Fig Trees and Humans - Ficus Ecology and Mutualisms Across Cultures

Humans and figs form hybrid communities within the context of anthropogenic landscapes, supported by biocultural mutualisms driven by traits of Ficus species and people's imagination and practices, and where humans also positively influence Ficus species ecology. Fig Trees and Humans examines the interactions between the biology and ecology of the genus Ficus and how humans use and think of Ficus species across the tropics and in the Mediterranean region. It demonstrates a high level of convergence of material and symbolic uses of human-fig interactions that affect various aspects of human culture, as well as the ecology of wild or cultivated Ficus species.

About the author

Yildiz Aumeeruddy-Thomas is Director of Research at the Centre for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology (CEFE), CNRS, France. She coordinates interdisciplinary research that integrates anthropological and ecological studies.

Product details

• Authors: Yildiz Aumeeruddy-Thomas, Yildiz Hossaert-Mckey Aumeeruddy-Thomas, Yildiz Hossae Aumeeruddy-Thomas Aumeeruddy-Thomas, Martine Hossaert-McKey, Hossaert-McKey Martine
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.02.2024
• EAN: 9781805392668
• ISBN: 978-1-80539-266-8
• No. of pages: 170
• Series: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); NATURE / Ecology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Applied ecology, Social and cultural anthropology, Botany & plant sciences, Flowering plants (angiosperms), Anthropology (General); Environmental Studies (General)