Issue 1/2006
Content (54 Articles)
The lunar-tide cycle viewed by crustacean and mollusc gatherers in the State of Paraíba, Northeast Brazil and their influence in collection attitudes
Alberto K Nishida, Nivaldo Nordi, Rômulo RN Alves
Parental use of the term "Hot Qi" to describe symptoms in their children in Hong Kong: a cross sectional survey "Hot Qi" in children
Flora Y Kong, Daniel K Ng, Chung-hong Chan, Wan-lan Yu, Danny Chan, Ka-li Kwok, Pok-yu Chow
Process and dynamics of traditional selling wild edible mushrooms in tropical Mexico
Felipe Ruán-Soto, Roberto Garibay-Orijel, Joaquín Cifuentes
Ethno-diversity within current ethno-pharmacology as part of Israeli traditional medicine – A review
Efraim Lev
Use and traditional management of Anadenanthera colubrina(Vell.) Brenan in the semi-arid region of northeastern Brazil
Júlio Marcelino Monteiro, Cecília de Fátima CB Rangel de Almeida, Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque, Reinaldo Farias Paiva de Lucena, Alissandra Trajano N Florentino, Rodrigo Leonardo C de Oliveira
Kenyan medicinal plants used as antivenin: a comparison of plant usage
Bethwell O Owuor, Daniel P Kisangau
Diversity and utilization of antimalarial ethnophytotherapeutic remedies among the Kikuyus (Central Kenya)
Grace N Njoroge, Rainer W Bussmann
Household dyeing plants and traditional uses in some areas of Italy
Paolo Maria Guarrera
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine – achievements and perspectives
Andrea Pieroni
Healing with animals in the Levant from the 10th to the 18th century
Efraim Lev
Changes in farmers' knowledge of maize diversity in highland Guatemala, 1927/37-2004
Jacob van Etten
Some Lithuanian ethnobotanical taxa: a linguistic view on Thorn Apple and related plants
Daiva Šeškauskaitė, Bernd Gliwa
Traditional use of medicinal plants among the tribal communities of Chhota Bhangal, Western Himalaya
Sanjay Kr Uniyal, KN Singh, Pankaj Jamwal, Brij Lal
Medicinal plants popularly used in the Xingó region – a semi-arid location in Northeastern Brazil
Cecília de Fátima CBR Almeida, Elba Lúcia Cavalcanti de Amorim, Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque, Maria Bernadete S Maia
Circum-Mediterranean cultural heritage and medicinal plant uses in traditional animal healthcare: a field survey in eight selected areas within the RUBIA project
Andrea Pieroni, Maria Elena Giusti, Caterina de Pasquale, Cinzia Lenzarini, Eleonora Censorii, María Reyes Gonzáles-Tejero, Cristina Patricia Sánchez-Rojas, Jose M Ramiro-Gutiérrez, Melpomeni Skoula, Chris Johnson, Anaya Sarpaki, Athena Della, Demetra Paraskeva-Hadijchambi, Andreas Hadjichambis, Mohammed Hmamouchi, Said El-Jorhi, Mohamed El-Demerdash, Mustafa El-Zayat, Omar Al-Shahaby, Zahia Houmani, Mekious Scherazed
Farmers' perception on the importance of variegated grasshopper (Zonocerus variegatus (L.)) in the agricultural production systems of the humid forest zone of Southern Cameroon
Sévilor Kekeunou, Stephan Weise, Jean Messi, Manuel Tamò
Wild Alliumspecies (Alliaceae) used in folk medicine of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
Michael Keusgen, Reinhard M Fritsch, Hikmat Hisoriev, Parvina A Kurbonova, Furkat O Khassanov
Ethnotaxonomy of mastofauna as practised by hunters of the municipality of Paulista, state of Paraíba-Brazil
José S Mourão, Helder FP Araujo, Fabiana S Almeida
Local knowledge in community-based approaches to medicinal plant conservation: lessons from India
Shailesh Shukla, James Gardner
Evaluating indices of traditional ecological knowledge: a methodological contribution
Victoria Reyes-García, Vincent Vadez, Susan Tanner, Thomas McDade, Tomás Huanca, William R Leonard
Plant use of the Maasai of Sekenani Valley, Maasai Mara, Kenya
Rainer W Bussmann, Genevieve G Gilbreath, John Solio, Manja Lutura, Rumpac Lutuluo, Kimaren Kunguru, Nick Wood, Simon G Mathenge
Traditional use of the Andean flicker (Colaptes rupicola) as a galactagogue in the Peruvian Andes
Steve Froemming
Analysing ethnobotanical and fishery-related importance of mangroves of the East-Godavari Delta (Andhra Pradesh, India) for conservation and management purposes
