Ethnobotany of Mexico (eBook)

Interactions of People and Plants in Mesoamerica

Rafael Lira, Alejandro Casas, José Blancas (Herausgeber)

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2016 | 1. Auflage
XVI, 560 Seiten
Springer-Verlag
978-1-4614-6669-7 (ISBN)

Infos

This book reviews the history, current state of knowledge, and different research approaches and techniques of studies on interactions between humans and plants in an important area of agriculture and ongoing plant domestication: Mesoamerica.  Leading scholars and key research groups in Mexico discuss essential topics as well as contributions from international research groups that have conducted studies on ethnobotany and domestication of plants in the region. Such a convocation will produce an interesting discussion about future investigation and conservation of regional human cultures, genetic resources, and cultural and ecological processes that are critical for global sustainability.

Autor

Dr. Rafael LiraUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Laboratorio de Recursos Naturales, Los Reyes Iztacala, Tlanepantla, MexicoAlejandro Casas, PhDUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico

Inhalt

Part I: History of Ethnobotany in MexicoChapter 1. Origins and Development of Mexican EthnobotanyAbigail Aguilar Chapter 2. Ethnobotany in México: Historical Trends and Development of Scientific ApproachesAndrés Camou, Alejandro Casas, et al.Part II: Cultural Approaches in Ethnobotanical StudiesChapter 3. Cosmos, Corpus, and Praxis: An Integrated Approach of the Study of Plants, Ecosystems, and SocietiesVíctor M. Toledo and Narciso BarreraChapter 4. Ethnobotany and Mexican Biocultural PatrimonyEckart BoegePart III: Ecological EthnobotanyChapter 5. Ethnobotanical and Ecological Studies of Plant PopulationsJavier Caballero, Rafael Lira et al.Capítulo 6. Ethnobotanical and Ecological studies of Communities and EcosystemsAlejandro Casas, Rafael Lira, Ana Isabel Moreno et al.Part IV: Evolutionary EthnobotanyChapter 7. Domestication as an Continuing Process: From Populations to LandcapeAlejandro Casas, Fabiola Parra, Adriana Otero, Xitlali Aguirre, et al.Chapter 8. Domestication of Annual PlantsRobert Bye, Cristina Mapes, Heike Vibrans, Beatriz Rendón, Rafael Lira, Isabelle Blanckaert,  et al.Chapter 9. Domestication of Perennial Plants.Alejandro Casas, Patricia Colunga, Daniel Zizumbo, Fabiola Parra, Xitlali AguirrePart V: Plant Resources for the FutureChapter 10. Useful plants of MexicoJavier Caballero, Laura Cortés, et al.Chapter 11. Medicinal PlantsTzasná Hernández and Abigail AguilarChapter 12. Food PlantsCristina Mapes, Javier Caballero, Alejandro Casas, José BlancasPart VI: Ethnobotany and Genetic Resources in MéxicoChapter 13. MaizeLuis Eguiarte and Daniel PiñeroChapter 14. BeansAlfonso Delgado, Paul Gepts, Daniel Debouck, Daniel Zizumbo, Patrícia Colunga, and Jorge AcostaChapter 15. SquashesRafael Lira, Salvador Montes, Luis Eguiarte, Daniel Zizumbo, Patricia Colunga, and Mauricio QuesadaChapter 16. CottonAna Wegier and Daniel Piñero

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.4.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Ethnobiology
• Reihe/Serie: Ethnobiology
• Zusatzinfo: XVI, 560 p. 92 illus., 71 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• Schlagworte: domestication • ethnobotany • ethnoecology • genetic resources • sustainability • systematic botany
• ISBN-10: 1-4614-6669-5 / 1461466695
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4614-6669-7 / 9781461466697