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"I eat the manofê so it is not forgotten": local perceptions and consumption of native wild edible plants from seasonal dry forests in Brazil.

scientific article

A comparison of knowledge about medicinal plants for three rural communities in the semi-arid region of northeast of Brazil

scientific article published on 5 December 2009

A little bit of Africa in Brazil: ethnobiology experiences in the field of Afro-Brazilian religions

scientific article published on 27 January 2014

A new application for the optimal foraging theory: the extraction of medicinal plants

scientific article

A new approach to study medicinal plants with tannins and flavonoids contents from the local knowledge

scientific article

A new technique for testing distribution of knowledge and to estimate sampling sufficiency in ethnobiology studies

scientific article

A theoretical review on the origin of medicinal practices in humans: echoes from evolution

Acute Toxicity and Cytotoxicity Effect of Ethanolic Extract of Spondias tuberosa Arruda Bark: Hematological, Biochemical and Histopathological Evaluation

scientific article published on 10 October 2016

Adaptive memory and evolution of the human naturalistic mind: Insights from the use of medicinal plants

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Alternative Views of Folk Classification

An Evolutionary Perspective on the Use of Hallucinogens

article published in 2015

An ethnopharmacological assessment of the use of plants against parasitic diseases in humans and animals.

scientific article published on 27 July 2014

Analysis of umbu (Spondias tuberosa Arruda (Anacardiaceae)) in different landscape management regimes: a process of incipient domestication?

scientific article

Animals as a Source of Drugs: Bioprospecting and Biodiversity Conservation

Antiproliferative activity, antioxidant capacity and tannin content in plants of semi-arid northeastern Brazil.

scientific article published on 24 November 2010

Aquatic vascular plants as handicraft: a case study in southern Brazil

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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) affects biomolecules content in Myracrodruon urundeuva seedlings

scholarly article in Industrial Crops and Products, vol. 50, October 2013

Are ethnopharmacological surveys useful for the discovery and development of drugs from medicinal plants?

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Are the evolutionary implications of vertical transmission of knowledge conservative?

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Assessing the Effects of Indigenous Migration on Zootherapeutic Practices in the Semiarid Region of Brazil

scientific article published on 8 January 2016

Assessment of the hunting of mammals using local ecological knowledge: an example from the Brazilian semiarid region

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Bark and latex harvesting short-term impact on native tree species reproduction

scientific article published on 23 November 2018

Bark regeneration and tannin content in Myracrodruon urundeuva Allemão after simulation of extractive damages--implications to management

scientific article

Bibliometric analysis of ethnobotanical research in Brazil (1988-2013)

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

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Biological and Evolutionary Bases of Human Perception of the Natural Environment

Biota Perception and Use

Brazilian and Mexican experiences in the study of incipient domestication

scientific article

Caatinga Ethnobotany: Anthropogenic Landscape Modification and Useful Species in Brazil’s Semi-Arid Northeast

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Caatinga revisited: ecology and conservation of an important seasonal dry forest

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Can spatial variation and inter-annual variation in precipitation explain the seed density and species richness of the germinable soil seed bank in a tropical dry forest in north-eastern Brazil?

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Can the Apparency Hypothesis explain the selection of medicinal plants in an area of caatinga vegetation? A chemical perspective

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Can wood quality justify local preferences for firewood in an area of caatinga (dryland) vegetation?

Caryocar coriaceum (Caryocaraceae) diaspore removal and dispersal distance on the margin and in the interior of a Cerrado area in Northeastern Brazil

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Chemical characterization of native wild plants of dry seasonal forests of the semi-arid region of northeastern Brazil

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Citation behavior in popular scientific papers: what is behind obscure citations? The case of ethnobotany

Commercialization of animal-derived remedies as complementary medicine in the semi-arid region of Northeastern Brazil.

scientific article

Comparative study of the antimicrobial activity of native and exotic plants from the Caatinga and Atlantic Forest selected through an ethnobotanical survey

scientific article published on 22 December 2011

Conhecimento botânico tradicional e conservação em uma área de caatinga no estado de Pernambuco, Nordeste do Brasil

