomon Islands
Häftad, 2018
1084 kr
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This book presents a detailed case study of ecological and cultural interactions between the people and their natural environment at Roviana Lagoon, Solomon Islands, a land of rich biodiversity. This volume documents the subsistence lifestyle of the people and their indigenous ecological knowledge, …
Living with Biodiversity in an Island Ecosystem
Cultural Adaptation in the Solomon Islands
Inbunden, 2016
1084 kr
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This book presents a detailed case study of ecological and cultural interactions between the people and their natural environment at Roviana Lagoon, Solomon Islands, a land of rich biodiversity. This volume documents the subsistence lifestyle of the people and their indigenous ecological knowledge, …
