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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Ausgabe 1/2015

Inhalt (87 Artikel)

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Ready for phase 5 - current status of ethnobiology in Southeast Asia

Syafitri Hidayati, F Merlin Franco, Rainer W Bussmann

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Medicinal plant knowledge in Caribbean Basin: a comparative study of Afrocaribbean, Amerindian and Mestizo communities

Wendy Torres-Avilez, Martha Méndez-González, Rafael Durán-García, Isabelle Boulogne, Lionel Germosén-Robineau

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Fishers’ knowledge about fish trophic interactions in the southeastern Brazilian coast

Milena Ramires, Mariana Clauzet, Walter Barrella, Matheus M Rotundo, Renato AM Silvano, Alpina Begossi

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Use of ichthyofauna by artisanal fishermen at two protected areas along the coast of Northeast Brazil

Marcia Freire Pinto, José Silva Mourão, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves

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Ethnobotanical study on wild plants used by Lhoba people in Milin County, Tibet

Feifei Li, Jingxian Zhuo, Bo Liu, Devra Jarvis, Chunlin Long

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Traps as treats: a traditional sticky rice snack persisting in rapidly changing Asian kitchens

Rachel Schwallier, Hugo J de Boer, Natasja Visser, Rogier R van Vugt, Barbara Gravendeel

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Ethnobotany of medicinal plants in Ada’a District, East Shewa Zone of Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia

Alemayehu Kefalew, Zemede Asfaw, Ensermu Kelbessa

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Of the importance of a leaf: the ethnobotany of sarma in Turkey and the Balkans

Yunus Dogan, Anely Nedelcheva, Łukasz Łuczaj, Constantin Drăgulescu, Gjoshe Stefkov, Aida Maglajlić, Jonathan Ferrier, Nora Papp, Avni Hajdari, Behxhet Mustafa, Zora Dajić-Stevanović, Andrea Pieroni

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Ethnomedicinal plants used for digestive system disorders by the Karen of northern Thailand

Kornkanok Tangjitman, Chalobol Wongsawad, Kaweesin Kamwong, Treetip Sukkho, Chusie Trisonthi

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Modelling socioeconomic determinants for cultivation and in-situ conservation of Vitex doniana Sweet (Black plum), a wild harvested economic plant in Benin

Sognigbe N’Danikou, Enoch G Achigan-Dako, Dedeou A Tchokponhoue, Chaldia OA Agossou, Carlos A Houdegbe, Raymond S Vodouhe, Adam Ahanchede

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Edible and medicinal termites: a global overview

Rozzanna Esther Cavalcanti Reis de Figueirêdo, Alexandre Vasconcellos, Iamara Silva Policarpo, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves

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Ethnoveterinary plants and practices used for ecto-parasite control in semi-arid smallholder farming areas of Zimbabwe

Emmanuel Tendai Nyahangare, Brighton Marimanzi Mvumi, Tonderai Mutibvu

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A comparative ethno-botanical study of Cholistan (an arid area) and Pothwar (a semi-arid area) of Pakistan for traditional medicines

Sadia Malik, Saeed Ahmad, Alia Sadiq, Khurshid Alam, Hafiz Muhammad Wariss, Imtiaz Ahmad, Muhammad Qasim Hayat, Shazia Anjum, Muhammad Mukhtar

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Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plants used by Maonan people in China

Liya Hong, Zhiyong Guo, Kunhui Huang, Shanjun Wei, Bo Liu, Shaowu Meng, Chunlin Long

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Herbal remedy knowledge acquisition and transmission among the Yucatec Maya in Tabi, Mexico: a cross-sectional study

Allison L Hopkins, John Richard Stepp, Christopher McCarty, Judith S Gordon

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Ethnoecology - The best medicine against allergy?

Zsolt Molnár

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Ethnoveterinary practices of Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania

Sámuel Gergely Bartha, Cassandra L Quave, Lajos Balogh, Nóra Papp

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Cultural significance of wild mammals in mayan and mestizo communities of the Lacandon Rainforest, Chiapas, Mexico

Yasminda García del Valle, Eduardo J Naranjo, Javier Caballero, Carlos Martorell, Felipe Ruan-Soto, Paula L Enríquez

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A cross-cultural comparison of folk plant uses among Albanians, Bosniaks, Gorani and Turks living in south Kosovo

Behxhet Mustafa, Avni Hajdari, Andrea Pieroni, Bledar Pulaj, Xhemajli Koro, Cassandra L Quave

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Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal dietary plants used by the Naxi People in Lijiang Area, Northwest Yunnan, China

Lingling Zhang, Yu Zhang, Shengji Pei, Yanfei Geng, Chen Wang, Wang Yuhua

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Ethnobotany of wild plants used for starting fermented beverages in Shui communities of southwest China

Liya Hong, Jingxian Zhuo, Qiyi Lei, Jiangju Zhou, Selena Ahmed, Chaoying Wang, Yuxiao Long, Feifei Li, Chunlin Long

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Ethnomedicinal plants used by traditional healers in Phatthalung Province, Peninsular Thailand

