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  1. Traditional habitat knowledge is an understudied part of traditional knowledge. Though the number of studies increased world-wide in the last decade, this knowledge is still rarely studied in Europe. We docume...

    Authors: Dániel Babai and Zsolt Molnár
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2013 9:11
  2. Studies aimed at investigating the influence of habitat change on species phenology. Studies that investigate people's perceptions of the phenology of certain species still area few; yet this approach is impor...

    Authors: Ernani MF Lins Neto, Alyson LS Almeida, Nivaldo Peroni, Cibele C Castro and Ulysses P Albuquerque
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2013 9:10
  3. Artisanal fisheries in the Mediterranean, especially in Italy, have been poorly investigated. There is a long history of fishing in this region, and it remains an important economic activity in many localities...

    Authors: Valentina Savo, Arianna La Rocca, Giulia Caneva, Fabio Rapallo and Laura Cornara
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2013 9:9
  4. The great majority of the Afar people of Ethiopia are pastoralists, highly dependent on livestock and livestock products. Livestock productivity is, however, frequently affected by different diseases. Although...

    Authors: Mirutse Giday and Tilahun Teklehaymanot
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2013 9:8
  5. In terms of scientific activities generally and ethnobiological pursuits in particular, North Korea, officially known as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, is an almost blank entity on the quilt of glo...

    Authors: V Benno Meyer-Rochow
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2013 9:7
  6. This article aims to discuss the incorporation of traditional time in the construction of a management scenario for pink shrimp in the Patos Lagoon estuary (RS), Brazil. To meet this objective, two procedures ...

    Authors: Gustavo Goulart Moreira Moura, Daniela Coswig Kalikoski and Antonio Carlos Sant’Ana Diegues
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2013 9:6
  7. The traditional knowledge of local communities throughout the world is a valuable source of novel ideas and information to science. In this study, the ethnoveterinary knowledge of Sahrawi pastoralists of Weste...

    Authors: Gabriele Volpato, Antonello Di Nardo, Davide Rossi, Saleh M Lamin Saleh and Alessandro Broglia
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2013 9:5
  8. Mountain ecosystems all over the world support a high biological diversity and provide home and services to some 12% of the global human population, who use their traditional ecological knowledge to utilise lo...

    Authors: Shujaul M Khan, Sue Page, Habib Ahmad, Hamayun Shaheen, Zahid Ullah, Mushtaq Ahmad and David M Harper
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2013 9:4
  9. At least 511 species of birds occur in the semiarid region of northeastern Brazil and many of them interact with human populations in a number of different ways, including their use in zootherapeutics and thei...

    Authors: Dandara Monalisa Mariz Bezerra, Helder Farias Pereira de Araujo, Ângelo Giuseppe Chaves Alves and Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2013 9:3
  10. Dalmatia is an interesting place to study the use of wild greens as it lies at the intersection of influence of Slavs, who do not usually use many species of wild greens, and Mediterranean culinary culture, wh...

    Authors: Łukasz Łuczaj, Marijana Zovko Končić, Tihomir Miličević, Katija Dolina and Marija Pandža
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2013 9:2
  11. Himalayan forests are the most important source of medicinal plants and with useful species for the local people. Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary (KWLS) is situated in the interior part of the Garhwal Himalayan r...

    Authors: Jahangeer A Bhat, Munesh Kumar and Rainer W Bussmann
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2013 9:1
  12. Over the past decade, there has been growing interest within ethnobiology in the knowledge and practices of migrating people. Within this, scholars have given relatively less attention to displaced people and ...

    Authors: Gabriele Volpato, Pavlína Kourková and Václav Zelený
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012 8:49
  13. The purpose of this study was to analyze the importance of traditional medicinal plants use to Wajãpi women in the State of Amapá, Brazil, as well as their practices in the local common illnesses of treatment ...

    Authors: Nely Dayse Santos da Mata, Rosinaldo Silva de Sousa, Fábio F Perazzo and José Carlos Tavares Carvalho
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012 8:48
  14. The Eastern Highlands area of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has a rich tradition of medicinal plant use. However, rapid modernization is resulting in the loss of independent language traditions and consequently a los...

    Authors: Ronald Y Jorim, Seva Korape, Wauwa Legu, Michael Koch, Louis R Barrows, Teatulohi K Matainaho and Prem P Rai
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012 8:47
  15. Historical proven wood species have no reported adverse health effect associated with its past use. Different historical proven species have traditionally been used to manufacture different wooden food contact...

    Authors: John Kenneth Mensah, Evans Adei, Dina Adei and Gwendolyn Owusu Ansah
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012 8:46
  16. Although the flora of the State of Nuevo León is well known, there are few records of ethnobotancial information. An ethnobotanical study was undertaken in order to know the medicinal plants used by people liv...

