Plants in Acorus have been used as herbal medicine by various linguistic groups for
thousands of years. Arguments of taxonomy of Acorus among scientists resulted in …

Folk taxonomies of fishers are important for understanding the dynamics and diversity of
fishes throughout the world. This study analyzed the folk taxonomy of artisanal fishers of the …

Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) is increasingly advocated as a complementary
source of information that can potentially be integrated into mainstream science, particularly …

Background Accessing folk knowledge from small-scale fishers is an affordable and reliable
approach to understand the dynamic and diversity of shark species worldwide, especially of …

Fishermen's knowledge of fish assists in the sustainable harvesting and maintenance of fish
stocks. This ethnoecological study aimed to describe and analyze the knowledge of …

Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam. is a fruit tree crop largely grown in tropical regions for its
edible fruits. Though listed among underutilized crops, the demand for jackfruit in Uganda …

We conducted structured surveys using photographs of 88 fish species grouped by
commercial and non-commercial relevance to analyze the characteristics of the folk …

Ethnotaxonomy seeks to understand how people identify, name, and classify living
organisms, associating traditional and scientific knowledge. We examined the …

Diante da crescente influência das ações humanas insustentáveis sobre a biodiversidade, é
de extrema urgência intensificarmos os esforções de conservação para revertermos os …

Fish local knowledge is important to recognize species and contribute to conservation and
management strategies. Thus, our aim was to provide diagnostic information for the rapid …