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  1. Large carnivores such as pumas are frequently killed due to conflicts with human populations involving predation on domestic herds. In Southern Brazil, traditional pasture systems, where animals feed without s...

    Authors: Francine Schulz, Rodrigo C Printes and Larissa R Oliveira
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:73
  2. Poverty is pervasive in the Swat Valley, Pakistan. Most of the people survive by farming small landholdings. Many earn additional income by collecting and selling plant material for use in herbal medicine. Thi...

    Authors: Hassan Sher, Ali Aldosari, Ahmad Ali and Hugo J de Boer
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:71
  3. The genus Ficus, collectively known as figs, is a key component of tropical forests and is well known for its ethnobotanical importance. In recent decades an increasing number of studies have shown the indigenous...

    Authors: Yinxian Shi, Huabin Hu, Youkai Xu and Aizhong Liu
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:68
  4. The Sierra Madre Occidental of Chihuahua in Northern Mexico is inhabited by indigenous Raramuris, mestizos, and other ethnic groups. The territory consists of canyons and ravines with pine, oak and pine-oak fo...

    Authors: Miroslava Quiñónez-Martínez, Felipe Ruan-Soto, Ivonne Estela Aguilar-Moreno, Fortunato Garza-Ocañas, Toutcha Lebgue-Keleng, Pablo Antonio Lavín-Murcio and Irma Delia Enríquez-Anchondo
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:67
  5. Agave inaequidens and A. hookeri are anciently used species for producing the fermented beverage ‘pulque’, food and fiber in central Mexico. A. inaequidens is wild and cultivated and A. hookeri only cultivated, A...

    Authors: Carmen Julia Figueredo, Alejandro Casas, Patricia Colunga-GarcíaMarín, Jafet M Nassar and Antonio González-Rodríguez
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:66
  6. In the Amazon rainforest, biodiversity is a significant resource for traditional communities, as it can be used as a relevant source of protein and it has a promising zootherapeutic potential. Studies on knowl...

    Authors: Flávio Bezerra Barros and Pierre de Aguiar Azevedo
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:65
  7. This study aims to understand how the stem bark of Stryphnodendron rotundifolium Mart. is used by a rural community in the savanna of Northeastern Brazil, associated with a preliminary assessment involving plant ...

    Authors: Ivanilda Soares Feitosa, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque and Júlio Marcelino Monteiro
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:64
  8. Agave species have been used for thousands of years in the Tehuacán Valley, but the current mescal production has great impact on populations of the most used species. Harvesting of A. potatorum takes place befor...

    Authors: América Delgado-Lemus, Alejandro Casas and Oswaldo Téllez
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:63
  9. Trough collections of plants and interviews with 110 individuals, an ethnobotanical study was conducted in order to determine the knowledge and use plant species in Rayones, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The aim of this...

    Authors: Eduardo Estrada-Castillón, Miriam Garza-López, José Ángel Villarreal-Quintanilla, María Magdalena Salinas-Rodríguez, Brianda Elizabeth Soto-Mata, Humberto González-Rodríguez, Dino Ulises González-Uribe, Israel Cantú-Silva, Artemio Carrillo-Parra and César Cantú-Ayala
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:62
  10. The taste and smell of medicinal plants and their relation to the cultural landscape of a Mapuche-Tehuelche community in the Patagonian steppe was investigated. We assume that the landscapes as a source of the...

    Authors: Soledad Molares and Ana Ladio
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:61
  11. Miombo woodlands play an important role in the livelihood of people living in sub-equatorial African countries, contributing to satisfy basic human needs such as food, medicine, fuelwood and building materials. H...

    Authors: Piero Bruschi, Matteo Mancini, Elisabetta Mattioli, Michela Morganti and Maria Adele Signorini
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:59
  12. Traditional agrosystems are the places were crop species have evolved and continue to evolve under a combination of human and environmental pressures. A better knowledge of the mechanisms underlying the dynami...

    Authors: Lamyae Chentoufi, Ali Sahri, Mustapha Arbaoui, Loubna Belqadi, Ahmed Birouk, Pierre Roumet and Marie-Hélène Muller
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:58
  13. Known worldwide as the “traveler’s tree”, the Malagasy endemic species Ravenala madagascariensis Sonn. (Strelitziaceae) is considered as an iconic symbol of Madagascar. It is a widespread species in the eastern p...

    Authors: Nivo Rakotoarivelo, Aina Razanatsima, Fortunat Rakotoarivony, Lucien Rasoaviety, Aro Vonjy Ramarosandratana, Vololoniaina Jeannoda, Alyse R Kuhlman, Armand Randrianasolo and Rainer W Bussmann
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:57
  14. Plants represent one of the most accessible resources available for mosquito control by communities in Tanzania. However, no documented statistics exist for their contribution in the management of mosquitoes a...

