@article{1467715,
      recid = {1467715},
      author = {Batsatsashvili, Ketevan, and Kikviże, Zaal, and Bussmann,  Rainer,},
      title = {Ethnobotany of the mountain regions of Central Asia and  Altai /},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      abstract = {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 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. Various societies of such  professionals include the Society for Economic Botany, the  International Society of Ethnopharmacology, the Society of  Ethnobiology, the International Society for Ethnobiology,  and many regional and national societies in the field that  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.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1467715},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77087-1},
}