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Conservation efforts based on local ecological knowledge: The role of social variables in identifying environmental indicators

scientific article published in 2017

Conservation priorities and population structure of woody medicinal plants in an area of caatinga vegetation (Pernambuco State, NE Brazil).

scientific article published on 6 February 2007

Contact with urban forests greatly enhances children’s knowledge of faunal diversity

scholarly article by Marilian Boachá Sampaio et al published March 2018 in Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Criteria for Native Food Plant Collection in Northeastern Brazil

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Cultural Evolution and Digital Media: Diffusion of Fake News About COVID-19 on Twitter

scientific article published on 28 August 2021

Do Farmers Using Conventional and Non-Conventional Systems of Agriculture Have Different Perceptions of the Diversity of Wild Birds? Implications for Conservation

scientific article

Do artisanal fishers perceive declining migratory shorebird populations?

scientific article published on 3 March 2016

Do ferns and lycophytes function as medicinal plants? A study of their low representation in traditional pharmacopoeias

scientific article published on 9 September 2015

Do socioeconomic characteristics explain the knowledge and use of native food plants in semiarid environments in Northeastern Brazil?

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Does Environmental Instability Favor the Production and Horizontal Transmission of Knowledge regarding Medicinal Plants? A Study in Southeast Brazil

scientific article published on 20 May 2015

Does plant species richness guarantee the resilience of local medical systems? A perspective from utilitarian redundancy

scientific article

Does proximity to a mature forest contribute to the seed rain and recovery of an abandoned agriculture area in a semiarid climate?

scientific article published on July 2014

Does rainfall affect the antioxidant capacity and production of phenolic compounds of an important medicinal species?

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Does the Local Availability of Woody Caatinga Plants (Northeastern Brazil) Explain Their Use Value

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Does the selection of medicinal plants by Brazilian local populations suffer taxonomic influence?

scientific article published on 24 February 2013

Dynamics of medicinal plants knowledge and commerce in an urban ecosystem (Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil).

scientific article

Effect of Gender on the Knowledge of Medicinal Plants: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Erratum to: Analysis of umbu (Spondias tuberosa Arruda (Anacardiaceae)) in different landscape management regimes

scholarly article published in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Erratum to: The Cultural Value of Invasive Species: A Case Study from Semi–Arid Northeastern Brazil

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Ethnicity, Income, and Education

Ethnobiology and Biodiversity Conservation

Ethnobiology or Ethnoecology?

Ethnobiology, Ethics, and Traditional Knowledge Protection

scholarly article published 2016

Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants by population of Valley of Juruena Region, Legal Amazon, Mato Grosso, Brazil

scientific article published on 30 July 2015

Ethnobotany and Harvesting Impacts on Candombá (Vellozia aff. sincorana), A Multiple Use Shrub Species Endemic to Northeast Brazil1

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Ethnobotany in Intermedical Spaces: The Case of the Fulni-ô Indians (Northeastern Brazil).

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Ethnopharmacological study of Stryphnodendron rotundifolium in two communities in the semi-arid region of northeastern Brazil

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Ethnopharmacology of medicinal plants of the pantanal region (mato grosso, Brazil).

scientific article published on 26 February 2012

Ethnozoology in Brazil: analysis of the methodological risks in published studies.

scientific article published on 27 November 2015

Evaluating different methods used in ethnobotanical and ecological studies to record plant biodiversity

scientific article

Evolutionary Ethnobiology

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Evolutionary aspects that guide the cultural transmission pathways in a local medical system in Northeast Brazil

scientific article published on 06 June 2020

Evolutionary ethnobiology and cultural evolution: opportunities for research and dialog.

scientific article published on 9 January 2018

Experiences of Ethnobotanists with Publication: A First Approach

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Extractivism of Plant Resources

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Factors in hybridization of local medical systems: Simultaneous use of medicinal plants and modern medicine in Northeast Brazil