    Authors: Ester Innocent, Ahmed Hassanali, William NW Kisinza, Prince PP Mutalemwa, Stephen Magesa and Edmund Kayombo
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:56
  15. Studies on popular names of birds help to understand the relationship between human beings and birds and it also contributes to the field of ornithology.

    Authors: Ana Teresa Galvagne Loss, Eraldo Medeiros Costa Neto, Caio Graco Machado and Fernando Moreira Flores
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:55
  16. Fishermen’s knowledge is a source of indispensable information in decision-making processes related to efforts to stimulate the management and conservation of fishing resources, especially in developing countr...

    Authors: Márcio Luiz Vargas Barbosa-Filho, Alexandre Schiavetti, Daniela Trigueirinho Alarcon and Eraldo Medeiros Costa-Neto
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:54
  17. Our study analysed the vulnerability of the useful Agave species of the Tehuacán Valley, Mexico, considering ecological, cultural and economic aspects, and management types. We hypothesized that management intens...

    Authors: América Delgado-Lemus, Ignacio Torres, José Blancas and Alejandro Casas
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:53
  18. Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK) of traditional fishermen may be the only source of information regarding the conservation of the marine ecosystem and its endangered species. One of these species is Epinephelus i...

    Authors: Harildon M Ferreira, Gil M Reuss-Strenzel, Johnatas A Alves and Alexandre Schiavetti
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:51
  19. This article reports historical ethnobotany research conducted from a study of the work Historia Naturalis Brasiliae (Natural History of Brazil), authored by Piso and Marcgrave and published in 1648, with main fo...

    Authors: Maria Franco Trindade Medeiros and Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:50
  20. Traditional medicine in India can be classified into codified (Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha, Homeopathy) and non-codified (folk medicine) systems. Both the systems contributing equally to the primary healthcare in ...

    Authors: Vinayak Upadhya, Harsha V Hegde, Shripad Bhat and Sanjiva D Kholkute
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:49
  21. This study compares the efficiency of identifying the plants in an area of semi-arid Northeast Brazil by methods that a) access the local knowledge used in ethnobotanical studies using semi-structured intervie...

    Authors: Henrique Costa Hermenegildo Silva, Rinaldo Luiz Ferreira Caraciolo, Luiz Carlos Marangon, Marcelo Alves Ramos, Lucilene Lima Santos and Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:48
  22. Stingless bees were significant resources managed by Mesoamerican peoples during pre-Columbian times and remain important in particular areas. Our study aimed at inventorying stingless bees’ species, tradition...

    Authors: Alejandro Reyes-González, Andrés Camou-Guerrero, Octavio Reyes-Salas, Arturo Argueta and Alejandro Casas
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:47
  23. Around 80% of the people of Ethiopia are estimated to be relying on medicinal plants for the treatment of different types of human health problems. The purpose of this study was to describe and analyse the use...

    Authors: Berhane Kidane, Tinde van Andel, Laurentius Josephus Gerardus van der Maesen and Zemede Asfaw
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:46
  24. There is little information available on the factors influencing people’s selection of wild plants for consumption. Studies suggest a suitable method of understanding the selection of edible plants is to asses...

    Authors: Margarita Paloma Cruz, Patrícia Muniz Medeiros, Iván Sarmiento-Combariza, Nivaldo Peroni and Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:45
  25. This paper explores the nature of food and plants and their meanings in a British Bengali urban context. It focuses on the nature of plants and food in terms of their role in home making, transnational connect...

    Authors: Hannah Maria Jennings, Janice L Thompson, Joy Merrell, Barry Bogin and Michael Heinrich
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:44
  26. The tribal inhabitants of the Skardu valley (Pakistan) live in an area of great endemic botanic diversity. This paper presents the first quantitative ethnomedicinal spectrum of the valley and information on th...

    Authors: Abida Bano, Mushtaq Ahmad, Taibi Ben Hadda, Abdul Saboor, Shazia Sultana, Muhammad Zafar, Muhammad Pukhtoon Zada Khan, Muhammad Arshad and Muhammad Aqeel Ashraf
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:43
  27. In savannah-dominated Bénin, West Africa, and forest-dominated Gabon, Central Africa, plants are a major source of healthcare for women and children. Due to this high demand and the reliance on wild population...

    Authors: Alexandra M Towns, Sofie Ruysschaert, Esther van Vliet and Tinde van Andel
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:42
  28. Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman is a major food security crop in Southern Ethiopia, where it was originally domesticated and during millennia became pivotal crop around which an entire farming system has deve...

    Authors: Temesgen Magule Olango, Bizuayehu Tesfaye, Marcello Catellani and Mario Enrico Pè
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:41
  29. A majority of Ethiopians rely on traditional medicine as their primary form of health care, yet they are in danger of losing both their knowledge and the plants they have used as medicines for millennia. This ...

