Introduction to ethnobiology. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves, editors.
• Editors: Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino de; Alves, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega
• Contents: What Is Ethnobiology -- History Ethnobiology -- Ethnobiology Or Ethnoecology -- Historical Ethnobiology.-Paleoethnobiology -- Urban Ethnobiology -- Diaspora Ethnobiology -- Ethnophycology -- Gastronomic Ethnobiology -- Ethnoprimatology -- Ethnobiology Of Change -- Political Ecology -- Ethnobiology, Ethics And Traditional Knowledge Protection -- What Is Environmental Perception -- Biota Perception And Use -- Biological Bases For Human Perception -- Risk Perception -- How And Why Should People Classify Natural Resources -- Alternative Views Of Folk Classification -- Fungi -- Food Plants -- Medicinal Plants -- Tonic Plants -- Magic Plants -- Ornamental Plants -- Timber Resources -- Animal Resources -- Plant And Landscape Local Management -- Indigenous Use Of Tropical Biodiversity And Ecosystem Domestication -- Extractivism Of Plant Resources -- Plant Domestication -- Domestication Of Animals -- Ethnobiology And Biodiversity Conservation -- Local Or Traditional Knowledge Transmission And Natural Resource Use -- Gender And Age -- Ethnicity, Income And Education -- Urbanization, Modernization And Nature Knowledge -- How Does Social Status Relate To Traditional Ecological Knowledge? -- Plant Knowledge And Use In The Context Of Migration -- Cultural Comparisons In Ethnobiological Research.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 310 pages)
• Subjects: 306.45; Life sciences; Ethnobiology; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture; Ethnobiology; Life Sciences; Biological Techniques; Ecology; Zoology; Science -- Life Sciences -- Ecology; Science -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Zoology & animal sciences; Cytology -- Research -- Methodology; Ecology; Zoology; Science -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- General; Biology, life sciences; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319281551; 3319281550; 3319281534; 9783319281537
• Related ISBNs: 9783319281537
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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