Altieri, M.A., Anderson, K. and Merrick, L.C. (1987) Peasant agriculture and conservation of crop and wild plant resources. Conservation Biology 1, 49-58. Gliessman, S.R., Garcia, E. and Amador, A. (1981) The ecological basis for the ...
I particularly like the sympathetic approach to local peoples which pervades this book. It is one which encourages the ethnobotanical work by both the local people themselves and by academically trained researchers.
Fruits and vegetables Grains, legumes, and nuts Arrowroot Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze, Dioscoreaceae Wingbean ... soursop (Annona muricata L.), and papaya (Carica papaya L.) are New World tropical fruits introduced to Oceania, ...
Ethnobotany includes the traditional use of plants in different fields like medicine and agriculture. This book incorporates important studies based on ethnobotany of different geographic zones.
"The proposed book will present the large-scale synthesis of traditional botanical knowledge of useful plants.
Principles of tzeltal plant classification . Academic Press , New York . Berlin , Brent . 1974. ... The concept of rank in ethnobiological classification : some evidence from aguaruna folk botany . Amer . Ethnol . 3 : 381-99 .
This book provides ethnobotanical data about the traditional uses of medicinal plants across the world. This book aims to analyze and evaluate the use of medicinal crops among different groups of people.
Published on the 100th anniversary of the science of ethnobotany, this volume provides a comprehensive summary of the history and current state of the field.
This book is the basic introduction to the field, showing how botany, anthropology, ecology, economics and linguistics are all employed in the techniques and methods involved.
Discover how cultures use plants for food, fuel, medicine, shelter, and religious ceremonies, and how scientists look to traditional remedies to fight disease.
... Patagonia Argentina. Libro de Resúmenes V Reunión de la Sociedad Latinoamericana de Fitoquímica, Montevideo, 28 ... Flores de la Estepa patagónica. Vázquez Mazzini Ed. Buenos Aires, 286, pp. Guignard, L. (1906). Le Haricot à acide ...
It desribes the biological effectiveness (activities) related to each "sickness" which have been scientifically verified. This book will also discuss the bioactivities established/determined that are promising and have potential.
Bridging the gap between ethnobotany and chemistry, this book presents an introduction to botany, ethnobotany, and phytochemistry to clearly join these fields of study and highlight their importance in the discovery of botanical uses in ...
... new-generation separation and preconcentration methods. pp. 149–206. In: Soylak, M. and E. Yilmaz [Eds.]. New Generation Green Solvents for Separation and Preconcentration of Organic and Inorganic Species ... New York. Bhatia, A., S. Sarma, Z ...