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Record Nr.

UNINA9910380758403321

Titolo

Ethnobotany of the Andes [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana, Rainer W. Bussmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

3-319-77093-4

Collana

Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions, , 2523-7489

Disciplina

578.012

578.09

Soggetti

Plant systematics

Plant taxonomy

Plant anatomy

Plant development

Plant physiology

Plant breeding

Plant pathology

Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography

Plant Anatomy/Development

Plant Physiology

Plant Breeding/Biotechnology

Plant Pathology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Andes – Introduction to the Region -- Colombia -- Ecuador -- Peru -- Bolivia -- Plant profiles.

Sommario/riassunto

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.