Ethnobotany of caiçaras of the Atlantic Forest coast (Brazil)

Rossato, Silvia C.; Leitão-Filho, Hermógenes F.; Begossi, Alpina

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“…In contrast, for types C and D, women mentioned more species than men. These gender differences were observed elsewhere (Rossato et al 1999;Voeks & Leony 2004;Lawrence et al 2005) and reflect the lower mobility of women when compared to men. Women are more restricted to the domestic environment, and have a profound knowledge of the local pharmacopoeias based on herbs and cultivated plants near residences.…”

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“…Focusing on this relationship between people and plants (Schultes & Reis 1995;Minnis 2000), ethnobotanical studies in Brazilian Atlantic Forest have grown in the last decade. Instead of essentially descriptive studies, quantitative approaches have been developed and applied, such as in the case of ethnobotany of native inhabitants of the Atlantic coast -the caiçaras Figueiredo et al 1993;Rossato et al 1999;Hanazaki et al 2000;Peroni & Hanazaki 2002). The paramount importance of these studies is associated with the presence of human settlements near areas topped for conservation priorities, especially when some local practices, knowledge, and skills are valued for conservation purposes.…”

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Ethnobotany of rural people from the boundaries of Carlos Botelho State Park, São Paulo State, Brazil

2006

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RESUMO -(Etnobotânica de uma população rural próxima do Parque Estadual Carlos Botelho, SP, Brasil). Neste estudo, nós descrevemos e analisamos o uso de recursos vegetais em uma região próxima a uma área de conservação. Os dados foram coletados através de entrevistas semi-estruturadas, incluindo listagens livres dos recursos vegetais conhecidos. As espécies foram identificadas através de coletas botânicas e de observações de campo. Foram entrevistados 58 habitantes; cultivo de banana, trabalho em fazendas de gado e extração de palmito são suas atividades econômicas principais. Foram mencionadas 248 etnoespécies, correspondendo a mais de 200 espécies botânicas. As plantas foram agrupadas em quatro habitats (A = floresta bem preservada; B = floresta perturbada, em estágios successionais avançados; C = ambientes recentemente perturbados; D = áreas cultivadas e quintais). Uma maior diversidade foi encontrada para o habitat A, seguido por C+D, e finalmente por áreas B; entretanto, é esperada uma riqueza maior de espécies para a área B quando comparada a C+D. Há poucas espécies comuns, e proporções comparáveis de espécies intermediárias e raras, para todos os habitats. As espécies comuns ocorrem em todos os tipos de habitats. O conhecimento local das plantas dos habitats bem preservados é mais diverso do que para plantas de outras áreas, sugerindo que a relação entre habitantes e a área de conservação é ainda intensa.Palavras-chave: Floresta Atlântica, diversidade, etnobotânica, conhecimento ecológico tradicional, áreas perturbadas ABSTRACT -(Ethnobotany of rural people from the boundaries of Carlos Botelho State Park, São Paulo State, Brazil). In this articlewe 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.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Ethnobotany of rural people from the boundaries of Carlos Botelho State Park, São Paulo State, Brazil

2006

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“…The use value (UV) of animal species mentioned is calculated with the formula (modified from Rossato et al, 1999) UV ¼ P U=n, where UV ¼ index of the species' use value; U ¼ number of mentions per ethnoespecies; n ¼ number of respondents. This formula was used to identify the most important species.…”

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Cultural keystone species of fauna as a method for assessing conservation priorities in a Protected Area of the Brazilian semiarid

2016

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The Cultural Keystone Species (CKS) method of identification has been used to define culturally important species. The objective of this study was to identify and characterize CKS vertebrates in the communities surrounding the Environmental Protection Area of Chapada do Araripe and define conservation priorities using semi-structured interviews and free listings. Interviews were conducted with 246 people; 53 species were identified and then included in categories of use: food, medicinal, handicraft and symbolic. Food preference was identified for Mazama gouazoubira, Penelope superciliaris, Dasyprocta prymnolopha and Dasypus novencimctus. As medicinal resources, Salvator merianae and M. gouazoubira represented 51.85% of treatment recommendations. For use in handicrafts, M. gouazoubira, which is also the only species recorded for symbolic use, stands out. Use values (UV) varied from 0.03 to 1.34, and M. gouazoubira had the highest UV (1.34) and a 0.74 projection. Regarding cultural importance, M. gouazoubira was the species with the highest UV and projection, and was indicated as a CKS to be prioritized in research and conservation studies.

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“…We calculated, for each species and use category, respectively, their use value through the formulas UV = ΣUi/n and UVc = ΣUV/nc, described by Rossato et al (1999), where Ui = number of uses cited by each informant, n = total number of informants, UVc = use value of each species in the category, and nc = number of species in the category.…”

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Ecological Apparency Hypothesis and Plant Utility in the Semiarid Region of Brazil

Guerra

Carvalho

Ribeiro

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Ethnobot. Res. App.

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The ecological apparency hypothesis seeks to understand the dynamics of use that a particular species has through its availability in vegetation areas. According to this hypothesis, apparent plants are the most collected and used by humans. This hypothesis was tested in the rural community of Santa Rita, municipality of Congo, in Cariri microregion (Paraíba state, Northeast Brazil). We calculated the use value (UV) for each species. For the phytosociological inventory, we adopted the point-quadrant method, plotting 500 points distributed in the vegetation areas of the community, registering the perimeter measurements and height of 2000 plants. Interviews were conducted with householders, totaling 98 informants (41 men and 57 women), and 24 species, 21 genera, and 11 families were recorded. The cited species were grouped into 11 utility categories. The Spearman correlation coefficient was used to correlate phytosociological and ethnobotanical data. The use values of the species did not correlate with phytosociological parameters. Regarding the use categories, there were positive correlations for fuel (UV with dominance and basal area), construction (UV with all phytosociological parameters), fodder (UV with all parameters), and poison/abortion categories (UV with density and frequency). Ecological apparency significantly explained the local importance of useful plants in fuel, construction, and fodder categories, and less significantly for poison/abortion.

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Ethnobotany of caiçaras of the Atlantic Forest coast (Brazil)

Cited by 245 publications

References 10 publications

Ethnobotany of rural people from the boundaries of Carlos Botelho State Park, São Paulo State, Brazil

Ethnobotany of rural people from the boundaries of Carlos Botelho State Park, São Paulo State, Brazil

Cultural keystone species of fauna as a method for assessing conservation priorities in a Protected Area of the Brazilian semiarid

Ecological Apparency Hypothesis and Plant Utility in the Semiarid Region of Brazil

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