Search Results for: Ethnoecology

Scholars studying the ecology of specific areas often fail to take into account the presence of humans in those environments. People not only are fundamental co

The re-emerging field of ethnoecology offers a promising way to document and analyze human-environment interactions. Case studies by international experts explo

Although anthropologists and cultural geographers have explored "place" in various senses, little cross-cultural examination of "kinds of place," or ecotopes, h

This landmark monograph in ethnoecology is now available in print format for the first time. Based on long-term fieldwork in Guyana during 1998, 1999 and 2000,

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 o