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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Ausgabe 1/2018

Inhalt (80 Artikel)

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Evolutionary ethnobiology and cultural evolution: opportunities for research and dialog

Flávia Rosa Santoro, André Luiz Borba Nascimento, Gustavo Taboada Soldati, Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque

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Traditional uses of medicinal plants practiced by the indigenous communities at Mohmand Agency, FATA, Pakistan

Muhammad Abdul Aziz, Muhammad Adnan, Amir Hasan Khan, Abdelaaty Abdelaziz Shahat, Mansour S. Al-Said, Riaz Ullah

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The return of the Iberian lynx to Portugal: local voices

Margarida Lopes-Fernandes, Clara Espírito-Santo, Amélia Frazão-Moreira

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Plants traditionally used to make Cantonese slow-cooked soup in China

Yujing Liu, Qi Liu, Ping Li, Deke Xing, Huagang Hu, Lin Li, Xuechen Hu, Chunlin Long

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Ethnoecology of the interchange of wild and weedy plants and mushrooms in Phurépecha markets of Mexico: economic motives of biotic resources management

Berenice Farfán-Heredia, Alejandro Casas, Ana I. Moreno-Calles, Eduardo García-Frapolli, Aída Castilleja

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Knowledge, use, and disuse of unconventional food plants

Mayana Lacerda Leal, Rubana Palhares Alves, Natalia Hanazaki

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Ethnomycological knowledge in three communities in Amealco, Quéretaro, México

Daniel Robles-García, Humberto Suzán-Azpiri, Adriana Montoya-Esquivel, Jesús García-Jiménez, Edgardo Ulises Esquivel-Naranjo, Elhadi Yahia, Fidel Landeros-Jaime

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Indigenous uses of ethnomedicinal plants among forest-dependent communities of Northern Bengal, India

Antony Joseph Raj, Saroj Biswakarma, Nazir A. Pala, Gopal Shukla, Vineeta, Munesh Kumar, Sumit Chakravarty, Rainer W. Bussmann

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Who should conduct ethnobotanical studies? Effects of different interviewers in the case of the Chácobo Ethnobotany project, Beni, Bolivia

Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana, Rainer W. Bussmann, Robbie E. Hart, Araceli L. Moya-Huanca, Gere Ortiz-Soria, Milton Ortiz-Vaca, David Ortiz-Álvarez, Jorge Soria-Morán, María Soria-Morán, Saúl Chávez, Bertha Chávez-Moreno, Gualberto Chávez-Moreno, Oscar Roca, Erlin Siripi

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Diversity and use of wild and non-cultivated edible plants in the Western Himalaya

Kamal Prasad Aryal, Sushmita Poudel, Ram Prasad Chaudhary, Nakul Chettri, Pashupati Chaudhary, Wu Ning, Rajan Kotru

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Traditional uses of medicinal plants used by Indigenous communities for veterinary practices at Bajaur Agency, Pakistan

Muhammad Abdul Aziz, Amir Hasan Khan, Muhammad Adnan, Habib Ullah

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An ethnobotanical study in Midyat (Turkey), a city on the silk road where cultures meet

Ali Akgul, Ayfer Akgul, Serdar G. Senol, Hasan Yildirim, Ozcan Secmen, Yunus Dogan

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Uses and importance of wild fungi: traditional knowledge from the Tshopo province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Héritier Milenge Kamalebo, Hippolyte Nshimba Seya Wa Malale, Cephas Masumbuko Ndabaga, Jérôme Degreef, André De Kesel

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The wild taxa utilized as vegetables in Sicily (Italy): a traditional component of the Mediterranean diet

Anna Geraci, Filippo Amato, Giuseppe Di Noto, Giuseppe Bazan, Rosario Schicchi

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Traditional knowledge on herbal drinks among indigenous communities in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

Neelam Rashid, Rodrigue Castro Gbedomon, Mushtaq Ahmad, Valère Kolawolé Salako, Muhammad Zafar, Khafsa Malik

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Human-Forest interfaces in Hugumburda-Gratkhassu National Forest Priority Area, North-eastern Ethiopia

Leul Kidane, Sileshi Nemomissa, Tamrat Bekele

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Perceptions of health and illness among the Konso people of southwestern Ethiopia: persistence and change

Tebaber Workneh, Guday Emirie, Mirgissa Kaba, Yalemtsehay Mekonnen, Helmut Kloos

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The ethnoprimatology of the Maijuna of the Peruvian Amazon and implications for primate conservation