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Famine Foods of Brazil’s Seasonal Dry Forests: Ethnobotanical and Nutritional Aspects

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Five Problems in Current Ethnobotanical Research—and Some Suggestions for Strengthening Them

scientific article published in 2009

Folk classification as evidence of transformed landscapes and adaptative strategies: a case study in the semiarid region of northeastern Brazil

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Food Plants

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Food flora in 17th century Northeast region of Brazil in Historia Naturalis Brasiliae

scientific article

From Past to Present: Medicinal Animals in a Historical Perspective

article published in 2012

Functional aspects of the use of plants and animals in local medical systems and their implications for resilience.

scientific article published on 15 August 2016

Fungi

article by Ulysses P. Albuquerque

Gender and Age

Gender and Its Role in the Resilience of Local Medical Systems of the Fulni-ô People in NE Brazil: Effects on Structure and Functionality

scientific article published on 12 June 2019

Habitat influence on antioxidant activity and tannin concentrations of Spondias tuberosa

scientific article published in June 2012

History of Ethnobiology

How and Why Should People Classify Natural Resources?

How can local representations of changes of the availability in natural resources assist in targeting conservation?

scientific article published on 14 February 2018

How do people select plants for use? Matching the Ecological Apparency Hypothesis with Optimal Foraging Theory

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How ethnobotany can aid biodiversity conservation: reflections on investigations in the semi-arid region of NE Brazil

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Human impact on the abundance of useful species in a protected area of the Brazilian Cerrado by people perception and biological data

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Human mnesic performance in a survival scenario: the application of the adaptive memory concept in ethnobiology

scientific article published on 14 July 2017

Human perceptions of landscape change: The case of a monodominant forest of Attalea speciosa Mart ex. Spreng (Northeast Brazil).

scientific article published on 7 January 2016

Humans as niche constructors: Revisiting the concept of chronic anthropogenic disturbances in ecology

Ichthyofauna used in traditional medicine in Brazil

scientific article published on February 2012

Impact assessment of the harvest of a medicinal plant (Anadenanthera colubrina(Vell.) Brenan) by a rural semi-arid community (Pernambuco), northeastern Brazil

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Impact of collection on bark regeneration from Stryphnodendron rotundifolium Mart. in northeastern Brazil

scientific article published on 25 April 2017

Implications from the Use of Non-timber Forest Products on the Consumption of Wood as a Fuel Source in Human-Dominated Semiarid Landscapes

scientific article

Indicators of conservation priorities for medicinal plants from seasonal dry forests of northeastern Brazil

scientific article published in 2021

Information Retrieval during Free Listing Is Biased by Memory: Evidence from Medicinal Plants

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Insights into the search for new drugs from traditional knowledge: an ethnobotanical and chemical-ecological perspective

scientific article published on 18 May 2011

Insularity and citation behavior of scientific articles in young fields: the case of ethnobiology

Integrating traditional ecological knowledge into academic research at local and global scales

scientific article published in 2021

Intracultural variation in the knowledge of medicinal plants in an urban-rural community in the atlantic forest from northeastern Brazil

scientific article published on 3 November 2011

Intraspecific variation, knowledge and local management of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) in the semiarid region of Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil

scientific article published in 2019

Is the use-impact on native caatinga species in Brazil reduced by the high species richness of medicinal plants?

scientific article

Jurema-Preta (Mimosa tenuiflora [Willd.] Poir.): a review of its traditional use, phytochemistry and pharmacology

scholarly article by Rafael Sampaio Octaviano de Souza et al published October 2008 in Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Knowledge and extractivism of Stryphnodendron rotundifolium Mart. in a local community of the Brazilian Savanna, Northeastern Brazil

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Knowledge and use of medicinal plants by local specialists in an region of Atlantic Forest in the state of Pernambuco (Northeastern Brazil).

