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Provedor de dados: | 39
País: | Brazil
Título: | Ethnobotany of rural people from the boundaries of Carlos Botelho State Park, São Paulo State, Brazil
Autores: | Hanazaki,Natalia; Souza,Vinícius Castro; Rodrigues,Ricardo Ribeiro.
Data: | 2006-12-01
Ano: | 2006
Palavras-chave: | Atlantic forest; Diversity; Ethnobotany; Traditional ecological knowledge; Disturbed areas.
Resumo: | In this article we describe and analyze the use of plant resources in a region nearby a conservation area. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, in which we asked the interviewees to free list the plants known. Species cited were identified through collection of botanical samples, and field observations. Fifty-eight inhabitants were interviewed; banana farming, cattle ranching, and extracting palm hearts are their main economic activities. A total of 248 ethnospecies were mentioned, including over 200 botanical species. Plants were grouped into four habitats (A = well-preserved forest; B = disturbed forest in old successional stages; C = recently disturbed environments; D = cultivated areas and home gardens). Highest diversity is known for plants from A habitats, followed by C+D, and finally by B areas; however, a higher number of species is expected in B areas when compared to C+D. There is a small number of common species, and comparable proportions of intermediate and rare species, for all habitats. Common species occur in all types of habitats. Local knowledge of plants from well-preserved habitats is more diverse than for plants from other areas, suggesting that the relationship between inhabitants and the conservation area is still intense.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062006000400014
Editor: | Sociedade Botânica do Brasil
Relação: | 10.1590/S0102-33062006000400014
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Acta Botanica Brasilica  v.20 n.4 2006
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess