The Ethnoecology and Autecology of White Root (Carex Barbarae Dewey)
Author: Michelle Louise Stevens
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Published: 1999
Total Pages: 414
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Author: Michelle Louise Stevens
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Published: 1999
Total Pages: 414
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Richard I. Ford
Publisher: U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY
Published: 2001-01-01
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 0915703505
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Michael Barbour
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2007-07-17
Total Pages: 734
ISBN-13: 0520933362
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis thoroughly revised, entirely rewritten edition of what is the essential reference on California’s diverse and ever-changing vegetation now brings readers the most authoritative, state-of-the-art view of California’s plant ecosystems available. Integrating decades of research, leading community ecologists and field botanists describe and classify California’s vegetation types, identify environmental factors that determine the distribution of vegetation types, analyze the role of disturbance regimes in vegetation dynamics, chronicle change due to human activities, identify conservation issues, describe restoration strategies, and prioritize directions for new research. Several new chapters address statewide issues such as the historic appearance and impact of introduced and invasive plants, the soils of California, and more.
Author: Nancy J. Turner
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2015-08-03
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 0295997869
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a thought-provoking look at Native American stories, cultural institutions, and ways of knowing, and what they can teach us about living sustainably.
Author: M. Kat Anderson
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2005-06-14
Total Pages: 560
ISBN-13: 0520933109
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA complex look at California Native ecological practices as a model for environmental sustainability and conservation. John Muir was an early proponent of a view we still hold today—that much of California was pristine, untouched wilderness before the arrival of Europeans. But as this groundbreaking book demonstrates, what Muir was really seeing when he admired the grand vistas of Yosemite and the gold and purple flowers carpeting the Central Valley were the fertile gardens of the Sierra Miwok and Valley Yokuts Indians, modified and made productive by centuries of harvesting, tilling, sowing, pruning, and burning. Marvelously detailed and beautifully written, Tending the Wild is an unparalleled examination of Native American knowledge and uses of California's natural resources that reshapes our understanding of native cultures and shows how we might begin to use their knowledge in our own conservation efforts. M. Kat Anderson presents a wealth of information on native land management practices gleaned in part from interviews and correspondence with Native Americans who recall what their grandparents told them about how and when areas were burned, which plants were eaten and which were used for basketry, and how plants were tended. The complex picture that emerges from this and other historical source material dispels the hunter-gatherer stereotype long perpetuated in anthropological and historical literature. We come to see California's indigenous people as active agents of environmental change and stewardship. Tending the Wild persuasively argues that this traditional ecological knowledge is essential if we are to successfully meet the challenge of living sustainably.
Author: John Orvel Sawyer
Publisher: California Native Plant Society
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 1316
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 856
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Patricia L Howard
Publisher: Zed Books
Published: 2003-08
Total Pages: 324
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThese in-depth case studies from Latin America, Asia, Africa, Europe and North America provide a state of the art overview of the gender dimensions of people-plant relations. The contributors reveal, among other things, the crucial role of women in plantbiodiversity management.
Author: E. N. Anderson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2012-02-14
Total Pages: 428
ISBN-13: 111801586X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe single comprehensive treatment of the field, from the leading members of the Society of Ethnobiology The field of ethnobiology—the study of relationships between particular ethnic groups and their native plants and animals—has grown very rapidly in recent years, spawning numerous subfields. Ethnobiological research has produced a wide range of medicines, natural products, and new crops, as well as striking insights into human cognition, language, and environmental management behavior from prehistory to the present. This is the single authoritative source on ethnobiology, covering all aspects of the field as it is currently defined. Featuring contributions from experienced scholars and sanctioned by the Society of Ethnobiology, this concise, readable volume provides extensive coverage of ethical issues and practices as well as archaeological, ethnological, and linguistic approaches. Emphasizing basic principles and methodology, this unique textbook offers a balanced treatment of all the major subfields within ethnobiology, allowing students to begin guided research in any related area—from archaeoethnozoology to ethnomycology to agroecology. Each chapter includes a basic introduction to each topic, is written by a leading specialist in the specific area addressed, and comes with a full bibliography citing major works in the area. All chapters cover recent research, and many are new in approach; most chapters present unpublished or very recently published new research. Featured are clear, distinctive treatments of areas such as ethnozoology, linguistic ethnobiology, traditional education, ethnoecology, and indigenous perspectives. Methodology and ethical action are also covered up to current practice. Ethnobiology is a specialized textbook for advanced undergraduates and graduate students; it is suitable for advanced-level ethnobotany, ethnobiology, cultural and political ecology, and archaeologically related courses. Research institutes will also find this work valuable, as will any reader with an interest in ethnobiological fields.
Author: Philip Alexander Munz
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1973-01-01
Total Pages: 1928
ISBN-13: 9780520024052
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