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Knowledge and use of wild food plants in areas of dry seasonal forests in Brazil

scientific article published in January 2013

Knowledge, Use, and Management of the Babassu Palm (Attalea speciosa Mart. ex Spreng) in the Araripe Region (Northeastern Brazil)

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Knowledge, use and management of native wild edible plants from a seasonal dry forest (NE, Brazil)

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Landscapes preferences in the human species: insights for ethnobiology from evolutionary psychology

Levels of tannins and flavonoids in medicinal plants: evaluating bioprospecting strategies

scientific article published on 29 September 2011

Local Criteria for Medicinal Plant Selection

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Local Knowledge and Conservation Priorities of Medicinal Plants near a Protected Area in Brazil

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Local Markets and Medicinal Plant Commerce: A Review with Emphasis on Brazil

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Local Perception of Environmental Change in a Semi-Arid Area of Northeast Brazil: A New Approach for the Use of Participatory Methods at the Level of Family Units

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Local knowledge about fodder plants in the semi-arid region of Northeastern Brazil

scientific article published on 10 February 2015

Local representations of change and conservation of the riparian forests along the São Francisco River (Northeast Brazil)

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Manejo tradicional de plantas em regiões neotropicais

article published in 1999

Medical ethnobiology and ethnopharmacology in latin america

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Medical ethnobiology and ethnopharmacology in latin america 2013.

scientific article published on 22 January 2014

Medicinal Plant Knowledge Richness and Sharing in Northeastern Brazil

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Medicinal Plants

article from 2016

Medicinal and magic plants from a public market in northeastern Brazil

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Medicinal plant knowledge in a context of cultural pluralism: A case study in Northeastern Brazil

scientific article published on 16 September 2015

Medicinal plants of the caatinga (semi-arid) vegetation of NE Brazil: a quantitative approach

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Medicinal plants popularly used in the Xingó region - a semi-arid location in Northeastern Brazil

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Medicinal plants used as antitumor agents in Brazil: an ethnobotanical approach

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Medicinal plants with bioprospecting potential used in semi-arid northeastern Brazil

scientific article published on 17 July 2010

Medicine from the Wild: An Overview of the Use and Trade of Animal Products in Traditional Medicines

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Memory for medicinal plants remains in ancient and modern environments suggesting an evolved adaptedness

scientific article published on 25 October 2021

Mutation of Cultural Information on the Use of Plant Complexes in Local Medical Systems

scientific article published on 23 June 2020

Mycorrhizal symbiosis increase the level of total foliar phenols and tannins in Commiphora leptophloeos (Mart.) J.B. Gillett seedlings

scholarly article in Industrial Crops and Products, vol. 104, October 2017

Native medicinal plants commercialized in Brazil - priorities for conservation

scientific article published on 24 August 2008

Natural products from ethnodirected studies: revisiting the ethnobiology of the zombie poison

scientific article

New strategies for drug discovery in tropical forests based on ethnobotanical and chemical ecological studies

scientific article published on 31 December 2011

Niche Construction Theory and Ethnobiology

article published in 2015

Northeastern Brazilian students’ representations of Atlantic Forest fragments

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Optimal Foraging Theory Perspectives on the Strategies of Itinerant Beekeepers in Semiarid Northeast Brazil

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Patterns of Biological and Utilitarian Diversity of Plants Through a Dry Forest Precipitation Gradient

scientific article published in 2023

Patterns of medicinal plant use by inhabitants of Brazilian urban and rural areas: a macroscale investigation based on available literature

scientific article published on October 2013

Pequi (Caryocar coriaceum Wittm., Caryocaraceae) Oil Production: A strong economically influenced tradition in the Araripe region, northeastern Brazil

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Perceptions of Risks Related to Climate Change in Agroecosystems in a Semi-arid Region of Brazil

scientific article published in 2021

Phenology of Spondias tuberosa Arruda (Anacardiaceae) under different landscape management regimes and a proposal for a rapid phenological diagnosis using local knowledge

scientific article published on 31 January 2013

Physical and Chemical Characterization of Spondias tuberosa Arruda Fruit from Different Caatinga Landscapes in Altinho-PE