F Dahdouh-Guebas, S Collin, D Lo Seen, P Rönnbäck, D Depommier, T Ravishankar, N Koedam
Ethnobotanical investigations among tribes in Madurai District of Tamil Nadu (India)
S Ignacimuthu, M Ayyanar, Sankara Sivaraman K
On the typology and the worship status of sacred trees with a special reference to the Middle East
Amots Dafni
Ethnomedicine in Himalaya: a case study from Dolpa, Humla, Jumla and Mustang districts of Nepal
Ripu M Kunwar, Bal K Nepal, Hari B Kshhetri, Sanjeev K Rai, Rainer W Bussmann
Molluscs production associated to lunar-tide cycle: a case study in Paraíba State under ethnoecology viewpoint
Alberto K Nishida, Nivaldo Nordi, Rômulo RN Alves
Re-examining hypotheses concerning the use and knowledge of medicinal plants: a study in the Caatinga vegetation of NE Brazil
Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque
Ethnoveterinary medicines used for horses in Trinidad and in British Columbia, Canada
Cheryl Lans, Nancy Turner, Gerhard Brauer, Grant Lourenco, Karla Georges
Developing the medicinal plants sector in northern India: challenges and opportunities
Chandra Prakash Kala, Pitamber Prasad Dhyani, Bikram Singh Sajwan
Traditional use of medicinal plants by the Jaintia tribes in North Cachar Hills district of Assam, northeast India
Albert L Sajem, Kuldip Gosai
An ethnobotanical survey of wild edible plants of Paphos and Larnaca countryside of Cyprus
Athena Della, Demetra Paraskeva-Hadjichambi, Andreas Ch Hadjichambis
Ethnobotany of the Samburu of Mt. Nyiru, South Turkana, Kenya
Rainer W Bussmann
The use of non-wood forest products by migrants in a new settlement: experiences of a Visayan community in Palawan, Philippines
Celeste Lacuna-Richman
Food, flavouring and feed plant traditions in the Tyrrhenian sector of Basilicata, Italy
Paolo Maria Guarrera, Giovanni Salerno, Giulia Caneva
Ritual plants of Muslim graveyards in northern Israel
Amots Dafni, Efraim Lev, Sabine Beckmann, Christian Eichberger
The mother – child nexus. Knowledge and valuation of wild food plants in Wayanad, Western Ghats, India
Gisella Susana Cruz García
The ethnoecology of Caiçarametapopulations (Atlantic Forest, Brazil): ecological concepts and questions
Alpina Begossi
Ethnomedicinal plants used by the people of Manang district, central Nepal
Shandesh Bhattarai, Ram P Chaudhary, Robin SL Taylor
Management of plant species for controlling pests, by peasant farmers at Lagoa Seca, Paraíba state, Brazil: an ethnoecological approach
Andréia de Souza Guimarães, José da Silva Mourão
Medicinal plants used by traditional healers in Kancheepuram District of Tamil Nadu, India
Chellaiah Muthu, Muniappan Ayyanar, Nagappan Raja, Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu
Traditional medicinal plant use in Loja province, Southern Ecuador
Rainer W Bussmann, Douglas Sharon
Ethnomedicines used in Trinidad and Tobago for urinary problems and diabetes mellitus
Cheryl A Lans
Animals and their products utilized as medicines by the inhabitants surrounding the Ranthambhore National Park, India
Madan Mohan Mahawar, DP Jaroli
Traditional medicinal plant use in Northern Peru: tracking two thousand years of healing culture
Rainer W Bussmann, Douglas Sharon
Social and cultural efficacies of medicines: Complications for antiretroviral therapy
Sjaak van der Geest, Anita Hardon
Substances, relationships and the omnipresence of the body: an overview of Ashéninka ethnomedicine (Western Amazonia)
Marc Lenaerts
Bird-spiders (Arachnida, Mygalomorphae) as perceived by the inhabitants of the village of Pedra Branca, Bahia State, Brazil
Eraldo M Costa Neto
Threatened edible insects in Hidalgo, Mexico and some measures to preserve them
Julieta Ramos-Elorduy
Contribution to the knowledge of the veterinary science and of the ethnobotany in Calabria region (Southern Italy)
Nicodemo G Passalacqua, Giuseppe De Fine, Paolo Maria Guarrera
Ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants in Derashe and Kucha Districts, South Ethiopia
Kebu Balemie, Fassil Kebebew
Traditional management of ear, nose and throat (ENT) diseases in Central Kenya
Grace N Njoroge, Rainer W Bussmann