    Authors: Eduardo Estrada-Castillón, Brianda Elizabeth Soto-Mata, Miriam Garza-López, José Ángel Villarreal-Quintanilla, Javier Jiménez-Pérez, Marisela Pando-Moreno, Jaime Sánchez-Salas, Laura Scott-Morales and Mauricio Cotera-Correa
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012 8:45
  17. In ethnobotanical research, the investigation into traditional knowledge of medicinal plants in the context of migration has been of increasing interest in recent decades since it is influenced and changed by ...

    Authors: Heidemarie Pirker, Ruth Haselmair, Elisabeth Kuhn, Christoph Schunko and Christian R Vogl
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012 8:44
  18. A large number of people in both developing and developed countries rely on medicinal plant products to maintain their health or treat illnesses. Available evidence suggests that medicinal plant consumption wi...

    Authors: Carsten Smith-Hall, Helle Overgaard Larsen and Mariève Pouliot
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012 8:43
  19. Ethiopian plants have shown remarkably effective medicinal values for many human and livestock ailments. Some research results are found on medicinal plants of the south, south west, central, north and north w...

    Authors: Anteneh Belayneh, Zemede Asfaw, Sebsebe Demissew and Negussie F Bussa
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012 8:42
  20. The present work presents an inventory of the traditional medicinal uses of animals in the municipality of Bom Sucesso in Paraíba State (PB) in the semiarid northeastern region of Brazil. Information was obtai...

    Authors: Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves, Rita Oliveira de Sousa Neta, Dilma Maria de Brito Trovão, Jose Etham de Lucena Barbosa, Adrianne Teixeira Barros and Thelma Lucia Pereira Dias
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012 8:41
  21. In addition to plant species biology and ecology, understanding the folk knowledge systems related to the use of plant species and how this knowledge system influences the conservation of plant species is an i...

    Authors: Laurent G Houessou, Toussaint O Lougbegnon, François GH Gbesso, Lisette ES Anagonou and Brice Sinsin
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012 8:40
  22. Up till now, nomadic communities in Africa have been the primary focus of ethnoveterinary research. Although mainly arable and/or mixed arable/pastoral farmers, Ameru of central Kenya are known to have a rich ...

    Authors: Martin Muthee Gakuubi and Wycliffe Wanzala
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012 8:39
  23. Subsistence hunting is a traditional practice providing food and many other goods for households in the Yucatan Peninsula, southeast Mexico. Economic, demographic, and cultural change in this region drive wild...

    Authors: Dídac Santos-Fita, Eduardo J Naranjo and José Luis Rangel-Salazar
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012 8:38
  24. Zootherapy inventories are important as they contribute to the world documentation of the prevalence, importance and diversity of the medicinal use of animals in traditional human communities. The present stud...

    Authors: Flávio B Barros, Susana AM Varela, Henrique M Pereira and Luís Vicente
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012 8:37
  25. Traditional medicine (TM) occupies a special place in the management of diseases in Uganda. Not with standing the many people relying on TM, indigenous knowledge (IK) related to TM is getting steadily eroded. ...

    Authors: John RS Tabuti, Collins B Kukunda, Daniel Kaweesi and Ossy MJ Kasilo
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012 8:35
  26. Traditional Dai Medicine (TDM) is one of the four major ethnomedicine of China. In 2007 a group of experts produced a set of seven Dai medical textbooks on this subject. The first two were selected as the main...

    Authors: Chuang Zhang, Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong, Niwat Keawpradub and Yanfang Lin
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012 8:34
  27. Use of plant resources and ecosystems practiced by indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica commonly involves domestication of plant populations and landscapes. Our study analyzed interactions of coexisting wild and ...

    Authors: Fabiola Parra, José Juan Blancas and Alejandro Casas
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012 8:32
  28. Wild plant gathering is an essential element in livelihood strategies all over the world. However due to changing circumstances in Europe, the reason for gathering has altered from one of necessity in the past...

    Authors: Susanne Grasser, Christoph Schunko and Christian R Vogl
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012 8:31
  29. Humanitarian relief agencies use scales to assess levels of critical food shortage to efficiently target and allocate food to the neediest. These scales are often labor-intensive. A lesser used approach is ass...

    Authors: Dechassa Lemessa Ocho, Paul C Struik, Lisa L Price, Ensermu Kelbessa and Koshana Kolo
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012 8:30
  30. The aim of this study was to document the types of diseases treated by the use of medicinal plants, their main applications and also to have a report of the major diseases treated at the Hospital of San Pablo ...

    Authors: Rodrigo Quiroga, Lidia Meneses and Rainer W Bussmann
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012 8:29
  31. The variety of interactions between human cultures and herpetofauna is the subject matter of Ethnoherpetology, a subdivision of Ethnozoology. In the semi-arid region of Brazil, many reptiles interact with huma...

