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Ethnozoology: Animals In Our Lives represents the first book about this discipline, providing a discussion on key themes on human-animal interactions and their implicati… Read more
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Ethnozoology: Animals In Our Lives represents the first book about this discipline, providing a discussion on key themes on human-animal interactions and their implications, along with recent major advances in research.
Humans share the world with a bewildering variety of other animals, and have interacted with them in different ways. This variety of interactions (both past and present) is investigated through ethnozoology, which is a hybrid discipline structured with elements from both the natural and social sciences, as it seeks to understand how humans have perceived and interacted with faunal resources throughout history.
In a broader context, ethnozoology, and its companion discipline, ethnobotany, form part of the larger body of the science of ethnobiology. In recent years, the importance of ethnozoological/ethnobiological studies has increasingly been recognized, unsurprisingly given the strong human influence on biodiversity.
From the perspective of ethnozoology, the book addresses all aspects of human connection, animals and health, from its use in traditional medicine, to bioprospecting derivatives of fauna for pharmaceuticals, with expert contributions from leading researchers in the field.
Researchers in diverse areas of the sciences, including Zoology, Biology, Ethnobiology, Conservation Biology, Ecology, Anthropology, Sociology and other related academic disciplines; could also be used as an undergraduate/graduate text/supplement for courses associated with these areas
1. Introduction: Animals in Our Lives
RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES AND ULYSSES PAULINO ALBUQUERQUE
2. Ethnozoology: Conceptual and Historical Aspects
RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES, WEDSON MEDEIROS SILVA SOUTO AND ULYSSES PAULINO ALBUQUERQUE
3. Zooarcheology: Investigating Past Interactions Between Humans and Other Animals
STEVE WOLVERTON AND LISA NAGAOKA
4. Studying Ethnozoology in Historical Documents
MARIA FRANCO TRINDADE MEDEIROS AND RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES
5. Imaginary Zoology: Mysterious Fauna in the Reports of Ancient Travelers and Chroniclers
KLEBER DA SILVA VIEIRA, WASHINGTON LUIZ SILVA VIEIRA AND RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES
6. Ethnotaxomy as a Methodological Tool for Studies of the Ichthyofauna and Its Conservation Implications: A Review
JOSÉ DA SILVA MOURÃO AND MÁRCIO LUIZ VARGAS BARBOSA FILHO
7. The Importance of Hunting in Human Societies
RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES, WEDSON MEDEIROS SILVA SOUTO, HUGO FERNANDES-FERREIRA, DANDARA MONALISA MARIZ BEZERRA, RAYNNER RILKE DUARTE BARBOZA AND WASHINGTON LUIZ SILVA VIEIRA
8. People and Fishery Resources: A Multidimensional Approach
MARCIA FREIRE PINTO, TACYANA PEREIRA RIBEIRO OLIVEIRA, LUIZ ALVES ROCHA AND RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES
9. Animal Domestication and Ethnozootechny
ÂNGELO GIUSEPPE CHAVES ALVES, MARIA NORMA RIBEIRO, JANAINA KELLI GOMES ARANDAS AND RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES
10. Wild Fauna on the Menu
RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES AND NATHALIE VAN VLIET
11. Insects as Human Food
ARNOLD VAN HUIS
12. Current Levels, Recent Historical Trends, and Drivers of Wildmeat Trade in the Amazon Tri-Frontier Region Between Colombia, Peru, and Brazil
NATHALIE VAN VLIET, JESSICA MORENO, JUANITA GOMEZ, LAURANE L’HARIDON, LINDON NEVES DE AQUINO, FRANÇOIS SANDRIN, LILIANA VANEGAS AND ROBERT NASI
13. Animals and Human Health: Where Do They Meet?
RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES AND IAMARA DA SILVA POLICARPO
14. Use and Commercialization of Animals as Decoration
RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES, ELLORI LAÍSE SILVA MOTA AND THELMA LÚCIA PEREIRA DIAS
15. The Role of Animals in Human Culture
RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES AND RAYNNER RILKE DUARTE BARBOZA
16. Fauna at Home: Animals as Pets
RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES AND LUIZ ALVES ROCHA
17. What About the Unusual Soldiers? Animals Used in War
RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES AND RAYNNER RILKE DUARTE BARBOZA
18. The Ethnozoological Role of Working Animals in Traction and Transport
RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES
19. Wildlife Attractions: Zoos and Aquariums
RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES AND WALTER LECHNER
20. From Roman Arenas to Movie Screens: Animals in Entertainment and Sport
RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES AND RAYNNER RILKE DUARTE BARBOZA
21. Animals as Ethnozooindicators of Weather and Climate
RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES AND RAYNNER RILKE DUARTE BARBOZA
22. Understanding Human–Wildlife Conflicts and Their Implications
DENISE FREITAS TORRES, EDUARDO SILVA OLIVEIRA AND RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES
23. Biological Predispositions and Individual Differences in Human Attitudes Toward Animals
PAVOL PROKOP AND CHRISTOPH RANDLER
24. The Role of Ethnozoology in Animal Studies
RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES AND SÉRGIO DE FARIA LOPES
25. Ethnozoology and Animal Conservation
RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES, JOSIVAN SOARES SILVA, LEONARDO DA SILVA CHAVES AND ULYSSES PAULINO ALBUQUERQUE
26. The Use of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in the Context of Participatory Wildlife Management: Examples From Indigenous Communities in Puerto Nariño, Amazonas-Colombia
NATHALIE VAN VLIET, LAURANE L’HARIDON, JUANITA GOMEZ, LILIANA VANEGAS, FRANÇOIS SANDRIN AND ROBERT NASI
27. Ethnozoology: An Overview and Current Perspectives
RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES, JOSIVAN SOARES SILVA, LEONARDO DA SILVA CHAVES AND ULYSSES PAULINO ALBUQUERQUE
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