Diana Quiroz
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3798259 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Diana Quiroz |
| NOMBRES | Diana |
| APELLIDO | Quiroz |
| FIRMA | QUIROZ D |
| AFILIACIONES | Naturalis Biodiversity Center |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1781-9410 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 6 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2014 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2018 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
The Cultural Importance of Plants in Western African Religions
This paper explores the importance of elements of the natural world, and particularly plants, among people of different religious affiliations in western Africa . Plants play an overriding role in African folk religions, which in turn are closely associated with health practices and influence management decisions concerning natural resources. In spite of the extensive literature documenting ritual plant use, the cultural importance of plants in t…
Why ritual plant use has ethnopharmacological relevance
The medicine from behind”
Evidence of a link between taboos and sacrifices and resource scarcity of ritual plants
BACKGROUND: One of the main obstacles for the mainstreaming of religious traditions as tools for the conservation of nature is the limited applicability of research results in this field. We documented two different restrictions implemented by local people (taboos and sacrifices) related to the use of ritual plants in Benin (West Africa) and Gabon (Central Africa). METHODS: To see whether these restrictions reflected plant scarcity from an etic p…
Quantifying the domestic market in herbal medicine in Benin, West Africa
Volume, value and floristic diversity of Gabon׳s medicinal plant markets
Evidence of a link between taboos and sacrifices and resource scarcity of ritual plants
BACKGROUND: One of the main obstacles for the mainstreaming of religious traditions as tools for the conservation of nature is the limited applicability of research results in this field. We documented two different restrictions implemented by local people (taboos and sacrifices) related to the use of ritual plants in Benin (West Africa) and Gabon (Central Africa). METHODS: To see whether these restrictions reflected plant scarcity from an etic p…
The Cultural Importance of Plants in Western African Religions
This paper explores the importance of elements of the natural world, and particularly plants, among people of different religious affiliations in western Africa . Plants play an overriding role in African folk religions, which in turn are closely associated with health practices and influence management decisions concerning natural resources. In spite of the extensive literature documenting ritual plant use, the cultural importance of plants in t…
Quantifying the domestic market in herbal medicine in Benin, West Africa
Volume, value and floristic diversity of Gabon׳s medicinal plant markets
The medicine from behind”
Evidence of a link between taboos and sacrifices and resource scarcity of ritual plants
BACKGROUND: One of the main obstacles for the mainstreaming of religious traditions as tools for the conservation of nature is the limited applicability of research results in this field. We documented two different restrictions implemented by local people (taboos and sacrifices) related to the use of ritual plants in Benin (West Africa) and Gabon (Central Africa). METHODS: To see whether these restrictions reflected plant scarcity from an etic p…
Why ritual plant use has ethnopharmacological relevance
The Cultural Importance of Plants in Western African Religions
This paper explores the importance of elements of the natural world, and particularly plants, among people of different religious affiliations in western Africa . Plants play an overriding role in African folk religions, which in turn are closely associated with health practices and influence management decisions concerning natural resources. In spite of the extensive literature documenting ritual plant use, the cultural importance of plants in t…
Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (6 obras) · Biology (5 obras) · Ecology (5 obras) · Ethnobotany (5 obras) · Medicinal plants (5 obras) · African Botany and Ecology Studies (4 obras) · Geography (4 obras) · Medicine (4 obras) · Traditional medicine (4 obras) · Agroforestry (3 obras)