Evolutionary Ethnobiology

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.

List of contents

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.

About the author

Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque
Laboratory of Applied and Theoretical Ethnobiology
Department of Biology
Federal Rural University of Pernambuco
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Summary

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.

Product details

• Assisted by: Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque (Editor), Alejandro Casas (Editor), Patrícia Muniz De Medeiros (Editor), Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros (Editor), Patríci Muniz De Medeiros (Editor), Patrícia Muniz De Medeiros (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9783319372587
• ISBN: 978-3-31-937258-7
• No. of pages: 204
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 11 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 332 g
• Illustrations: VIII, 204 p.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; Anthropologie, B, Evolution, Anthropology, Plant Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Botany & plant sciences, Plant anatomy, Plant Development, Plant Anatomy/Development, Developmental biology