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Record Nr.

UNINA9910165153103321

Autore

Albuquerque Ulysses Paulino

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-52872-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XII, 71 p. 11 illus. in color.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Plant Science, , 2192-1229

Disciplina

581.61

Soggetti

Plant ecology

Plants

Plant physiology

Plant anatomy

Plants - Development

Plant diseases

Plant breeding

Plant Ecology

Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography

Plant Physiology

Plant Anatomy/Development

Plant Pathology

Plant Breeding/Biotechnology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: History and Concepts -- Chapter 2: Approaches and Interests of Ethnobotanical Research -- Chapter 3: Investigation Methods -- Chapter 4: The Classic Approaches -- Chapter 5: Reflecting on Research in Ethnobotany -- Chapter 6: Ethnobotany, Science and Society.

Sommario/riassunto

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.