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| Title |
Folk taxonomy and use of mushrooms in communities around Ngorongoro and Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, September 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1746-4269-8-36 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Donatha Damian Tibuhwa |
| Abstract |
Maasai and Kurya form two main communities around the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania which are mainly pastoralists. Changing climate to excessive drought, have recently forced them to start practicing subsistence farming which is severely affected by wild animals. This study explored status of the folk taxonomy and uses of mushrooms in the two communities as a pave way for possibilities of introducing mushroom cultivation, an alternative crop which is hardly affected by wild animals. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 122 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2 | 2% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Philippines | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 114 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 21 | 17% |
| Researcher | 20 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 6% |
| Lecturer | 7 | 6% |
| Other | 19 | 16% |
| Unknown | 30 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 42 | 34% |
| Environmental Science | 13 | 11% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 6% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 3% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 15 | 12% |
| Unknown | 38 | 31% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 September 2012.
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