Search Results - "Puri, Rajindra K."

Conservation and the social sciences: Beyond critique and co‐optation. A case study from orangutan conservation by Chua, Liana, Harrison, Mark E., Fair, Hannah, Milne, Sol, Palmer, Alexandra, Rubis, June, Thung, Paul, Wich, Serge, Büscher, Bram, Cheyne, Susan M., Puri, Rajindra K., Schreer, Viola, Stępień, Anna, Meijaard, Erik, Molnar, Zsolt

“…Interactions between conservation and the social sciences are frequently characterized by either critique (of conservation by social scientists) or co‐optation…”
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Recommended standards for conducting and reporting ethnopharmacological field studies by Weckerle, Caroline S., de Boer, Hugo J., Puri, Rajindra K., van Andel, Tinde, Bussmann, Rainer W., Leonti, Marco

“…What are the minimum methodological and conceptual requirements for an ethnopharmacological field study? How can the results of ethnopharmacological field…”
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An ethnomedicinal survey of a Tashelhit-speaking community in the High Atlas, Morocco by Teixidor-Toneu, Irene, Martin, Gary J., Ouhammou, Ahmed, Puri, Rajindra K., Hawkins, Julie A.

“…Traditional knowledge about medicinal plants from a poorly studied region, the High Atlas in Morocco, is reported here for the first time; this permits…”
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Human adaptation to biodiversity change: An adaptation process approach applied to a case study from southern India by Thornton, Thomas F., Puri, Rajindra K., Bhagwat, Shonil, Howard, Patricia

“…Adaptation to environmental change, including biodiversity change, is both a new imperative in the face of global climate change and the oldest problem in…”
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Comprehensive dataset of the medicinal plants used by a Tashelhit speaking community in the High Atlas, Morocco by Teixidor-Toneu, Irene, Martin, Gary J., Ouhammou, Ahmed, Puri, Rajindra K., Hawkins, Julie A.

“…This dataset describes medicinal plants used in a poorly studied area of Morocco: the High Atlas mountains, inhabited by Ishelhin people, the southern Moroccan…”
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Do Anthropogenic Dark Earths Occur in the Interior of Borneo? Some Initial Observations from East Kalimantan by Meine van Noordwijk, Eva Wollenberg, Thomas W. Kuyper, Godwin Limberg, Bernard Sellato, Rajindra K. Puri, Imam Basuki, Laura German, Douglas Sheil

“…Anthropogenic soils of the Amazon Basin ( Terra Preta , Terra Mulata ) reveal that pre-Colombian peoples made lasting improvements in the agricultural…”
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Plant Names Encode Tašlḥit Knowledge of Morocco’s High Atlas Landscapes by Soldal, Hanna, Múrcia, Carles, Ouhammou, Ahmed, Hawkins, Julie A., Martin, Gary J., Puri, Rajindra K., Teixidor-Toneu, Irene

“…Mediterranean landscapes have co-evolved with people: they often require human management to sustain biodiversity and local communities have developed detailed…”
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The Consumption of Acorns (from "Quereus" spp.) in the Central West of the Iberian Peninsula in the 20th Century by García-Gómez, Enrique, Pérez-Badia, Rosa, Pereira, Juan, Puri, Rajindra K.

“…There is evidence of the consumption of acorns from Quercus species in the Iberian Peninsula from prehistory through the 20th century up until the 1960s…”
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Treating infants with frigg: linking disease aetiologies, medicinal plant use and care-seeking behaviour in southern Morocco by Teixidor-Toneu, Irene, Martin, Gary J, Puri, Rajindra K, Ouhammou, Ahmed, Hawkins, Julie A

“…Although most Moroccans rely to some extent on traditional medicine, the practice of frigg to treat paediatric ailments by elderly women traditional healers…”
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Foodways in transition: food plants, diet and local perceptions of change in a Costa Rican Ngäbe community by D'Ambrosio, Ugo, Puri, Rajindra K

“…Indigenous populations are undergoing rapid ethnobiological, nutritional and socioeconomic transitions while being increasingly integrated into modernizing…”
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Tools and Methods for Data Collection in Ethnobotanical Studies of Homegardens by Vogl, Christian R., Vogl-Lukasser, Brigitte, Puri, Rajindra K.

“…Owners and managers of homegardens have extensive knowledge of plants, their uses, and ecosystemic processes. This knowledge might be highly valuable for many…”
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Recommended standards for conducting and reporting ethnopharmacological field studies by Weckerle, Caroline, de Boer, Hugo, Puri, Rajindra K, van Andel, TR, Bussmann, Rainer, Leonti, Marco

“…Ethnopharmacological relevance What are the minimum methodological and conceptual requirements for an ethnopharmacological field study? How can the results of…”
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Intraspecific Prey Choice by Amazonian Hunters [and Comments and Reply] by Alvard, Michael, Alcorn, Janis B., Bodmer, Richard E., Hames, Raymond, Hill, Kim, Hudson, Jean, Lyman, R. Lee, Puri, Rajindra K., Smith, Eric A., Stearman, Allyn Maclean

“…Alvard tests the idea that subsistence hunters use selective intraspecific prey choice to increase the sustainability of their long-term harvest, essentially…”
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Deadly dances in the Bornean rainforest by Puri, Rajindra K, Seitz, Stefan

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Deadly dances in the Bornean rainforest: hunting knowledge of the Penan Benalui by Puri, Rajindra K, Ammarell, Gene

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Deadly Dances in the Bornean Rainforest: Hunting Knowledge of the Penan Benalui by Dwyer, Peter D.

“…Dwyer reviews Deadly dances in the Bornean rainforest: hunting knowledge of the Penan Benalui by Rajindra K. Puri…”
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