Evolutionary Ethnobiology

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), De Medeiros, Patrícia Muniz (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Casas, Alejandro (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2015.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Plant ecology.; Evolutionary biology.; Plant anatomy.; Plant development.; Anthropology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Anatomy/Development.; Evolutionary Biology.; Plant Ecology.

This work adds an ecological and evolutionary perspective to the study of the relations between humans and natural resources. The first to cover this subject in English, this text studies the branch of ethnobiology that analyzes the evolutionary history of human behavioral patterns and human underst...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.