Palms and People in the Amazon / / by Nigel Smith

• Autore: Smith Nigel
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2015.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (484 p.)
• Disciplina: 584.509811
• Soggetto topico: Geobiology; Human geography; Plant science; Botany; Biogeosciences; Human Geography; Plant Sciences
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Palms and Cultural Landscapes -- Acrocomia aculeate -- Aiphanes aculeate -- Aphandra Natalia -- Astrocaryum acaule -- Astrocaryum aculeatum -- Astrocaryum chambira -- Astrocaryum gynacanthum -- Astrocaryum jauari -- Astrocaryum murumuru -- Astrocaryum vulgare -- Attalea butyracea -- Attalea maripa -- Attalea phalerata -- Attalea racemosa -- Attalea sagotii -- Attalea speciosa -- Attalea spectabilis -- Bactris acanthocarpa -- Bactris bidentula -- Bactris bifida -- Bactris brongniartii -- Bactris concinna -- Bactris gasipaes -- Bactris hirta -- Bactris major -- Bactris maraja -- Bactris martiana -- Bactris riparia -- Copernicia alba -- Desmoncus polyacanthos -- Elaeis oleifera -- Euterpe catinga -- Euterpe oleracea -- Euterpe precatoria -- Geonoma deversa -- Geonoma macrostachys -- Geonoma maxima -- Iriartea deltoidea -- Iriartella setigera -- Leopoldinia major -- Leopoldinia piassaba -- Leopoldinia pulchra -- Lepidocaryum tenue -- Manicaria saccifera -- Mauritia carana -- Mauritia flexuosa -- Mauritiella armata -- Oenocarpus bacaba -- Oenocarpus bataua -- Oenocarpus distichus -- Oenocarpus mapora -- Phytelephas macrocarpa -- Raphia taedigera -- Socratea exorrhiza -- Syragus inajai -- Wettinia maynensis -- References -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book explores the degree to which landscapes have been enriched with palms by human activities and the importance of palms for the lives of people in the region today and historically. Palms are a prominent feature of many landscapes in Amazonia, and they are important culturally, economically, and for a variety of ecological roles they play. Humans have been reorganizing the biological furniture in the region since the first hunters and gatherers arrived over 20,000 years ago.
• Titolo autorizzato: Palms and People in the Amazon
• ISBN: 3-319-05509-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910299442003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Geobotany Studies, Basics, Methods and Case Studies, . 2198-2562