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Problems and Perspectives in the Publication of Ethnobiological Studies

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Methods and Techniques in Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology

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Ethnobiology attempts to understand the relationship between man, the environment, and the biota and has significantly contributed to the knowledge and conservation of biodiversity and the search for new molecules with biological action, especially in such disciplines as ethnopharmacology and ethnobotany. However, many publications in the field have ethical, methodological, and theoretical problems and poor and limited results. Thus, the purpose of this chapter is to review several key aspects to ensure reliable data collection and the quality of publications, especially of ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology studies.

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  1. Laboratory of Applied and Theoretical Ethnobiology, Department of Biology, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

    Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque & Joabe Gomes de Melo

  2. Department of Ecology and Zoology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

    Natalia Hanazaki

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  1. Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

    Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque

  2. Departmento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

    Luiz Vital Fernandes Cruz da Cunha

  3. Departamento de Fitotecnia e Ciências Ambientais, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Areia, Paraíba, Brazil

    Reinaldo Farias Paiva de Lucena

  4. Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual da Paraiba, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil

    Rômulo Romeu Nobrega Alves

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Albuquerque, U.P., Hanazaki, N., de Melo, J.G. (2014). Problems and Perspectives in the Publication of Ethnobiological Studies. In: Albuquerque, U., Cruz da Cunha, L., de Lucena, R., Alves, R. (eds) Methods and Techniques in Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology. Springer Protocols Handbooks. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8636-7_27

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