Ethnoecology and Medicinal Plants of the Highland Maya

• Main Author: Stepp, John Richard (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Ethnobiology,
• Subjects: Conservation biology.; Ecology .; Community ecology, Biotic.; Plant systematics.; Plant taxonomy.; Plant breeding.; Plant anatomy.; Plant development.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Community & Population Ecology.; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Plant Anatomy/Development.

Plants play a central role in human existence. Medicinal plants, in particular, have allowed for the continued survival of the human species. This book, based on over a decade of research in Southern Mexico with the Highland Maya, explores the relationship between medicinal plants, traditional ecolo...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction
• Identifying medicinal plants used
• The role of environmental variation on use and selection
• Identifying preferred habitats
• Importance of human modified environments for medicinal plants
• Human ecology and biochemical ecology
• Implications for conservation, health, and the environment
• Index.