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Evolutionary Ethnobiology

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Editors:
  1. Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque

    1. Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

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  2. Patrícia Muniz De Medeiros

    1. Institute of Environmental Sciences and Sustainable Development, Universidade Federal do Oeste da Bahia, Barreiras, Brazil

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  3. Alejandro Casas

    1. Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabiilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Mexico

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  • The first comprehensive book about evolutionary ethnobiology written in English
  • It includes a formal presentation of theories and approaches on the interface between ecology and evolution in ethnobiology
  • It introduces the understanding of evolution and ecology as driving forces to explain human behavior regarding natural resources
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Evolutionary Ethnobiology

    • Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque, Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros, Alejandro Casas
    Pages 1-5

  3. Ecological-Evolutionary Approaches to the Human–Environment Relationship: History and Concepts

    • Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros, Marcelo Alves Ramos, Gustavo Taboada Soldati, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque
    Pages 7-20

  4. Evolution of Humans and by Humans

    • Alejandro Casas, Fabiola Parra, José Blancas
    Pages 21-36

  5. Evolutionary Ecology and Ethnobiology

    • Alejandro Casas, Fabiola Parra, Selene Rangel, Susana Guillén, José Blancas, Carmen J. Figueredo
    Pages 37-57

  6. Evolutionary Approaches to Ethnobiology

    • C. Haris Saslis-Lagoudakis, Nina Rønsted, Andrew C. Clarke, Julie A. Hawkins
    Pages 59-72

  7. Niche Construction Theory and Ethnobiology

    • Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque, Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior, Flávia Rosa Santoro, Wendy Marisol Torres-Avilez, José Ribamar Sousa Júnior
    Pages 73-87

  8. Knowledge Transmission: The Social Origin of Information and Cultural Evolution

    • Gustavo Taboada Soldati
    Pages 89-104

  9. Resilience and Adaptation in Social-Ecological Systems

    • Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior, André Luiz Borba Nascimento, Marcelo Alves Ramos, Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros, Gustavo Taboada Soldati, Flávia Rosa Santoro et al.
    Pages 105-119

  10. Utilitarian Redundancy: Conceptualization and Potential Applications in Ethnobiological Research

    • André Luiz Borba Nascimento, Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior, Marcelo Alves Ramos, Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros, Gustavo Taboada Soldati, Flávia Rosa Santoro et al.
    Pages 121-130

  11. The Influence of the Environment on Natural Resource Use: Evidence of Apparency

    • Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque, Gustavo Taboada Soldati, Marcelo Alves Ramos, Joabe Gomes de Melo, Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros, André Luiz Borba Nascimento et al.
    Pages 131-147

  12. Local Criteria for Medicinal Plant Selection

    • Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros, Ana Haydée Ladio, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque
    Pages 149-162

  13. Use Patterns of Medicinal Plants by Local Populations

    • Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque
    Pages 163-174

  14. Biological and Cultural Bases of the Use of Medicinal and Food Plants

    • Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior, Letícia Zenóbia de Oliveira Campos, Andrea Pieroni, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque
    Pages 175-184

  15. An Evolutionary Perspective on the Use of Hallucinogens

    • Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior, Margarita Paloma Cruz, Fábio José Vieira, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque
    Pages 185-197

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 199-204
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

    Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque

  • Institute of Environmental Sciences and Sustainable Development, Universidade Federal do Oeste da Bahia, Barreiras, Brazil

    Patrícia Muniz De Medeiros

  • Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabiilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Mexico

    Alejandro Casas

About the editors

Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque

Laboratory of Applied and Theoretical Ethnobiology

Department of Biology

Federal Rural University of Pernambuco

Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Evolutionary Ethnobiology

  • Editors: Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque, Patrícia Muniz De Medeiros, Alejandro Casas

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19917-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-19916-0Published: 01 October 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37258-7Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-19917-7Published: 23 September 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 204

  • Topics: Plant Anatomy/Development, Evolutionary Biology, Plant Ecology, Anthropology

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