Submitted by Celso Magalhaes (celsomagalhaes@ufrrj.br) on 2017-11-07T13:04:43Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Paula de Carvalho Machado Araujo.pdf: 2347237 bytes, checksum: 44b7c9cb3df1557a677fc89555c2a535 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-11-07T13:04:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Paula de Carvalho Machado Araujo.pdf: 2347237 bytes, checksum: 44b7c9cb3df1557a677fc89555c2a535 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-04-28 / This study was conducted in the Aman? Lake and Paran? region of the Aman? Sustainable Development Reserve located in the middle Solim?es region, state of Amazonas, Brazil. Research was done in three phases: the first used an adapted Free List method with 13 ranchers from the region. Subsequently, botanical specimens of species cited by at least three farmers were collected; photographic registers of these plants were also taken. Photographs were used in the next phase of research to inform a questionnaire applied to the same 13 farmers; the instrument used the Semantic Differentiation method, of 7 points, to understand ranchers? perceptions of the diverse characteristics of selected plants. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the perception of ranchers in relation to the origin, environment, and characteristics of plants that are part the of cow and water buffalo diet; and to further understand the cultural relevance, feed potential, and ecological function of these plants, comparing farmers? perceptions with findings from the scientific literature. In total 84 plant names were compiled, with 29 evaluated in this project / Este trabalho teve como ?rea de estudo o Lago e Paran? do Aman?, na Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustent?vel Aman?, localizada na regi?o do M?dio Solim?es, no estado do Amazonas. Foram realizadas tr?s etapas da pesquisa: na primeira, utilizou-se uma adapta??o do m?todo de Lista Livre junto a 13 criadores da regi?o. Em seguida, foi realizada coleta bot?nica das esp?cies citadas por pelo menos 3 criadores, obtendo ainda registro fotogr?fico das mesmas. Estas fotos foram utilizadas na etapa seguinte a fim de ilustrar um question?rio com os mesmos 13 criadores onde utilizou-se o m?todo de Diferencial Sem?ntico de 7 pontos para conhecer as percep??es dos criadores sobre diversas caracter?sticas das plantas selecionadas. Este trabalho teve por objetivo principal avaliar a percep??o dos criadores da regi?o em rela??o ? origem, ambiente e caracter?sticas das plantas que fazem parte da dieta de bovinos e bubalinos, tentando compreender a relev?ncia cultural, o potencial forrageiro e as fun??es ecol?gicas das mesmas atrav?s das percep??es e dos achados de literatura. No total foram contabilizados 84 nomes diferentes de plantas, tendo sido avaliadas 29 plantas