Background The mountainous region of Kashmir is a biodiversity hotspot, with diverse local
communities and a rich cultural history linked to nature. Mountain ecosystems are highly …

This contemporary introduction to the principles and research base of cultural ecology is the
ideal textbook for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate courses that deal with …

Abstract Background Wild food plants (WFPs) play an important role in the traditional dietary
habits of various indigenous communities worldwide, particularly in mountainous regions …

Subsistence horticulturalists learn considerable local ecological knowledge by early
adulthood. We investigate the relationship between children's family environments and …

Background Local plant knowledge typically is unevenly distributed within a community. This
knowledge variation is important in understanding people's relationship with their …

Plant foraging is an important human ecological phenomenon being studied by a number of
contemporary ethnobiologists as well as by a few social anthropologists among rural …

Indigenous peoples possess enormously rich and articulated knowledge of the natural
world. A major goal of research in anthropology and ethnobiology as well as ecology …

Mediterranean landscapes have co-evolved with people: they often require human
management to sustain biodiversity and local communities have developed detailed …

Names: Kopnina, Helen, editor.| Shoreman-Ouimet, Eleanor, editor. Title: Routledge
handbook of environmental anthropology/edited by Helen Kopnina and Eleanor Shoreman …

Detecting ecological change is a critical first step in the process of local-level adaptation, yet
few studies have explored the factors that predict knowledge acquisition following …