Phytochemical and pharmacological notes of plants indicated to treat tumors in Brazil

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Plant Domestication

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Plant Knowledge and Use in the Context of Migration

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Plant and Landscape Local Management

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Plant extractivism in light of game theory: a case study in northeastern Brazil

scientific article published on 23 February 2015

Plant stem bark extractivism in the northeast semiarid region of Brazil: a new aport to utilitarian redundancy model

scientific article published on 26 January 2012

Plants used to feed ruminants in semi-arid Brazil: A study of nutritional composition guided by local ecological knowledge

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Population structure and fruit availability of the babassu palm ( Attalea speciosa Mart. ex Spreng) in human-dominated landscapes of the Northeast Region of Brazil

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Pressure indicators of wood resource use in an Atlantic forest area, northeastern Brazil

scientific article

Rapid Ethnonutrition Assessment Method Is Useful to Prototype Dietary Assessments with a Focus on Local Biodiverse Food Plants

scientific article published on 07 December 2020

Rapid ethnobotanical diagnosis of the Fulni-ô Indigenous lands (NE Brazil): floristic survey and local conservation priorities for medicinal plants

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Re-examining hypotheses concerning the use and knowledge of medicinal plants: a study in the Caatinga vegetation of NE Brazil

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Records of breeding in Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia with new localities for Brazil

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Religiosity/Spirituality Matters on Plant-Based Local Medical System

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Religiousness/spirituality do not necessarily matter: Effect on risk perception and adaptive strategies in the semi-arid region of NE Brazil

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Reshaping the future of ethnobiology research after the COVID-19 pandemic

scientific article published on 22 June 2020

Resilience and Adaptation in Social-Ecological Systems

Resilience and adaptation in the use of medicinal plants with suspected anti-inflammatory activity in the Brazilian Northeast

scientific article published on 21 September 2011

Risk Perception

article published in 2016

Sampling problems in Brazilian research: a critical evaluation of studies on medicinal plants

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Social-Ecological Theory of Maximization: Basic Concepts and Two Initial Models

scientific article published on 11 February 2019

Socio-economic predictors of domestic wood use in an Atlantic forest area (north-east Brazil): a tool for directing conservation efforts

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Socioeconomic and ecological indicators in willingness to accept compensation for the conservation of medicinal plants in a tropical dry forest

scientific article published in 2021

Students' Perception of Urban and Rural Environmental Protection Areas in Pernambuco, Brazil

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Taxonomic affiliation influences the selection of medicinal plants among people from semi-arid and humid regions-a proposition for the evaluation of utilitarian equivalence in Northeast Brazil

scientific article published on 04 August 2020

Temporal evaluation of the Conservation Priority Index for medicinal plants

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Ten important questions/issues for ethnobotanical research

scientific article published in 2019

Testing an Ethnobiological Evolutionary Hypothesis on Plant-Based Remedies to Treat Malaria in Africa

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The "hidden diversity" of medicinal plants in northeastern Brazil: diagnosis and prospects for conservation and biological prospecting

scientific article published on 20 October 2013

The Cultural Value of Invasive Species: A Case Study from Semi–Arid Northeastern Brazil

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The Inclusion and Selection of Medicinal Plants in Traditional Pharmacopoeias—Evidence in Support of the Diversification Hypothesis

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

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The Influence of the Evolutionary Past on the Mind: An Analysis of the Preference for Landscapes in the Human Species

scientific article published on 07 December 2018

The apparency hypothesis applied to a local pharmacopoeia in the Brazilian northeast

scientific article published on 10 January 2014

The current status of ethnobiological research in Latin America: gaps and perspectives ⬇️

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The domestic use of firewood in rural communities of the Caatinga: How seasonality interferes with patterns of firewood collection

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The ecological apparency hypothesis and the importance of useful plants in rural communities from northeastern Brazil: an assessment based on use value.

scientific article published on 8 December 2011

The first report on the medicinal use of fossils in latin america

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

The influence of microhabitat on the population dynamics of four herbaceous species in a semiarid area of northeastern Brazil

scientific article published on 22 January 2016

The most commonly available woody plant species are the most useful for human populations: a meta-analysis

scientific article published on 23 September 2016

The pharmacy of the Benedictine monks: the use of medicinal plants in Northeast Brazil during the nineteenth century (1823-1829).

