Paul Alan Cox
Biographic Data
| ID | 165459 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul Alan Cox |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul Alan |
| FAMILY NAME | Cox |
| SIGNATURE | COX P A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brigham Young University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6401-2981 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 70 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Adaptation and Mitigation amid the Consequences of Failure
Societies once could choose between changing direction or dealing with climatic disaster; now it is necessary to do both at once. The best-laid plans for mitigation would be hard enough to fulfill in a stable climate, but they will be vastly harder in the climate chaos ahead. If simultaneous mitigation and adaptation are still achievable, such a difficult balance cannot also take on the burden of supporting unrestrained economic growth. The faili…
Cyanobacteria (Nostoc commune) used as a dietary item in the Peruvian highlands produce the neurotoxic amino acid BMAA
Neurotoxic flying foxes as dietary items for the Chamorro people, Marianas Islands
Will Tribal Knowledge Survive the Millennium?
We do not know at the beginning of this new millennium if ethnobotanists and anthropologists will be able to rescue most of the indigenous knowledge systems before they are lost forever. Cox describes the importance of knowledge from many cultures in finding new therapeutic drugs and his experiences as an ethnobotanist.
The seagrass (Zostera marina [zosteraceae]) industry of Nova Scotia (1907–1960)
Nafanua
Sugarbeet culture and mormon economic development in the Intermountain West
Plants, People and Culture
Plants, People, and Culture
Evaluation of some Samoan and Peruvian medicinal plants by prostaglandin biosynthesis and rat ear oedema assays
The making of the kato alu—A traditional tongan basket
Society for economic botany
An Ethnobotanical survey of the uses forCitrus aurantium (Rutaceae) in Haiti
The Ethnobotanical Approach to Drug Discovery
Ethnobotany of nutmeg in the Spice Islands
Saving the ethnopharmacological heritage of Samoa
Use of the sago palmMetroxylon warburgii in the Polynesian Island, Rotuma
Pharmacological activity of the Samoan ethnopharmacopoeia
Ethnobotany of ocean-going canoes in Lau, Fiji
Use ofDerris as a Fish Poison in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
Breadfruit fermentation in micronesia
Custom Umbrellas (Poro) fromPandanus in Solomon Islands
Cordyline ovens (Umu Ti) in Samoa
Use of a hallucinogenic mushroom, Copelandia cyanescens, in Samoa
Two samoan technologies for breadfruit and banana preservation
Two samoan technologies for breadfruit and banana preservation
Breadfruit fermentation in micronesia
Ethnobotany of ocean-going canoes in Lau, Fiji
Use of indigenous plants as fish poisons in samoa
An Ethnobotanical survey of the uses forCitrus aurantium (Rutaceae) in Haiti
Custom Umbrellas (Poro) fromPandanus in Solomon Islands
Plants, People and Culture
Pharmacological activity of the Samoan ethnopharmacopoeia
The seagrass (Zostera marina [zosteraceae]) industry of Nova Scotia (1907–1960)
Use ofDerris as a Fish Poison in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
Cordyline ovens (Umu Ti) in Samoa
Adaptation and Mitigation amid the Consequences of Failure
Societies once could choose between changing direction or dealing with climatic disaster; now it is necessary to do both at once. The best-laid plans for mitigation would be hard enough to fulfill in a stable climate, but they will be vastly harder in the climate chaos ahead. If simultaneous mitigation and adaptation are still achievable, such a difficult balance cannot also take on the burden of supporting unrestrained economic growth. The faili…
Nafanua
The making of the kato alu—A traditional tongan basket
Plants, People, and Culture
Use of indigenous plants as fish poisons in samoa
Two samoan technologies for breadfruit and banana preservation
Use of a hallucinogenic mushroom, Copelandia cyanescens, in Samoa
Cordyline ovens (Umu Ti) in Samoa
Custom Umbrellas (Poro) fromPandanus in Solomon Islands
Breadfruit fermentation in micronesia
Use ofDerris as a Fish Poison in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
Ethnobotany of ocean-going canoes in Lau, Fiji
Pharmacological activity of the Samoan ethnopharmacopoeia
Use of the sago palmMetroxylon warburgii in the Polynesian Island, Rotuma
Saving the ethnopharmacological heritage of Samoa
The Ethnobotanical Approach to Drug Discovery
Ethnobotany of nutmeg in the Spice Islands
An Ethnobotanical survey of the uses forCitrus aurantium (Rutaceae) in Haiti
Society for economic botany
Evaluation of some Samoan and Peruvian medicinal plants by prostaglandin biosynthesis and rat ear oedema assays
The making of the kato alu—A traditional tongan basket
Sugarbeet culture and mormon economic development in the Intermountain West
Plants, People and Culture
Plants, People, and Culture
The seagrass (Zostera marina [zosteraceae]) industry of Nova Scotia (1907–1960)
Nafanua
Will Tribal Knowledge Survive the Millennium?
We do not know at the beginning of this new millennium if ethnobotanists and anthropologists will be able to rescue most of the indigenous knowledge systems before they are lost forever. Cox describes the importance of knowledge from many cultures in finding new therapeutic drugs and his experiences as an ethnobotanist.
Neurotoxic flying foxes as dietary items for the Chamorro people, Marianas Islands
Cyanobacteria (Nostoc commune) used as a dietary item in the Peruvian highlands produce the neurotoxic amino acid BMAA
Biology (22 works) · Geography (17 works) · Botany (16 works) · Ecology (12 works) · Ecology (10 works) · Ethnobotany (9 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (9 works) · Plant ecology (8 works) · Medicinal plants (7 works) · Medicine (7 works)