ethnobiology

eth·no·bi·ol·o·gy

(ĕth′nō-bī-ŏl′ə-jē)

The study of the relationship of human cultures with local plants and animals.

eth′no·bi′o·log′i·cal (-ə-lŏj′ĭ-kəl) adj.

eth′no·bi·ol′o·gist n.

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ethnobiology

(ˌɛθnəʊbaɪˈɒlədʒɪ)

(Biology) the branch of biology involving the study of the uses of plants and animals in various human societies

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Wade Davis studied the cultural beliefs and potential explanations for zombies in Haiti in 1982 and published a paper entitled "The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie" in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology in 1983.

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Green joined other Iskatewizaagegan (Shoal Lake) Elders to speak of Gimiinigoowizimin--a term that roughly means "keeper of the gifts"--in a journal of Ethnobiology published in 2005.

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Bat assemblage of Guaribas Biological Reserve, an Atlantic forest conservation unit in North-Eastern Brazil: results of a two-stage long-term survey/Assembleia de morcegos da Reserva Biologica de Guaribas, uma unidade de conservacao da Mata Atlantica no Nordeste do Brasil: resultados de um estudo de longa duracao em duas etapas

Center for Research on Limnology, Biodiversity and Ethnobiology of Pantanal.

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