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The role of local disease perception in the selection of medicinal plants: A study of the structure of local medical systems.

scientific article published on 27 January 2016

The trade in medicinal animals in northeastern Brazil

scientific article published on 14 December 2011

The tragedy of the common reviewers: the peer review process

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The use of different indicators for interpreting the local knowledge loss on medical plants

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The use of medicinal plants by migrant people: adaptation, maintenance, and replacement

scientific article published on 10 November 2011

The use of plants in the medical system of the Fulni-ô people (NE Brazil): A perspective on age and gender ⬇️

scientific article published on November 18, 2010

Theories of Niche Construction and Optimal Foraging: weaknesses and virtues in understanding the early stages of domestication

Traditional Ecological Knowledge About Dietary and Reproductive Characteristics of Tupinambis merianae and Hoplias malabaricus in Semiarid Northeastern Brazil

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Traditional Knowledge and Management of Caryocar coriaceum Wittm. (Pequi) in the Brazilian Savanna, Northeastern Brazil1

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Traditional Knowledge and Management of Umbu (Spondias tuberosa, Anacardiaceae): An Endemic Species from the Semi–Arid Region of Northeastern Brazil

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Traditional botanical knowledge of artisanal fishers in southern Brazil

scientific article published on 30 July 2013

Traditional knowledge, genetic and morphological diversity in populations of Spondias tuberosa Arruda (Anacardiaceae)

Traditional management affects the phenotypic diversity of fruits with economic and cultural importance in the Brazilian Savanna

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Urban Ethnobiology

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Urbanization, Modernization, and Nature Knowledge

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Use Patterns of Medicinal Plants by Local Populations

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Use and diversity of palm (Arecaceae) resources in Central Western Brazil

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Use and knowledge of fuelwood in an area of Caatinga vegetation in NE Brazil

scientific article published in June 2008

Use and traditional management of Anadenanthera colubrina (Vell.) Brenan in the semi-arid region of northeastern Brazil

scientific article

Use patterns and knowledge of medicinal species among two rural communities in Brazil's semi-arid northeastern region.

scientific article published on 18 November 2005

Useful plants of the semi-arid northeastern region of Brazil--a look at their conservation and sustainable use.

scientific article

Utilitarian Redundancy: Conceptualization and Potential Applications in Ethnobiological Research

Utilitarian and cognitive aspects in the ethnotaxonomy of plants from the Caatinga in two rural communities in Northeastern Brazil

scientific article published in 2021

Validação de metodologia espectrofotométrica para quantificação dos flavonóides de Bauhinia cheilantha (Bongard) Steudel

Valuation of the Aroeira (Myracrodruon urundeuva Allemão): perspectives on conservation

scientific article published in 2012

What Do We Study in Evolutionary Ethnobiology? Defining the Theoretical Basis for a Research Program

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What Is Environmental Perception?

What Is Ethnobiology?

What are the socioeconomic implications of the value chain of biodiversity products? A case study in Northeastern Brazil

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What drives the knowledge and local uses of timber resources in human-altered landscapes in the semiarid region of northeast Brazil?

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What drives the use of natural products for medicinal purposes in the context of cultural pluralism?

What is the role of exotic medicinal plants in local medical systems? A study from the perspective of utilitarian redundancy

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Which approach is more effective in the selection of plants with antimicrobial activity?

scientific article published on 26 June 2013

Why do people use exotic plants in their local medical systems? A systematic review based on Brazilian local communities.

scientific article published on 27 September 2017

Why scientific information does not necessarily impact the decisions by human society

scientific article published in 2020

“Return” and Extension Actions After Ethnobotanical Research: The Perceptions and Expectations of a Rural Community in Semi-arid Northeastern Brazil

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