Carla Mere Roncal, Mark Bowler, Michael P Gilmore

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Herbal bathing: an analysis of variation in plant use among Saramaccan and Aucan Maroons in Suriname

Charlotte I. E. A. van ‘t Klooster, Vinije Haabo, Sofie Ruysschaert, Tessa Vossen, Tinde R. van Andel

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Traditional ecological knowledge-based assessment of threatened woody species and their potential substitutes in the Atakora mountain chain, a threatened hotspot of biodiversity in Northwestern Benin, West Africa

Pierre Onodje Agbani, Konoutan Médard Kafoutchoni, Kolawolé Valère Salako, Rodrigue Castro Gbedomon, Ahuéfa Mauricel Kégbé, Hahn Karen, Brice Sinsin

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Cultural significance of the flora of a tropical dry forest in the Doche vereda (Villavieja, Huila, Colombia)

Jeison Herley Rosero-Toro, Luz Piedad Romero-Duque, Dídac Santos-Fita, Felipe Ruan-Soto

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Use patterns, use values and management of Afzelia africana Sm. in Burkina Faso: implications for species domestication and sustainable conservation

Larba Hubert Balima, Blandine Marie Ivette Nacoulma, Marius Rodrigue Mensah Ekué, François N’Guessan Kouamé, Adjima Thiombiano

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Reconsideration of the nomadic condition of the southernmost Guachichiles based on the relationship with their environment

Eric Mellink, Mónica E. Riojas-López, José Antonio Rivera-Villanueva

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Ethnomycological study in the Kilum-Ijim mountain forest, Northwest Region, Cameroon

N. A. Teke, T. R. Kinge, E. Bechem, T. M. Nji, L. M. Ndam, A. M. Mih

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The role of ethnic tourism in the food knowledge tradition of Tyrolean migrants in Treze Tílias, SC, Brazil

Elisabeth Kuhn, Ruth Haselmair, Heidemarie Pirker, Christian R. Vogl

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Melliferous insects and the uses assigned to their products in the northern Yungas of Salta, Argentina

Fabio Fernando Flores, Norma Inés Hilgert, Liliana Concepción Lupo

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Palikur traditional roundwood construction in eastern French Guiana: ethnobotanical and cultural perspectives

Clémence Ogeron, Guillaume Odonne, Antonia Cristinoi, Julien Engel, Pierre Grenand, Jacques Beauchêne, Bruno Clair, Damien Davy

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Survey of farmers’ knowledge of cassava mosaic disease and their preferences for cassava cultivars in three agro-ecological zones in Benin

Jerome Anani Houngue, Justin S. Pita, Gilles Habib Todjro Cacaï, Martine Zandjanakou-Tachin, Emmanuel A. E. Abidjo, Corneille Ahanhanzo

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Quantitative study of medicinal plants used by the communities residing in Koh-e-Safaid Range, northern Pakistani-Afghan borders

Wahid Hussain, Lal Badshah, Manzoor Ullah, Maroof Ali, Asghar Ali, Farrukh Hussain

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Ethnobotanical investigation on medicinal plants in Algoz area (South Kordofan), Sudan

Tahani Osman Issa, Yahya Sulieman Mohamed, Sakina Yagi, Reem Hassan Ahmed, Telal Mohammed Najeeb, Abdelrafie Mohamed Makhawi, Tarig Osman Khider

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Local ecological knowledge concerning the invasion of Amerindian lands in the northern Brazilian Amazon by Acacia mangium (Willd.)

Arlene Oliveira Souza, Maria do Perpétuo Socorro Rodrigues Chaves, Reinaldo Imbrozio Barbosa, Charles Roland Clement

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Ethnobotany of the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy-Güicán: climate change and conservation strategies in the Colombian Andes

Mireia Alcántara Rodríguez, Andrea Angueyra, Antoine M. Cleef, Tinde Van Andel

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Traditional knowledge and cultural importance of Borassus aethiopum Mart. in Benin: interacting effects of socio-demographic attributes and multi-scale abundance

Kolawolé Valère Salako, Francisco Moreira, Rodrigue Castro Gbedomon, Frédéric Tovissodé, Achille Ephrem Assogbadjo, Romain Lucas Glèlè Kakaï

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Ch’ol nomenclature for soil classification in the ejido Oxolotán, Tacotalpa, Tabasco, México

