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Akram M. Salam

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Ethnobotany of the Aegadian Islands: safeguarding biocultural refugia in the Mediterranean

2021

Abstract Background The Aegadian Islands are located west of Trapani, Sicily. Once the site of bountiful tuna fisheries and fruit orchards (plums, peaches, apricots), grapevines, prickly pears, and grains, the local economy is now based on tourism, and many traditional agricultural and maritime practices have been abandoned. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the state of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) concerning the use of wild and cultivated plants and fungi for human health, food, maritime, and agricultural purposes on the islands of Levanzo, Favignana, and Marettimo and compare present-day practices with those documented in the past. Methods In-depth semi-structured interviews …

0106 biological sciencesCultural StudiesThe MediterraneanFloraHealth (social science)Artemisia arborescensBiocultural diversityPopulationBiodiversityEthnobotanyPleurotus01 natural sciencesPleurotus eryngiiOther systems of medicineAgave sisalana; Artemisia arborescens; Glaucium flavum; Medicinal plants; Pleurotus eryngii; Ruta chalepensis; The MediterraneanAgaveMedicinal plantsPapaveraceaeHumansTraditional knowledgeeducationAgave sisalanaSicilyIslandseducation.field_of_studyCultivated plant taxonomyPlants MedicinalAgroforestrySettore BIO/02 - Botanica SistematicaResearchBotanyRuta chalepensisGlaucium flavum0104 chemical sciences010404 medicinal & biomolecular chemistryGeographyHerbariumKnowledgeComplementary and alternative medicineArtemisiaRefugiumAgave sisalana Artemisia arborescens Glaucium flavum Medicinal plants Pleurotus eryngii Ruta chalepensis The MediterraneanEthnobotanyQK1-989General Agricultural and Biological SciencesRZ201-999010606 plant biology & botanyJournal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
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Additional file 1 of Ethnobotany of the Aegadian Islands: safeguarding biocultural refugia in the Mediterranean

2021

Additional file 1. Ethnobiological uses of local taxa. Data table reporting the specific uses of local taxa documented in the present work and comparison to prior publications in the region. (.pdf file format).

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