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Animals in Traditional Folk Medicine

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Introduction: Toward a Plural Approach to the Study of Medicinal Animals
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    Chapter 2 From Past to Present : Medicinal Animals in a Historical Perspective
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    Chapter 3 Medicine from the Wild: An Overview of the Use and Trade of Animal Products in Traditional Medicines
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    Chapter 4 Medicinal Animals in Ethnoveterinary Practices: A World Overview
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    Chapter 5 Animals as a Source of Drugs: Bioprospecting and Biodiversity Conservation
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    Chapter 6 Fish Folk Medicine of Caiçara (Atlantic Coastal Forest) and Caboclo (Amazon Forest) Communities
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    Chapter 7 Herpetofauna Used in Traditional Folk Medicine: Conservation Implications
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    Chapter 8 Primates in Traditional Folk Medicine: World Overview
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    Chapter 9 A Global Overview of Carnivores Used in Traditional Medicines
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    Chapter 10 Seahorses in Traditional Medicines: A Global Overview
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    Chapter 11 Aquatic Mammals Used in Traditional Folk Medicine: A Global Analysis
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    Chapter 12 Marine Invertebrates in Traditional Medicines
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    Chapter 13 The Role of Animal-Derived Remedies as Complementary Medicine in Brazil
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    Chapter 14 Mediterranean Zootherapy: A Historical to Modern Perspective
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    Chapter 15 A Review of Fauna Used in Zootherapeutic Remedies in Portugal: Historical Origins, Current Uses, and Implications for Conservation
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    Chapter 16 Zootherapy and Biodiversity Conservation in Nigeria
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    Chapter 17 Wild Mammals Trade for Zootherapeutic and Mythic Purposes in Benin (West Africa): Capitalizing Species Involved, Provision Sources, and Implications for Conservation
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    Chapter 18 Birds of a Feather: Quantitative Assessments of the Diversity and Levels of Threat to Birds Used in African Traditional Medicine
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    Chapter 19 Animals Traded for Traditional Medicine at the Faraday Market in South Africa: Species Diversity and Conservation Implications
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    Chapter 20 Finely Ground‐Hornbill: The Sale of Bucorvus Cafer in a Traditional Medicine Market in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
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Title
Animals in Traditional Folk Medicine
Published by
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, January 2013
DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-29026-8
ISBNs
978-3-64-229025-1, 978-3-64-229026-8, 978-3-64-244542-2
Authors

Alves, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega, Rosa, Ierecê Lucena

Editors

Rômulo Alves, Ierecê Lucena Rosa

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 152 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 29 19%
Student > Bachelor 22 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 8%
Researcher 12 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 11 7%
Other 19 12%
Unknown 47 31%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 52 34%
Environmental Science 17 11%
Chemistry 6 4%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 3%
Social Sciences 4 3%
Other 14 9%
Unknown 55 36%