Ethnobotany Of The Caucasus

Author : Rainer W. Bussmann
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 3319494112

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Ethnobotany of the Caucasus by Rainer W. Bussmann Pdf

The Caucasus MRW (online and print) Volume will cover this European Macroregion. The content will focus on the ethnobotany of wild plants in this Macroregion and it will be first developed as an online site and, later, when all of the planned topics have been covered for this specific volume, printed in a hard copy version. The online site will remain live and be available for updates (with new monographs [if not covered initially due to lack of research]). The content will be divided into sections covering countries (or groups of countries), based on plant diversity and not necessarily political or national boundaries. The Caucasus volume will have an Introduction (4,000-6,000 words); 50 200 plant monographs (10 to maximum 50 monographs per country) with each monograph having a length of ~1,500 words (with references), plus 2-4 photographs. To further define the content, the plant monographs will be divided into five major categories (food; medicine/cosmetic; veterinary; handicraft plants; and ritual/folkloric uses) and include notes. The number of the monographs in every category will be negotiated depending on the advances of the ethnobotanical research in each specific country, or group of countries. The main criteria for the inclusion of a given plant will be its cultural salience within a given country (assessed by the Volume Editor). References will be given at the end of the Introduction and each monograph.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8415463073

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Plants and Humans in the Near East and The Caucasus by Anonim Pdf

Author : Diego Rivera Núñez,Gonzalo Matilla Séiquer,Concepción Obón de Castro,Francisco José Alcaraz Ariza
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Ethnobotany
ISBN : 8415463057

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Plants and humans in the Near East and the Caucasus : ancient and traditional uses of plants as food and medicine, a diachronic ethnobotanical review (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey) by Diego Rivera Núñez,Gonzalo Matilla Séiquer,Concepción Obón de Castro,Francisco José Alcaraz Ariza Pdf

Author : Ketevan Batsatsashvili,Zaal Kikvidze,Rainer W. Bussmann
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 3030289419

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Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Far Eastern Europe by Ketevan Batsatsashvili,Zaal Kikvidze,Rainer W. Bussmann Pdf

Research in recent years has increasingly shifted away from purely academic research, and into applied aspects of the discipline, including climate change research, conservation, and sustainable development. It has by now widely been recognized that “traditional” knowledge is always in flux and adapting to a quickly changing environment. Trends of globalization, especially the globalization of plant markets, have greatly influenced how plant resources are managed nowadays. While ethnobotanical studies are now available from many regions of the world, no comprehensive encyclopedic series focusing on the worlds mountain regions is available in the market. Scholars in plant sciences worldwide will be interested in this dynamic content. The field (and thus the market) of ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology has grown considerably in recent years. Student interest is on the rise, attendance at professional conferences has grown steadily, and the number of professionals calling themselves ethnobotanists has increased significantly. Various societies of such professionals include the Society for Economic Botany, the International Society of Ethnopharmacology, the Society of Ethnobiology, the International Society for Ethnobiology, and many regional and national societies in the field that currently have thousands of members. Growth has been most robust in BRIC countries. The objective of this new MRW on Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions is to take advantage of the increasing international interest and scholarship in the field of mountain research. We anticipate including the best and latest research on a full range of descriptive, methodological, theoretical, and applied research on the most important plants for each region. Each contribution will be scientifically rigorous and contribute to the overall field of study.

Author : Diego Rivera,Gonzalo Matilla,Concepción Obón,Francisco Alcaraz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9788415466

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Plants and Humans in the Near East and the Caucasus by Diego Rivera,Gonzalo Matilla,Concepción Obón,Francisco Alcaraz Pdf

Author : Ripu M. Kunwar,Hassan Sher,Rainer W. Bussmann
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 2107 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030574086

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Ethnobotany of the Himalayas by Ripu M. Kunwar,Hassan Sher,Rainer W. Bussmann Pdf

Research in recent years has increasingly shifted away from purely academic research, and into applied aspects of the discipline, including climate change research, conservation, and sustainable development. It has by now widely been recognized that “traditional” knowledge is always in flux and adapting to a quickly changing environment. Trends of globalization, especially the globalization of plant markets, have greatly influenced how plant resources are managed nowadays. While ethnobotanical studies are now available from many regions of the world, no comprehensive encyclopedic series focusing on the worlds mountain regions is available in the market. Scholars in plant sciences worldwide will be interested in this website and its dynamic content. The field (and thus the market) of ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology has grown considerably in recent years. Student interest is on the rise, attendance at professional conferences has grown steadily, and the number of professionals calling themselves ethnobotanists has increased significantly (the various societies, like the Society for Economic Botany, the International Society of Ethnopharmacology, the Society of Ethnobiology, and the International Society for Ethnobiology currently have thousands of members). Growth has been most robust in BRIC countries. This new MRW on Ethnobotany of the Himalayas takes advantage of the increasing international interest and scholarship in the field of mountain research. It includes the best and latest research on a full range of descriptive, methodological, theoretical, and applied research on the most important plants in the Himalayas. Each contribution is scientifically rigorous and contributes to the overall field of study.

