Intro
Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
About the Editors
Contributors
Part I: Regions
Human Cultures and Plant Diversity in the Mountains of Mexico: An Introduction
Introduction
The Biocultural Diversity of the Mountains of Mexico
The Book
References
Ethnobotanical Knowledge in Mexico: Use, Management, and Other Interactions Between People and Plants
Introduction
Research Strategy
BADEPLAM
Field Studies
Ethnobotanical Diversity of Mexico
Diversity of Management Forms
Diversity of Domestication Processes
Perspectives
Appendix 1

Subhumid and Semiarid Mountains of Mexico and Agrosilviculture
Tempered-Subhumid Transition and Agroforestry Management
Agrosylviculture of Palms: Landscape Traditional Management
Interactionships Between Habitants and Diversity in Semiarid Agroforestry Complexes
Metepantles: Agroforestry Terraces and Semiterrace of a Template-Semiarid Zone of Tlaxcala, Mexico
Concluding Remarks
Appendix 1 (IPNI)
Appendix 2
References
Wild, Weedy and Domesticated Plants for Food Security and Sovereignty
Introduction
General Research Methods
La Montaña de Guerrero Region

The Mazahua of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
The Rarmuri of Cuiteco
Peoples of the Tehuacn-Cuicatln Biosphere Reserve
Discussion
Biocultural Diversity and Diversity of Food Patterns
References
Ethnobotany in the Sierra Tarahumara, Mexico: Mountains As Barriers, Conduits, and Generators of Plant-People Interactions and...
Introduction
Rarmuri: Guardians of the Sierra Tarahumara
Aspects of Interactions and Relationships Between the Rarmuri and Their Plant-world Environment
Benefits of Ethnobotanical Research in the Sierra Tarahumara
Conclusion

Appendix 1
References
Rarmuri Ethnobotany: Peasant Subsistence and Biodiversity Conservation at Local Scale
Introduction
The Sierra Tarahumara
The Ejido Cuiteco
Research Methods
Plant Species Used in Cuiteco
Environmental Units
Rarmuri Economy and Plant Resources
Timber Commercial Extraction
Firewood
Agriculture
Noncrop Edible Plants
Medicinal
Conclusion
References
Wild Food and Traditional Knowledge of the Kumiai from Baja California
Introduction: Wild Food as Cultural Heritage
From the High Sierra to the Coast: The Wild Food Corridor