Katesarin Maneenoon, Chuanchom Khuniad, Yaowalak Teanuan, Nisachon Saedan, Supatra Prom-in, Nitiphol Rukleng, Watid Kongpool, Phongsura Pinsook, Winyu Wongwiwat

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Ethnomedicinal survey of various communities residing in Garo Hills of Durgapur, Bangladesh

Md. Arif Khan, Md. Khirul Islam, Md. Afjalus Siraj, Sanjib Saha, Apurba Kumar Barman, Khalijah Awang, Md. Mustafizur Rahman, Jamil A. Shilpi, Rownak Jahan, Erena Islam, Mohammed Rahmatullah

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Rats: if you can’t beat them eat them! (Tricks of the trade observed among the Adi and other North-East Indian tribals)

Victor Benno Meyer-Rochow, Karsing Megu, Jharna Chakravorty

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Knowledge and use of wild edible plants in rural communities along Paraguay River, Pantanal, Brazil

Ieda Maria Bortolotto, Maria Christina de Mello Amorozo, Germano Guarim Neto, Jens Oldeland, Geraldo Alves Damasceno-Junior

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Acknowledgement of manuscript reviewers 2014

Andrea Pieroni

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From Disease to Holiness: Religious-based health remedies of Italian folk medicine (XIX-XX century)

Nelide Romeo, Olivier Gallo, Giuseppe Tagarelli

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Cultural landscapes of the Araucaria Forests in the northern plateau of Santa Catarina, Brazil

Anna Jacinta Machado Mello, Nivaldo Peroni

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Wild edible plant knowledge, distribution and transmission: a case study of the Achí Mayans of Guatemala

Nerea Turreira-García, Ida Theilade, Henrik Meilby, Marten Sørensen

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From economic survival to recreation: contemporary uses of wild food and medicine in rural Sweden, Ukraine and NW Russia

Nataliya Stryamets, Marine Elbakidze, Melissa Ceuterick, Per Angelstam, Robert Axelsson

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Ethnoveterinary of Sahrawi pastoralists of Western Sahara: camel diseases and remedies

Gabriele Volpato, Saleh Mohamed Lamin Saleh, Antonello Di Nardo

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Factors affecting home gardens ownership, diversity and structure: a case study from Benin

Rodrigue Castro Gbedomon, Adandé Belarmain Fandohan, Valère Kolawolé Salako, Alix Franck Rodrigue Idohou, Romain Glèlè Kakaї, Achille Ephrem Assogbadjo

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Plant selection for ethnobotanical uses on the Amalfi Coast (Southern Italy)

V. Savo, R. Joy, G. Caneva, W. C. McClatchey

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Motivations for food prohibitions during pregnancy and their enforcement mechanisms in a rural Ghanaian district

Samson K. Arzoaquoi, Edward E. Essuman, Fred Y. Gbagbo, Eric Y. Tenkorang, Ireneous Soyiri, Amos K. Laar

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Medicinal plants sold in the markets of Antananarivo, Madagascar

Maria Nirina Randriamiharisoa, Alyse R. Kuhlman, Vololoniaina Jeannoda, Harison Rabarison, Nivo Rakotoarivelo, Tabita Randrianarivony, Fortunat Raktoarivony, Armand Randrianasolo, Rainer W. Bussmann

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TEK, local perceptions of risk, and diversity of management practices of Agave inaequidens in Michoacán, Mexico

Ignacio Torres, José Blancas, Alejandro León, Alejandro Casas

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An ethnomedicinal study of the Seri people; a group of hunter-gatherers and fishers native to the Sonoran Desert

Nemer E. Narchi, Luis Ernesto Aguilar-Rosas, José Jesús Sánchez-Escalante, Dora Ofelia Waumann-Rojas

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The social context of wild leafy vegetables uses in Shiri, Daghestan

Iwona Kaliszewska, Iwona Kołodziejska-Degórska

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An iconic traditional apiculture of park fringe communities of Borena Sayint National Park, north eastern Ethiopia

Hussien Adal, Zemede Asfaw, Zerihun Woldu, Sebsebe Demissew, Patrick van Damme

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The use of Amerindian charm plants in the Guianas

Tinde van Andel, Sofie Ruysschaert, Karin Boven, Lewis Daly

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An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants in Trinidad

Y. N. Clement, Y. S. Baksh-Comeau, C. E. Seaforth

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Medicinal plants used to treat the most frequent diseases encountered in Ambalabe rural community, Eastern Madagascar

Nivo H. Rakotoarivelo, Fortunat Rakotoarivony, Aro Vonjy Ramarosandratana, Vololoniaina H. Jeannoda, Alyse R. Kuhlman, Armand Randrianasolo, Rainer W. Bussmann

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Integrated approach to the understanding of the degradation of an urban river: local perceptions, environmental parameters and geoprocessing

Carolina A. Collier, Miguel S. de Almeida Neto, Gabriela MA Aretakis, Rangel E. Santos, Tiago H. de Oliveira, José S. Mourão, William Severi, Ana CA El-Deir

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Symbolism and ritual practices related to hunting in Maya communities from central Quintana Roo, Mexico

