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Ethnobotany : a methods manual / created by Gary J. Manual

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: (People and plants conservation series)Publisher: Earthscan, 2004Description: xxiv, 268 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • rdamedia
Carrier type:
  • rdacarrier
ISBN:
  • 9781844070848
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GN476.73 MAR
Contents:
Data collection and hypothesis testing Botany Ethnopharmacology and related fields Anthropology Ecology Economics Linguistics Ethnobotany, conservation and community development
Summary: Ethnobotany, the study of the classification, use and management of plants by people, draws on a range of disciplines, including natural and social sciences, to show how conservation of plants and of local knowledge about them can be achieved. Ethnobotany is critical to the growing importance of developing new crops and products such as drugs from traditional plants. This book is the basic introduction to the field, showing how botany, anthropology, ecology, economics and linguistics are all employed in the techniques and methods involved.
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Core Collection Main Library Core Collection GN476.73 MAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 163243 Available BK151240
Core Collection Main Library Core Collection GN476.73 MAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 163242 Available BK151363
Book Book Main Library Open Shelf GN476.73 MAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 163183 Available BK151010
Core Collection Main Library Core Collection GN476.73 MAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 163022 Available BK151106
Book Book Main Library Open Shelf GN476.73 MAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 116839 Available BK91269
Book Book Main Library Open Shelf GN476.78 MAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 116840 Available BK91284
Book Book Main Library Open Shelf GN476.73 MAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 116841 Available BK91272
Book Book Main Library Open Shelf GN476.73 MAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 103636 Available BK72779

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Data collection and hypothesis testing Botany Ethnopharmacology and related fields Anthropology Ecology Economics Linguistics Ethnobotany, conservation and community development

Ethnobotany, the study of the classification, use and management of plants by people, draws on a range of disciplines, including natural and social sciences, to show how conservation of plants and of local knowledge about them can be achieved. Ethnobotany is critical to the growing importance of developing new crops and products such as drugs from traditional plants. This book is the basic introduction to the field, showing how botany, anthropology, ecology, economics and linguistics are all employed in the techniques and methods involved.

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