Researchers have become increasingly concerned with the relation between traditional
ecological knowledge (TEK) and academic ecological knowledge (AEK). TEK includes …

Local medical systems (LMSs) are shaped by the interaction of human beings with biota, so
understanding how human beings use natural resources for their survival is one of the most …

In answer to the question “Should ethnobiology and ethnomedicine more decisively foster
hypothesis-driven forefront research able to turn findings into policy and abandon more …

Based on a mixed-methods study involving triad tasks and ethnobiological models, we
analyze local categories and knowledge of key ethnospecies of fish exploring partial …

Background Hunting wild animals is essential for nutrition, clothing, predator control and
disease treatment. As part of a system based on food choices and uses, it is influenced by …

In the introduction to this special issue on ethnobiology and philosophy, we consider how
the included papers show that ethnobiology is an inherently pluralist project that has a …

Background Measures of the importance of medicinal plants have long been used in
ethnobotany and ethnobiology to understand the influence of social-ecological system …

Research on the social-ecological system unifies society, the economy, resources and the
environment and provides an integrated and systematic research framework through which …

The Patagonian steppe is a refuge for several indigenous peoples who live in relatively
isolated communities, depending heavily on natural resources for their activities, health, and …

Accumulating data on medicinal plant uses, accelerated by expanding ethnobotanical
scholarship, electronic publishing, and computational tools, provide unprecedented …