Rufo Sánchez-Hernández, Lucero Méndez-De la Cruz, David J. Palma-López, Francisco Bautista-Zuñiga

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The ethnobotanical domain of the Swat Valley, Pakistan

Kishwar Ali, Nasrullah Khan, Inayat-Ur Rahman, Waqar Khan, Murad Ali, Nisar Uddin, Mohammad Nisar

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Cross-cultural comparison of plant use knowledge in Baitadi and Darchula districts, Nepal Himalaya

Ripu M. Kunwar, Maria Fadiman, Mary Cameron, Rainer W. Bussmann, Khum B. Thapa-Magar, Bhagawat Rimal, Prabhat Sapkota

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Understanding the motivations for keeping wild birds in the semi-arid region of Brazil

Wallisson Sylas Luna de Oliveira, Sérgio de Faria Lopes, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves

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An ethnobotanical survey of edible fungi in Chuxiong City, Yunnan, China

Dongyang Liu, Hong Cheng, Rainer W. Bussmann, Zhiyong Guo, Bo Liu, Chunlin Long

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Astonishing diversity—the medicinal plant markets of Bogotá, Colombia

Rainer W. Bussmann, Narel Y. Paniagua Zambrana, Carolina Romero, Robbie E. Hart

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Sustainability issues of commercial non-timber forest product extraction in West Suriname

Tim van den Boog, Janette Bulkan, James Tansey, Tinde R. van Andel

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A study on food-medicine continuum among the non-institutionally trained siddha practitioners of Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu, India

S. Esakkimuthu, S. Sylvester Darvin, S. Mutheeswaran, M. Gabriel Paulraj, P. Pandikumar, S. Ignacimuthu, N. A. Al-Dhabi

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Ethnobotanical knowledge of the lay people of Blouberg area (Pedi tribe), Limpopo Province, South Africa

Nkoana Ishmael Mongalo, Tshepiso Jan Makhafola

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Do emotions influence the motivations and preferences of keepers of stingless bees?

Roberta Monique Amâncio Carvalho, Celso Feitosa Martins, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves, Ângelo Giuseppe Chaves Alves

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Traditional knowledge of wild edible plants with special emphasis on medicinal uses in Southern Shan State, Myanmar

Thant Shin, Kazumi Fujikawa, Aung Zaw Moe, Hiroshi Uchiyama

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Local botanical knowledge of native food plants in the semiarid region of Brazil

Ernane N. Nunes, Natan M. Guerra, Edna Arévalo-Marín, Carlos Antônio B. Alves, Viviany T. do Nascimento, Denise D. da Cruz, Ana H. Ladio, Silvanda de M. Silva, Rodrigo S. de Oliveira, Reinaldo F. P. de Lucena

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First large-scale ethnobotanical survey in the province of Uíge, northern Angola

Thea Lautenschläger, Mawunu Monizi, Macuntima Pedro, José Lau Mandombe, Makaya Futuro Bránquima, Christin Heinze, Christoph Neinhuis

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Folk taxonomy and traditional uses of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) landraces by the sociolinguistic groups in the central region of the Republic of Benin

Laura Estelle Yêyinou Loko, Joelle Toffa, Arlette Adjatin, Ahouélété Joel Akpo, Azize Orobiyi, Alexandre Dansi

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Beetles, ants, wasps, or flies? An ethnobiological study of edible insects among the Awajún Amerindians in Amazonas, Peru

Rubén Casas Reátegui, Lukas Pawera, Pablo Pedro Villegas Panduro, Zbynek Polesny

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Hunters and hunting across indigenous and colonist communities at the forest-agriculture interface: an ethnozoological study from the Peruvian Amazon

Wendy Francesconi, Vincent Bax, Genowefa Blundo-Canto, Simon Willcock, Sandra Cuadros, Martha Vanegas, Marcela Quintero, Carlos A. Torres-Vitolas

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Ethnomedicinal applications of animal species by the local communities of Punjab, Pakistan

Muhammad Altaf, Muhammad Umair, Abdul Rauf Abbasi, Noor Muhammad, Arshad Mehmood Abbasi

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Consumption patterns of wild edibles by the Vasavas: a case study from Gujarat, India

Sonali Hasmukh Chauhan, Santosh Yadav, Taro Takahashi, Łukasz Łuczaj, Lancelot D’Cruz, Kensuke Okada