    Authors: Elizabeth d’Avigdor, Hans Wohlmuth, Zemede Asfaw and Tesfaye Awas
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:38
  30. This paper represents the first ethnobotanical study in Chail valley of district Swat-Pakistan and provides significant information on medicinal plants use among the tribal people of the area. The aim of this ...

    Authors: Mushtaq Ahmad, Shazia Sultana, Syed Fazl-i-Hadi, Taibi ben Hadda, Sofia Rashid, Muhammad Zafar, Mir Ajab Khan, Muhammad Pukhtoon Zada Khan and Ghulam Yaseen
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:36
  31. Relatively little has been researched or published on the importance of peri-urban domestic gardens as part of a household livelihood strategy in South Africa. Due to lack of comprehensive data on peri-urban d...

    Authors: Gabolwelwe KE Mosina, Alfred Maroyi and Martin J Potgieter
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:35
  32. There are few publications on the use and diversity of wild leafy vegetables (WLVs) in Morocco. In order to address this gap, we conducted ethnobotanical field work in Taounate, Azilal and El House regions.

    Authors: Bronwen Powell, Abderrahim Ouarghidi, Timothy Johns, Mohamed Ibn Tattou and Pablo Eyzaguirre
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:34
  33. Studies of domestication enables a better understanding of human cultures, landscape changes according to peoples’ purposes, and evolutionary consequences of human actions on biodiversity. This review aimed at...

    Authors: Ernani Machado de Freitas Lins Neto, Nivaldo Peroni, Alejandro Casas, Fabiola Parra, Xitlali Aguirre, Susana Guillén and Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:33
  34. Very few ethnoveterinary surveys have been conducted in central Europe. However, traditional knowledge on the use of medicinal plants might be an option for future concepts in treatment of livestock diseases. ...

    Authors: Monika Disler, Silvia Ivemeyer, Matthias Hamburger, Christian R Vogl, Anja Tesic, Franziska Klarer, Beat Meier and Michael Walkenhorst
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:32
  35. Ethnobotany in South-Eastern Europe is gaining the interest of several scholars and stakeholders, since it is increasingly considered a key point for the re-evaluation of local bio-cultural heritage. The regio...

    Authors: Andrea Pieroni, Kevin Cianfaglione, Anely Nedelcheva, Avni Hajdari, Behxhet Mustafa and Cassandra L Quave
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:31
  36. Humans in various cultures have feared snakes, provoking an aversion and persecution that hinders conservation efforts for these reptiles. Such fact suggests that conservation strategies for snakes should cons...

    Authors: Rômulo RN Alves, Vanessa N Silva, Dilma MBM Trovão, José V Oliveira, José S Mourão, Thelma LP Dias, Ângelo GC Alves, Reinaldo FP Lucena, Raynner RD Barboza, Paulo FGP Montenegro, Washington LS Vieira and Wedson MS Souto
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:30
  37. Tar is one example of a plant product used in folk medicine and it is obtained from Pinus nigra Arn. subsp. pallasiana (Lamb.) Holmboe, which is very common in the West Anatolian Region. Old trees that are good f...

    Authors: Süleyman Arı, Mustafa Kargıoğlu, Mehmet Temel and Muhsin Konuk
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:29
  38. We performed an ethnomycological study in a community in Tlaxcala, Central Mexico to identify the most important species of wild mushrooms growing in an oak forest, their significance criteria, and to validate...

    Authors: Luis Enrique Alonso-Aguilar, Adriana Montoya, Alejandro Kong, Arturo Estrada-Torres and Roberto Garibay-Orijel
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:27
  39. During the colonial period, the indigenous saraguros maintained their traditions, knowledge, and practices to restore and preserve the health of their members. Unfortunately, many of their practices and medici...

    Authors: Chabaco Armijos, Iuliana Cota and Silvia González
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:26
  40. This paper explores patterns of women’s medicinal plant knowledge and use in an urban area of the Brazilian Amazon. Specifically, this paper examines the relationship between a woman’s age and her use and know...

    Authors: Coral Wayland and Lisa Slattery Walker
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:25
  41. The medicinal plants used by herbalists in Kenya have not been well documented, despite their widespread use. The threat of complete disappearance of the knowledge on herbal medicine from factors such as defor...

    Authors: Wilson Kipkore, Bernard Wanjohi, Hillary Rono and Gabriel Kigen
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:24
  42. Dyes derived from plants have an extensive history of use for coloring food and clothing in Dong communities and other indigenous areas in the uplands of China. In addition to use as coloring agents, Dong comm...

    Authors: Yujing Liu, Selena Ahmed, Bo Liu, Zhiyong Guo, Weijuan Huang, Xianjin Wu, Shenghua Li, Jiangju Zhou, Qiyi Lei and Chunlin Long
    Citation: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014 10:23

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