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1	Impacts of indigenous communities on the biodiversity of neotropical rainforests Stafford, Ciara January 2017 (has links) This thesis explores how indigenous communities in the neotropics affect the biodiversity of the forests in which they live; and assesses how the culture, preferences and perceptions of communities can influence the outcome of this relationship. This is first investigated via a case study that compares primate populations between a protected area in the Ecuadorian Amazon and a territory in its adjacent buffer zone that is owned by an indigenous Kichwa community. I then use an ethnoprimatological approach to investigate the attitudes of this community to primates, namely looking at (a) whether primates are seen as a distinct group, (b) the relative importance of primates as sources of bushmeat and pets and (c) the perceived value of primates in terms of their value as a resource or their ecological role. I show that diurnal primates are seen as a cohesive group, but that tree-dwelling non-primates including sloths, kinkajous and tamanduas are also frequently classified as 'monkeys'. The community's perceptions of the value of primates are more closely associated with their potential as bushmeat and pets, whereas few respondents view their importance in terms of their role in the forest ecosystem. I compare our findings to those in studies of other indigenous groups and discuss how they could contribute to more effective conservation planning. Next, I assess how hunting preferences for mammals and birds vary across communities over the whole of central America, Amazonia and the Guianan shield. I show that primates, cetartiodactyls and rodents are the mammalian cornerstones of prey provision for hunters in neotropical communities, whereas Galliformes, Tinamiformes, Psittaciformes, Gruiformes, Piciformes are the most commonly hunted bird orders. The location of a community alone is a significant but weak predictor of the structure of its hunting profile in terms of order preferences. In addition, I found no relationship between a community's age and size and the average biomass of birds or mammals hunted, or the number of mammal species that are targeted. I discuss whether the age and size of communities are robust indicators of past and current hunting pressure, as well as the suitability of cross-sectional data for monitoring large-scale hunting patterns.
2	Plantes, animaux et champignons en langues bantu. Etude comparée de phytonymes, zoonymes et myconymes en nsong, ngong, mpiin, mbuun et hungan (Bandundu, RD Congo)/ Plants, animals and mushrooms in Bantu languages. Comparative study of plants, animals and mushrooms names in Nsong, Ngong, Mpiin, Mbuun and Hungan (Bandundu, DR Congo) Koni Muluwa, Joseph 28 June 2010 (has links) Cette thèse est une étude onomasiologique et sémasiologique de noms de plantes, d'animaux et de champignons dans cinq langues bantu des groupes B80 et H40. Elle débute par une description élémentaire des systèmes phonologiques et morphologiques de ces langues avant d'en faire une étude diachronique. Le dernier chapitre traite des catégorisations populaires des plantes, animaux et champignons. Les usages traditionnels des plantes, des champignons et des animaux sont donnés en annexe, ainsi qu'une vue comparative et la distribution de ces noms sur l'aire bantu. bantu noms de champignons noms de plantes noms d'animaux biodiversité champignons classifications populaires Kwilu Bandundu animals names DR Congo / Bantu plants names mushrooms names biodivesity Nsong Ngong Mpiin folk taxonomy Mbuun Hungan
3	Plantes, animaux et champignons en langues bantu: étude comparée de phytonymes, zoonymes et myconymes en nsong, ngong, mpiin, mbuun et hungan (Bandundu, RD Congo) / Plants, animals and mushrooms in Bantu languages: comparative study of plants, animals and mushrooms names in Nsong, Ngong, Mpiin, Mbuun and Hungan (Bandundu, DR Congo) Koni Muluwa, Joseph 28 June 2010 (has links) Cette thèse est une étude onomasiologique et sémasiologique de noms de plantes, d'animaux et de champignons dans cinq langues bantu des groupes B80 et H40. Elle débute par une description élémentaire des systèmes phonologiques et morphologiques de ces langues avant d'en faire une étude diachronique. Le dernier chapitre traite des catégorisations populaires des plantes, animaux et champignons. Les usages traditionnels des plantes, des champignons et des animaux sont donnés en annexe, ainsi qu'une vue comparative et la distribution de ces noms sur l'aire bantu. / Doctorat en Langues et lettres / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished Sciences humaines Langues et littératures Bantu languages -- Morphology Bantu languages -- Phonology Bantu languages -- Lexicology Bantu languages -- Semantics Langues bantoues -- Morphologie Langues bantoues -- Phonologie Langues bantoues -- Lexicologie Langues bantoues -- Sémantique bantu noms de champignons noms de plantes noms d'animaux biodiversité champignons classifications populaires Kwilu Bandundu animals names DR Congo / Bantu plants names mushrooms names biodivesity Nsong Ngong Mpiin folk taxonomy Mbuun Hungan

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