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Traditional knowledge regarding edible insects in Burkina Faso

Aminata Séré, Adjima Bougma, Judicaël Thomas Ouilly, Mamadou Traoré, Hassane Sangaré, Anne Mette Lykke, Amadé Ouédraogo, Olivier Gnankiné, Imaël Henri Nestor Bassolé

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Zootherapeutic uses of wildmeat and associated products in the semiarid region of Brazil: general aspects and challenges for conservation

Wedson Medeiros Silva Souto, Raynner Rilke Duarte Barboza, Hugo Fernandes-Ferreira, Arnaldo José Correia Magalhães Júnior, Julio Marcelino Monteiro, Érika de Araújo Abi-chacra, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves

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Yao herbal medicinal market during the Dragon Boat Festival in Jianghua County, China

Binsheng Luo, Yujing Liu, Bo Liu, Sizhao Liu, Beixi Zhang, Linghan Zhang, Chunrui Lin, Yan Liu, Edward J. Kennelly, Zhiyong Guo, Chunlin Long

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Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Ganta Afeshum District, Eastern Zone of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

Leul Kidane, Gebrecherkos Gebremedhin, Tadesse Beyene

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Breeders’ knowledge on cattle fodder species preference in rangelands of Benin

Jéronime Marie-Ange Sènami Ouachinou, Gbèwonmèdéa Hospice Dassou, Akomian Fortuné Azihou, Aristide Cossi Adomou, Hounnankpon Yédomonhan

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Species richness, cultural importance, and prioritization of wild spices for conservation in the Sudano-Guinean zone of Benin (West Africa)

Konoutan Médard Kafoutchoni, Rodrigue Idohou, Anthony Egeru, Kolawolé Valère Salako, Clément Agbangla, Aristide Cossi Adomou, Achille Ephrem Assogbadjo

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Comparing Indigenous and public health infant feeding recommendations in Peru: opportunities for optimizing intercultural health policies

Madalena Monteban, Valeria Yucra Velasquez, Benedicta Yucra Velasquez

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Ethnopharmaceutical knowledge in Samogitia region of Lithuania: where old traditions overlap with modern medicine

Zivile Pranskuniene, Roberta Dauliute, Andrius Pranskunas, Jurga Bernatoniene

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Ethnotaxonomy of sharks from tropical waters of Brazil

Marcelo Moreira de Carvalho, Mônica Rocha de Oliveira, Priscila Fabiana Macedo Lopes, Jorge Eduardo Lins Oliveira

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Traditionally used wild edible plants of district Udhampur, J&K, India

Harpreet Bhatia, Yash Pal Sharma, R. K. Manhas, Kewal Kumar

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Indigenous knowledge of dye-yielding plants among Bai communities in Dali, Northwest Yunnan, China

Yanxiao Fan, Yanqiang Zhao, Aizhong Liu, Alan Hamilton, Chuanfa Wang, Liangqun Li, Yekun Yang, Lixin Yang

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Groundnut production constraints and farmers’ trait preferences: a pre-breeding study in Togo

Essohouna Modom Banla, Daniel Kwadjo Dzidzienyo, Ifie Elohor Beatrice, Samuel Kwame Offei, Pangirayi Tongoona, Haile Desmae

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Status and factors influencing on-farm conservation of Kam Sweet Rice (Oryza sativa L.) genetic resources in southeast Guizhou Province, China

Yanjie Wang, Aixia Jiao, Huicha Chen, Xiaoding Ma, Di Cui, Bing Han, Renchao Ruan, Dayuan Xue, Longzhi Han

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Local knowledge, use, and conservation of wild birds in the semi-arid region of Paraíba state, northeastern Brazil

Vanessa Moura dos Santos Soares, Hyago Keslley de Lucena Soares, Suellen da Silva Santos, Reinaldo Farias Paiva de Lucena

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Banana and plantain production systems in Benin: ethnobotanical investigation, varietal diversity, pests, and implications for better production

Mariano C. Chabi, Anicet G. Dassou, Innocent Dossou-Aminon, David Ogouchoro, Bonaventure Omondi Aman, Alexandre Dansi

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Fishermen do more than fish: local ecological knowledge of raftsmen about the arboreal species used to construct rafts (Bahia, Brazil)

Isis Leite Medeiros Mascarenhas Andrade, Marcelo Schramm Mielke, Nivaldo Peroni, Alexandre Schiavetti