Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Brazil

Reinaldo Farias Paiva de Lucena, Denise Dias da Cruz (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

XXVIII, 796 Seiten

2023 | 1st ed. 2023
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-87250-2 (ISBN)

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Research in recent years has increasingly shifted away from purely academic research, and into applied aspects of the discipline, including climate change research, conservation, and sustainable development. It has by now widely been recognized that "traditional" knowledge is always in flux and adapting to a quickly changing environment. Trends of globalization, especially the globalization of plant markets, have greatly influenced how plant resources are managed nowadays. While ethnobotanical studies are now available from many regions of the world, no comprehensive encyclopedic series focusing on the worlds mountain regions is available in the market. Scholars in plant sciences worldwide will be interested in this website and its dynamic content.
The field (and thus the market) of ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology has grown considerably in recent years. Student interest is on the rise, attendance at professional conferences has grown steadily, and the number of professionals calling themselves ethnobotanists has increased significantly (the various societies (Society for Economic Botany, International Society of Ethnopharmacology, Society of Ethnobiology, International Society for Ethnobiology, and many regional and national societies in the field currently have thousands of members). Growth has been most robust in BRIC countries.
The objective of this new MRW on Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions is to take advantage of the increasing international interest and scholarship in the field of mountain research. We anticipate including the best and latest research on a full range of descriptive, methodological, theoretical, and applied research on the most important plants for each region. Each contribution will be scientifically rigorous and contribute to the overall field of study.

lt;b>Dr. Reinaldo Farias Paiva de LucenaInstitute: Federal University of Paraíba Street Address: Universidade Federal da Paraíba. Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza. Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia. Cidade Universitária , João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil. CEP: 58051-900Email: rlucena@dse.ufpb.br
Dra. Denise Dias da CruzInstitute: Federal University of Paraíba Street Address: Universidade Federal da Paraíba. Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza. Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia. Cidade Universitária , João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil. CEP: 58051-900Email: denidcruz@dse.ufpb.br

Part I Regions: Caatinga Ecosystem: A Geo-environmental and Human Perspective;- Part II: Plant Uses and and Ecosystems: What Sociocultural Factors Most Influence Knowledge and Use of Food Plants? A Qualitative Review;- Use of Wood by Local Populations in the Caatinga - Ne Do Brasil Ecosystem and Changes in the Landscape;- Environmental Factors Modulate Plant Selection by Local Human Populations in Dry Tropical Forests;- Traditional Knowledge Management Framework (TKMF) of Pesticide Plants in Rural Communities in the State of Piauí, Northeastern Brazil;- Brazilian Endemic Cacti and Their Potential as an Alternative to Commercial Hydrocolloids;- Cactus Snacks and Cookies: Unconventional Food Plants in Baking Processes;- Ethnobotanical Uses and Anatomical Structure of Medicinal Plants of the Caatinga;- Part III: Plant Profiles: Acanthospermum hispidum DC. Asteraceae;- Agave sisalana Perrine Agavaceae;- Amaranthus cruentus L.Amaranthaceae;- etc.

Erscheinungsdatum	11.07.2023
Reihe/Serie	Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions
Zusatzinfo	XXVIII, 796 p. 380 illus., 376 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	1391 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
Schlagworte	biogeography • Breeding • Development • ethnobotany • Pathology • Systematics • Taxonomy
ISBN-10	3-030-87250-5 / 3030872505
ISBN-13	978-3-030-87250-2 / 9783030872502
Zustand	Neuware