    Authors: Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves, Gentil Alves Pereira Filho, Kleber Silva Vieira, Wedson Medeiros Silva Souto, Lívia Emanuelle Tavares Mendonça, Paulo Fernando Guedes Pereira Montenegro, Waltécio de Oliveira Almeida and Washington Luiz Silva Vieira
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012 8:27
  32. It is commonly assumed that indigenous medical systems remain strong in developing countries because biomedicine is physically inaccessible or financially not affordable. This paper compares the health-seeking...

    Authors: Sarah-Lan Mathez-Stiefel, Ina Vandebroek and Stephan Rist
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012 8:26
  33. Gender is one of the main variables that influence the distribution of local knowledge. We carried out a literature review concerning local mycological knowledge, paying special attention to data concerning wo...

    Authors: Roberto Garibay-Orijel, Amaranta Ramírez-Terrazo and Marisa Ordaz-Velázquez
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012 8:25
  34. Traditional classification systems represent cognitive processes of human cultures in the world. It synthesizes specific conceptions of nature, as well as cumulative learning, beliefs and customs that are part...

    Authors: Azucena de Lourdes Luna-José and Beatriz Rendón Aguilar
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012 8:24
  35. Leading scholars in ethnobiology and ethnomedicine continuously stress the need for moving beyond the bare description of local knowledge and to additionally analyse and theorise about the characteristics and ...

    Authors: Christoph Schunko, Susanne Grasser and Christian R Vogl
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012 8:23
  36. This article records the traditional knowledge of crab gatherers in the city of Conde, in the North Coast Region of Bahia State, Northeastern Brazil.

    Authors: Henrique Fernandes de Magalhães, Eraldo Medeiros Costa Neto and Alexandre Schiavetti
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012 8:13
  37. This study intends to give recommendations to the management of Paraty fishery in Brazil through an interplay of local and scientific knowledge. In particular, the objectives are the following: 1) to describe ...

    Authors: Alpina Begossi, Svetlana Salyvonchyk, Vinicius Nora, Priscila F Lopes and Renato AM Silvano
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012 8:22
  38. In Europe, only a limited number of cross-cultural comparative field studies or meta-analyses have been focused on the dynamics through which folk plant knowledge changes over space and time, while a few studi...

    Authors: Alessandro di Tizio, Łukasz Jakub Łuczaj, Cassandra L Quave, Sulejman Redžić and Andrea Pieroni
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012 8:21
  39. Although Coragyps atratus has been used as a traditional therapy for patients with cancer, the scientific literature does not contain enough information on how this therapy is used or the mechanisms that explain ...

    Authors: Ricardo Sánchez-Pedraza, Magda R Gamba-Rincón and Andrés L González-Rangel
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012 8:20
  40. Artisanal fishermen, because of their direct and frequent contact with the aquatic environment, possess a wealth of knowledge about the natural history of the fauna of the region in which they live. This knowl...

    Authors: Martha Eloy Bandeira Costa, Yvonnick Le Pendu and Eraldo Medeiros Costa Neto
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012 8:18
  41. Wild food plants (WFPs) contribute to the nutrition, economy and even cultural identity of people in many parts of the world. Different factors determine the preference and use of WFPs such as abundance, avail...

    Authors: Abdolbaset Ghorbani, Gerhard Langenberger and Joachim Sauerborn
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012 8:17
  42. Wild edible plants (WEP) provide staple and supplement foods, as well as cash income to local communities, thus favouring food security. However, WEP are largely ignored in land use planning and implementation...

    Authors: Yadav Uprety, Ram C Poudel, Krishna K Shrestha, Sangeeta Rajbhandary, Narendra N Tiwari, Uttam B Shrestha and Hugo Asselin
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012 8:16
  43. The paper refers to the knowledge and uses of plants and to the linked ritual practices as referred by Matteo (It.‘Zì Matteo’, En. ‘Uncle Matthew’), one of the last elder healers in the Basilicata Region (South I...

    Authors: Vincenzo Montesano, Donatella Negro, Giulio Sarli, Antonino De Lisi, Gaetano Laghetti and Karl Hammer
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012 8:15
  44. The Kagera region of north western Tanzania has a rich culture of traditional medicine use and practice. Traditional medicines are the mainstay of healthcare in this region and are known to support the managem...

    Authors: Mainen J Moshi, Donald F Otieno and Anke Weisheit
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012 8:14
  45. Blue Land Crab (Cardisoma guanhumi) is one of the most important crustacean species captured and commercialized in Brazil. Although this species is not considered to be threatened with extinction, populations of

    Authors: Angélica MS Firmo, Mônica MP Tognella, Saulo R Silva, Raynner RRD Barboza and Rômulo RN Alves
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012 8:12
  46. Human societies utilize mollusks for myriad material and spiritual ends. An example of their use in a religious context is found in Brazil's African-derived belief systems. Candomblé, an Afro-Brazilian religio...

    Authors: Nivaldo A Léo Neto, Robert A Voeks, Thelma LP Dias and Rômulo RN Alves
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012 8:10

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