Author : Olim K. Khojimatov,Yusufjon Gafforov,Rainer W. Bussmann
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 1486 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031230318

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Ethnobiology of Uzbekistan by Olim K. Khojimatov,Yusufjon Gafforov,Rainer W. Bussmann Pdf

Natural resources and associated biological diversity provide the basis of livelihood for humans, particularly in rural areas and mountain regions around the world. Over centuries, indigenous peoples, traditional societies and local communities have developed their own specific knowledge regarding plant use, management, and conservation. The history of plant use by humans as food and to treat diverse ailments dates back to ancient civilizations. Even though the advent of allopathic medicine has somehow minimized the role of medicinal plants in favor of synthetic drugs, a number of modern drug discoveries have been based on medicinal plants used by indigenous peoples. Ethnobiology is the burgeoning interdisciplinary scientific field which covers all sorts of interactions between plants and people, and Central Asia is recognized as a plant diversity hot spot. The mountains and valleys of this region are rich in unique medicinal and food plant species. Local communities residing in the mountain regions of Central Asia possess unique knowledge of surrounding resources, which is the result of many years of interaction with and selection of the most desirable and pervasive plant species present. In this context, this book provides comprehensive information on cross-culture variation in the traditional uses of plants, fungi, and animal species as food, medicine, and for cultural purposes among the diverse communities of Uzbekistan. The key areas of focus include plant diversity in Uzbekistan, cross cultural variation in traditional uses of plant species, high-value medicinal and food plant species, and threats and conservation status of plant species and traditional knowledge

Author : Zaal Kikvidze
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000326710

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Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Georgia by Zaal Kikvidze Pdf

This multidisciplinary book develops a synthesis of traditional ecological knowledge in the Caucasus region in Georgia – a hotspot of natural and cultural diversity. Traditional ecological knowledge connects the knowledge of natural phenomena with the culture of a given human society, and Georgia is an excellent case study for observing this knowledge. The Caucasus region in particular is notable for its natural and ethnocultural diversity and this book weaves together the disciplines of history, environment and ethnography to develop a synthesis of traditional ecological knowledge. Tracing the history of Georgia through two main phases, the hunter and gatherer bands and the agrarian phase, the author examines important events such as the breeding of naked hexaploid wheat, the domestication of the grapevine and the development of viticulture. By utilising this historic perspective it allows us to clearly see how traditional ecological knowledge has increased in sophistication during the long prehistory of Georgia, and most importantly how this type of knowledge underpins the social and economic progress of traditional societies, not only in Georgia, but throughout the world. This book will be of great relevance to interdisciplinary-minded scholars and students who have an interest in the relationships between nature and human society, including anthropologists, historians, biologists, ecologists, botanists, sociologists and ethnographers.

Author : Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana,Rainer W. Bussmann
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 303028932X

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Ethnobotany of the Andes by Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana,Rainer W. Bussmann Pdf

Research in recent years has increasingly shifted away from purely academic research, and into applied aspects of the discipline, including climate change research, conservation, and sustainable development. It has by now widely been recognized that “traditional” knowledge is always in flux and adapting to a quickly changing environment. Trends of globalization, especially the globalization of plant markets, have greatly influenced how plant resources are managed nowadays. While ethnobotanical studies are now available from many regions of the world, no comprehensive encyclopedic series focusing on the worlds mountain regions is available in the market. Scholars in plant sciences worldwide will be interested in this dynamic content. The field (and thus the market) of ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology has grown considerably in recent years. Student interest is on the rise, attendance at professional conferences has grown steadily, and the number of professionals calling themselves ethnobotanists has increased significantly. Various societies of such professionals include the Society for Economic Botany, the International Society of Ethnopharmacology, the Society of Ethnobiology, the International Society for Ethnobiology, and many regional and national societies in the field that currently have thousands of members. Growth has been most robust in BRIC countries. This new MRW on Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions covers the latest scholarship in the field of mountain research. It offers the best and latest research on a full range of descriptive, methodological, theoretical, and applied research on the most important plants for each region. Each contribution was scientifically rigorous and contributes to the overall field of study.

