Ethnozoology: Animals in Our Lives

Ethnozoology: Animals In Our Lives represents the first book about this discipline, providing a discussion on key themes on human-animal interactions and their implications, along with recent major advances in research. Humans share the world with a bewildering variety of other animals, and have interacted with them in different ways. This variety of interactions (both past and present) is investigated through ethnozoology, which is a hybrid discipline structured with elements from both the natural and social sciences, as it seeks to understand how humans have perceived and interacted with faunal resources throughout history. In a broader context, ethnozoology, and its companion discipline, ethnobotany, form part of the larger body of the science of ethnobiology. In recent years, the importance of ethnozoological/ethnobiological studies has increasingly been recognized, unsurprisingly given the strong human influence on biodiversity. From the perspective of ethnozoology, the book addresses all aspects of human connection, animals and health, from its use in traditional medicine, to bioprospecting derivatives of fauna for pharmaceuticals, with expert contributions from leading researchers in the field.

Table of Contents:
1. Introduction: Animals in Our Lives RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES AND ULYSSES PAULINO ALBUQUERQUE 2. Ethnozoology: Conceptual and Historical Aspects RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES, WEDSON MEDEIROS SILVA SOUTO AND ULYSSES PAULINO ALBUQUERQUE 3. Zooarcheology: Investigating Past Interactions Between Humans and Other Animals STEVE WOLVERTON AND LISA NAGAOKA 4. Studying Ethnozoology in Historical Documents MARIA FRANCO TRINDADE MEDEIROS AND RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES 5. Imaginary Zoology: Mysterious Fauna in the Reports of Ancient Travelers and Chroniclers KLEBER DA SILVA VIEIRA, WASHINGTON LUIZ SILVA VIEIRA AND RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES 6. Ethnotaxomy as a Methodological Tool for Studies of the Ichthyofauna and Its Conservation Implications: A Review JOSÉ DA SILVA MOURÃO AND MÁRCIO LUIZ VARGAS BARBOSA FILHO 7. The Importance of Hunting in Human Societies RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES, WEDSON MEDEIROS SILVA SOUTO, HUGO FERNANDES-FERREIRA, DANDARA MONALISA MARIZ BEZERRA, RAYNNER RILKE DUARTE BARBOZA AND WASHINGTON LUIZ SILVA VIEIRA 8. People and Fishery Resources: A Multidimensional Approach MARCIA FREIRE PINTO, TACYANA PEREIRA RIBEIRO OLIVEIRA, LUIZ ALVES ROCHA AND RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES 9. Animal Domestication and Ethnozootechny ÂNGELO GIUSEPPE CHAVES ALVES, MARIA NORMA RIBEIRO, JANAINA KELLI GOMES ARANDAS AND RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES 10. Wild Fauna on the Menu RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES AND NATHALIE VAN VLIET 11. Insects as Human Food ARNOLD VAN HUIS   12. Current Levels, Recent Historical Trends, and Drivers of Wildmeat Trade in the Amazon Tri-Frontier Region Between Colombia, Peru, and Brazil NATHALIE VAN VLIET, JESSICA MORENO, JUANITA GOMEZ, LAURANE L’HARIDON, LINDON NEVES DE AQUINO, FRANÇOIS SANDRIN, LILIANA VANEGAS AND ROBERT NASI 13. Animals and Human Health: Where Do They Meet? RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES AND IAMARA DA SILVA POLICARPO 14. Use and Commercialization of Animals as Decoration RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES, ELLORI LAÍSE SILVA MOTA AND THELMA LÚCIA PEREIRA DIAS 15. The Role of Animals in Human Culture RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES AND RAYNNER RILKE DUARTE BARBOZA 16. Fauna at Home: Animals as Pets RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES AND LUIZ ALVES ROCHA 17. What About the Unusual Soldiers? Animals Used in War RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES AND RAYNNER RILKE DUARTE BARBOZA 18. The Ethnozoological Role of Working Animals in Traction and Transport RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES 19. Wildlife Attractions: Zoos and Aquariums RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES AND WALTER LECHNER 20. From Roman Arenas to Movie Screens: Animals in Entertainment and Sport RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES AND RAYNNER RILKE DUARTE BARBOZA 21. Animals as Ethnozooindicators of Weather and Climate RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES AND RAYNNER RILKE DUARTE BARBOZA 22. Understanding Human–Wildlife Conflicts and Their Implications DENISE FREITAS TORRES, EDUARDO SILVA OLIVEIRA AND RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES 23. Biological Predispositions and Individual Differences in Human Attitudes Toward Animals PAVOL PROKOP AND CHRISTOPH RANDLER 24. The Role of Ethnozoology in Animal Studies RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES AND SÉRGIO DE FARIA LOPES 25. Ethnozoology and Animal Conservation RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES, JOSIVAN SOARES SILVA, LEONARDO DA SILVA CHAVES AND ULYSSES PAULINO ALBUQUERQUE   26. The Use of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in the Context of Participatory Wildlife Management: Examples From Indigenous Communities in Puerto Nariño, Amazonas-Colombia NATHALIE VAN VLIET, LAURANE L’HARIDON, JUANITA GOMEZ, LILIANA VANEGAS, FRANÇOIS SANDRIN AND ROBERT NASI 27. Ethnozoology: An Overview and Current Perspectives RÔMULO ROMEU NÓBREGA ALVES, JOSIVAN SOARES SILVA, LEONARDO DA SILVA CHAVES AND ULYSSES PAULINO ALBUQUERQUE

About the Author :
Rômulo R.N. Alves is a biologist (Ph.D. in Zoology, 2006) with a keen interest in the connections between humans and animals. His areas of academic interest are ethnozoology and wildlife trade, uses and conservation, zootherapy, and human ecology. He has conducted ethnobiological research for the last ten years, which focuses on ethnozoology, particularly on fisheries, hunting, and wildlife trade and uses. As a result, he has published (as author or co-author) more than 150 scientific papers published in both national and international journals, 7 books and more than 50 book chapters. He coordinates projects on hunting and uses of wildlife in Brazil. In addition, he is one of the Editors-in-Chief of the journal Ethnobiology and Conservation and member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. He also holds a Productivity scholarship provided by the National Council of Science and Technology (CNPq). Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque is graduate at Biological Sciences from Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (1993), master's at Plant Biology (Taxonomy and Ethnobotany) from Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (1996) and PhD at Plant Biology (Ethnobotany) from Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (2001). Currently he is professor of Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil) where he coordinates the Laboratory of Applied and Theoretical Ethnobiology and teaches graduate students and postgraduates. He was president of the Brazilian Society of Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology (2005-2008). He acts in the areas of ecological anthropology, ethnobotany, biodiversity conservation, applied botany, ethnopharmacology and natural products. He has a special interest in the comprehension of the factors that modulate the relation between people and plants on the interface of ecology and evolutive processes. He is member of editorial board of the Economic Botany (Associate Editor),Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (deputy editor), and Ethnobiology and Conservation (Chief Editor)