Dídac Santos-Fita, Eduardo J. Naranjo, Erin I.J. Estrada, Ramón Mariaca, Eduardo Bello

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Attitudes and use of medicinal plants during pregnancy among women at health care centers in three regions of Mali, West-Africa

Cecilie Sogn Nergard, Thi Phung Than Ho, Drissa Diallo, Ngolo Ballo, Berit Smestad Paulsen, Hedvig Nordeng

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Impact of traditional culture on Camellia reticulata in Yunnan, China

Tong Xin, Jan de Riek, Huijun Guo, Devra Jarvis, Lijuan Ma, Chunlin Long

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Bird naming systems by Akan people in Ghana follow scientific nomenclature with potentials for conservation monitoring

Justus P. Deikumah, Vida Asieduwaa Konadu, Richard Kwafo

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Ræstur fiskur: air-dried fermented fish the Faroese way

Ingvar Svanberg

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Farmers knowledge and perception on maize stem borers and their indigenous control methods in south western region of Cameroon

Esther Obi Oben, Nelson Neba Ntonifor, Sevilor Kekeunou, Martin Nkwa Abbeytakor

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An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in the East Sepik province of Papua New Guinea

Michael Koch, Dickson Andrew Kehop, Boniface Kinminja, Malcolm Sabak, Graham Wavimbukie, Katherine M. Barrows, Teatulohi K. Matainaho, Louis R. Barrows, Prem P. Rai

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Assessing human-bat interactions around a protected area in northeastern Brazil

Karlla Morganna da Costa Rego, Caio Graco Zeppelini, Luiz Carlos Serramo Lopez, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves

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An ethnobotany of the Lukomir Highlanders of Bosnia & Herzegovina

Jonathan Ferrier, Lana Saciragic, Sabina Trakić, Eric C. H. Chen, Rachelle L. Gendron, Alain Cuerrier, Michael J. Balick, Sulejman Redžić, Emira Alikadić, John T. Arnason

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The uses of Kenyan aloes: an analysis of implications for names, distribution and conservation

Charlotte S. Bjorå, Emily Wabuyele, Olwen M. Grace, Inger Nordal, Leonard E. Newton

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Scented grasses in Norway—identity and uses

Torbjørn Alm

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Ethnobotanical survey of plants used in Afyonkarahisar-Turkey

Süleyman Arı, Mehmet Temel, Mustafa Kargıoğlu, Muhsin Konuk

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Children’s daily activities and knowledge acquisition: A case study among the Baka from southeastern Cameroon

Sandrine Gallois, Romain Duda, Barry Hewlett, Victoria Reyes-García

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: Assessing human-bat interactions around a protected area in northeastern Brazil

Karlla Morganna Costa Rego, Caio Graco Zeppelini, Luiz Carlos Serramo Lopez, Rômuno Romeu Nobrega Alves

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Wildlife use and the role of taboos in the conservation of wildlife around the Nkwende Hills Forest Reserve; South-west Cameroon

Kadiri Serge Bobo, Fodjou Florence Mariam Aghomo, Bonito Chia Ntumwel

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Use-value and importance of socio-cultural knowledge on Carapa procera trees in the Sudanian zone in Mali

Urbain Dembélé, Anne Mette Lykke, Yénizié Koné, Bino Témé, Amadou Malé Kouyaté

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Plant extractivism in light of game theory: a case study in northeastern Brazil

Rafael RV Silva, Laura Jane Gomes, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque

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Agroforestry systems of the lowland alluvial valleys of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Biosphere Reserve: an evaluation of their biocultural capacity

Mariana Vallejo, Alejandro Casas, Edgar Pérez-Negrón, Ana I Moreno-Calles, Omar Hernández-Ordoñez, Oswaldo Tellez, Patricia Dávila

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Traditional plant use in Burkina Faso (West Africa): a national-scale analysis with focus on traditional medicine

Alexander Zizka, Adjima Thiombiano, Stefan Dressler, Blandine MI Nacoulma, Amadé Ouédraogo, Issaka Ouédraogo, Oumarou Ouédraogo, Georg Zizka, Karen Hahn, Marco Schmidt

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Vernacular dominance in folk taxonomy: a case study of ethnospecies in medicinal plant trade in Tanzania

Joseph Otieno, Siri Abihudi, Sarina Veldman, Michael Nahashon, Tinde van Andel, Hugo J de Boer

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Local health practices and the knowledge of medicinal plants in a Brazilian semi-arid region: environmental benefits to human health

Sofia Zank, Nivaldo Peroni, Elcida Lima de Araújo, Natalia Hanazaki

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Local knowledge about fodder plants in the semi-arid region of Northeastern Brazil

Alissandra Trajano Nunes, Reinaldo Farias Paivade Lucena, Mércia Virgínia Ferreira dos Santos, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque

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Ethnoecology of the palm Brahea dulcis (Kunth) Mart. in central Mexico

María T Pulido, Mayte Coronel-Ortega

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Art, fisheries and ethnobiology

Alpina Begossi, Rodrigo Caires