Methods and Techniques in Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology

Humans represent just one of many species that constitute the planet's biodiversity. Nevertheless, as the dominant species, humans have been the primary agent of the transformation of natural spaces. Therefore, the study of human interactions, biodiversity, and the environment that surrounds them is a basic tool for understanding the factors that bind human societies to natural resources. Within this context, ethnobiology is a promising discipline that can play a key role as a mediator of dialogue between different academic disciplines and traditional knowledge, a union essential in enabling contextualized and sustainable alternatives to exploitative practices and biodiversity management.

Methods and Techniques in Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology introduces the basic techniques and methods traditionally used in ethnobiology and ethnoecology. Comprised of 28 chapters, the book covers the different qualitative and quantitative aspects of ethnobiology research methods, as well as methods from natural and social sciences that will be useful to both beginners and senior researchers. Written by internationally renowned experts in the fields, Methods and Techniques in Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology is a valuable resource for researchers and students interested in ethnobiology.

• data analysis
• ethnobiology
• ethnoecology
• qualitative and quantitative methods
• techniques

“This new book is another publication in our discipline reviewing and suggesting methods and procedures for data collection and techniques for data analyses, among other issues. … The book combines chapters that will be of more interest for natural science researchers with others that will be more useful for social science researchers.” (Manuel J. Macía, Economic Botany, Vol. 70 (2), 2016)

• Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

  Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque

• Departmento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

  Luiz Vital Fernandes Cruz da Cunha

• Departamento de Fitotecnia e Ciências Ambientais, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Areia, Brazil

  Reinaldo Farias Paiva de Lucena

• Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual da Paraiba, Campina Grande, Brazil

  Rômulo Romeu Nobrega Alves

Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque, PhD
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Área de Botânica, Departamento de Biologia, Laboratório de Etnobotânica Aplicada, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Luiz Vital Fernandes Cruz da Cunha, PhD
Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, Departmento de Ciências Biológicas, Recife, Brazil

Reinaldo Farias Paiva Lucena, PhD
Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Departamento de Fitotecnia e Ciências Ambientais, Setor de Ecologia e Biodiversidade, Laboratório de Etnoecologia, Areia, Paraíba, Brazil

Rômulo Romeu Nobrega Alves, PhD
Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Departamento de Biologia, Grupo, Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil

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