Author : Hosakatte Niranjana Murthy
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 1089 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031447464

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Bioactive Compounds in the Storage Organs of Plants by Hosakatte Niranjana Murthy Pdf

Author : Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque,Marcelo Alves Ramos,Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior,Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros
Publisher : Springer
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319528724

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Ethnobotany for Beginners by Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque,Marcelo Alves Ramos,Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior,Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros Pdf

Designed for new scholars, this book features a quick and easy-to-read discussion of ethnobotany along with its major developments. The language is clear and concise, objective and straightforward, and structured to lead the reader from the beginning of this science to the most recent developments. While there are some books on ethnobotany, mainly dealing with methods, this book covers the topic in an introductory and comprehensive text that prepares the reader for more advanced study of ethnobotany.

Author : Ripu M. Kunwar,Hassan Sher,Rainer W. Bussmann
Publisher : Springer
Page : 2075 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 3030574075

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Ethnobotany of the Himalayas by Ripu M. Kunwar,Hassan Sher,Rainer W. Bussmann Pdf

Research in recent years has increasingly shifted away from purely academic research, and into applied aspects of the discipline, including climate change research, conservation, and sustainable development. It has by now widely been recognized that “traditional” knowledge is always in flux and adapting to a quickly changing environment. Trends of globalization, especially the globalization of plant markets, have greatly influenced how plant resources are managed nowadays. While ethnobotanical studies are now available from many regions of the world, no comprehensive encyclopedic series focusing on the worlds mountain regions is available in the market. Scholars in plant sciences worldwide will be interested in this website and its dynamic content. The field (and thus the market) of ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology has grown considerably in recent years. Student interest is on the rise, attendance at professional conferences has grown steadily, and the number of professionals calling themselves ethnobotanists has increased significantly (the various societies, like the Society for Economic Botany, the International Society of Ethnopharmacology, the Society of Ethnobiology, and the International Society for Ethnobiology currently have thousands of members). Growth has been most robust in BRIC countries. This new MRW on Ethnobotany of the Himalayas takes advantage of the increasing international interest and scholarship in the field of mountain research. It includes the best and latest research on a full range of descriptive, methodological, theoretical, and applied research on the most important plants in the Himalayas. Each contribution is scientifically rigorous and contributes to the overall field of study.

Author : George Nakhutsrishvili
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642299155

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The Vegetation of Georgia (South Caucasus) by George Nakhutsrishvili Pdf

The book describes richness and diversity of Georgia’s vegetation. Contrasting ecosystems coexist on the relatively small territory of the country and include semi-deserts in East Georgia, Colchic forests with almost sub-tropical climate in West Georgia and subnival plant communities in high mountains. West Georgia lacks xerophilous vegetation zone and mesophilous forest vegetation spreads from the sea level to subalpine zone. The Colchic refugium (West Georgia) ensured survival of the Tertiary’s mesophilous forest flora. Vertical profile of the vegetation is more complex in East Georgia with semi-desert, steppe and arid open forest zone. In South Georgia the montane zone represented by montane steppe is devoid of forests

Author : Józef Hernik,Maria Walczycka,Edward Sankowski,Betty J. Harris
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030580926

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Cultural Heritage—Possibilities for Land-Centered Societal Development by Józef Hernik,Maria Walczycka,Edward Sankowski,Betty J. Harris Pdf

This book includes multi-national research studies (social and natural science research, as well as more directly practical university-based knowledge) about cultural heritage, land, and societal development in varied countries. The book is particularly about land use (as a fundamental aspect of the environment) and its role in development (especially sustainable development). Many of the studies are about topics concerning the transition from more rural to more urbanized land areas. However, some studies concern other types of changes. This includes general attention to globalization and nation-state dimensions of change. Nonetheless, there are interpretations communicated of unique histories at differing scales in the researches here. There is often a focus on more uniquely local and regional territories (including attention to smaller-scale land use) and an interest in future possibilities that conserve positive features of past terrain.

Author : Adina-Elena Segneanu
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 761 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781040017845

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Natural Products and Medicinal Properties of Carpathian (Romanian) Plants by Adina-Elena Segneanu Pdf

Romanian ethnomedicinal knowledge extends as far back as the 16th century to the Geto-Dacian priests who used medicinal plants and practiced integrated holistic medicine. The ethnomedicine continued in monasteries by monks who used cultivated medicinal plants and wild harvested plants. There are now over 800 species of medicinal plants in Romania. An earlier work last century entitled “Pharmaceutical Botany: the Culture and Harvest of Pharmaceutical Plants” by Grinţescu refers to approximately 500 Romanian healing plants, although most of them are not recognized in modern medicine. There is clear evidence of ethnomedicine in this important region, particularly those that are endangered. Features: • Provides an understanding of indigenous plant-derived natural medicines of Romania • Discusses selected plant families that are representative members of the most important medicinal plants in the region. • Includes discussions and critical views on the potential and challenges for further development of the selected plants in a modern setting • Details the important plants and organizes the chapters based on either taxonomy or medical use • Covers traditional and folk medicine of Romania.