Title |
Medical ethnobotany of the Albanian Alps in Kosovo
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Published in |
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, January 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1746-4269-8-6 |
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Authors |
Behxhet Mustafa, Avni Hajdari, Feriz Krasniqi, Esat Hoxha, Hatixhe Ademi, Cassandra L Quave, Andrea Pieroni |
Abstract |
Ethnobotanical studies are crucial in South-Eastern Europe for fostering local development and also for investigating the dynamics of Traditional Environmental Knowledge (TEK) related to plants in one of the most crucial European hotspots for biocultural diversity. The current medico-ethnobotanical survey was conducted in rural alpine communities in Kosovo. The aims of the study were twofold: 1) to document the state of TEK of medicinal plants in these communities; 2) to compare these findings with that of similar field studies previously conducted among local populations inhabiting the Montenegrin and Albanian side of the same Alpine range. |
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United States | 2 | 100% |
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Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
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Chile | 1 | <1% |
Greece | 1 | <1% |
Canada | 1 | <1% |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 32 | 26% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 11 | 9% |
Researcher | 10 | 8% |
Student > Master | 10 | 8% |
Other | 9 | 7% |
Other | 25 | 21% |
Unknown | 24 | 20% |
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Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 38 | 31% |
Environmental Science | 13 | 11% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 5% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 5 | 4% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 3% |
Other | 18 | 15% |
Unknown | 37 | 31% |