Ethnobotany for beginners / Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque [and 3 others].
Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino de, author.; Ramos, Marcelo Alves.; Ferreira, Washington Soares, Júnior.; Medeiros, Patrícia Muniz de.
2017
GN476.73
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Title
Ethnobotany for beginners / Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque [and 3 others].
Author
Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino de, author.
ISBN
9783319528724 (electronic book)
3319528726 (electronic book)
9783319528717
3319528718
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52872-4
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer Science and Business Media : Springer Nature, 2017.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
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10.1007/978-3-319-52872-4 doi
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GN476.73
Dewey Decimal Classification
581.63
Summary
Designed for new scholars, this book features a quick and easy-to-read discussion of ethnobotany along with its major developments. The language is clear and concise, objective and straightforward, and structured to lead the reader from the beginning of this science to the most recent developments. While there are some books on ethnobotany, mainly dealing with methods, this book covers the topic in an introductory and comprehensive text that prepares the reader for more advanced study of ethnobotany.
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Ramos, Marcelo Alves.
Ferreira, Washington Soares, Júnior.
Medeiros, Patrícia Muniz de.
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SpringerBriefs in plant science.
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Ethnobotany for beginners.
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Foreword; Preface; Contents; About the Authors; Chapter 1: History andßConcepts; References; Chapter 2: Approaches andßInterests ofßEthnobotanical Research; References; Chapter 3: Investigation Methods; Individual Interviews; Participant Observation; Free Listing; Participatory Methodologies; Triangulation ofßMethods; The Importance ofßFormulating Questions andßHypotheses inßEthnobotanical Research; References; Chapter 4: The Classic Approaches; The Folk Classifications inßEthnobotanical Studies; Symbolic Discontinuities: TheßCase ofßAfrican-ƯBrazilian Cults.

Natural Discontinuities: AnßExample ofßtheßMayas andßTzeltales Some Alternative Views toßtheßIdea ofßtheßUniversality ofßFolk Taxonomy; References; Chapter 5: Reflecting onßResearch inßEthnobotany; In Order toßBeßanßEthnobotanist, It Is Necessary toßHave Specific Training; Ethnobotanical Research Lacks Novelty; Ethnobotanists Need aßBetter Relationship withßtheßLiterature; The Continuous Search forßMore Efficient Methods Should BeßtheßFocus ofßEthnobotanists; It Is Necessary toßHave Ethical Principles; References; Chapter 6: Ethnobotany, Science andßSociety; References.

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