Albuquerque / De Medeiros / Casas Evolutionary Ethnobiology

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-3-319-19917-7
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 204 Seiten, eBook

Ethnobiology is a fascinating science. To understand this vocation it needs to be studied under an evolutionary point of view that is very strong and significant, although this aspect is often poorly approached in the literature. This is the first book to compile and discuss information about evolutionary ethnobiology in English.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino

De Medeiros, Patrícia Muniz

Casas, Alejandro

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Evolutionary Ethnobiology.- Ecological-evolutionary Approaches to the Human-environment Relationship: History and Concepts.- Evolution of Humans and by Humans.- Evolutionary Ecology and Ethnobiology.- Evolutionary Approaches to Ethnobiology.- Niche Construction Theory and Ethnobiology.- Knowledge Transmission: The Social Origin of Information and Cultural Evolution.- Resilience and Adaptation in Social-ecological Systems.- Utilitarian Redundancy: Conceptualization and Potential Applications in Ethnobiological Research.- The Influence of the Environment on Natural Resource Use: Evidence of Apparency.- Local Criteria for Medicinal Plant Selection.- Use Patterns of Medicinal Plants by Local Populations.- Biological and Cultural Bases of the Use of Medicinal and Food Plants.- An Evolutionary Perspective on the Use of Hallucinogens.

Über Autor(innen)

Ulysses Paulino AlbuquerqueLaboratory of Applied and Theoretical EthnobiologyDepartment of BiologyFederal Rural University of PernambucoRecife, Pernambuco, Brazil