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| Author(s): |
Prado, Helbert Medeiros
[1]
;
Sereni Murrieta, Rui Sergio
[2]
;
Adams, Cristina
[3]
;
Brondizio, Eduardo Sonnewend
[4]
Total Authors: 4
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| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Sao Paulo, Biosci Inst, Dept Ecol, Lab Human Evolutionary Studies, BR-05508090 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Biosci Inst, Dept Genet & Evolutionary Biol, Lab Human Evolutionary Studies, BR-05508090 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Sch Arts Sci & Humanities, Dept Environm Management, Human Ecol Lab, BR-03828000 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[4] Indiana Univ, Anthropol Ctr Training & Res Global Environm Chan, Dept Anthropol, Bloomington, IN 47405 - USA
Total Affiliations: 4
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY; v. 33, n. 2, p. 180-202, FAL-WIN 2013. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 8 |
| Abstract | |
This article compares the local ecological knowledge (LEK) of quilombolas in the Atlantic Forest (Brazil) to scientific knowledge about the diet of four ungulate taxa (Tapirus terrestris L., Mazama spp., Pecari tajacu L., Tayassu pecari Link). LEK was gathered through interviews conducted with the freelisting method and through closed questionnaires. Ecological studies were compiled via a systematic review of the specialized academic literature. The research detected points of convergence and divergence between these knowledge systems. Local knowledge of the food classes in the ungulate diet indicated a wider range of items than that observed in 65 scientific studies of the foraging habits of these species. Certain characteristics of the LEK, such as its principal focus on environments that are not commonly investigated by ecological studies, form the basis of these divergences and reveal the complementary potential of LEK relative to scientific data in this field. (AU) | |