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      Use of plant resources in a seasonal dry forest (Northeastern Brazil) Translated title: O uso de recursos vegetais em uma floresta estacional seca (Nordeste do Brasil)

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          To study the use of plant resources by a rural community in a seasonal dry forest, plots were established in a disturbed area and in a relatively preserved area. The study was carried out in caatinga vegetation located at the municipality of Alagoinha (08º27'59" S and 36º46'33" W), state of Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil. The results show a pattern of medicinal resources offering similar to that found in other tropical forests, in which the disturbed areas or those of secondary vegetation are a major source of medicinal plants. Nevertheless, a new pattern was evidenced as it was found that disturbed areas are not preferred by local people, and that it may be related to temporal availability of resources (adaptation to the characteristic seasonality of the vegetation type) and to the permanence of cultural values and basic knowledge on plants of the natural vegetation, which are of major importance for the community.

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          Para estudar o uso de recursos vegetais de uma floresta estacional seca por uma comunidade rural, foram demarcadas parcelas em áreas de vegetação perturbada e relativamente preservada. O estudo foi conduzido em vegetação de caatinga arbórea hiperxerófila situada no município de Alagoinha (08º27'59" S e 36º46'33" W), no estado de Pernambuco, Nordeste do Brasil. Os resultados mostram que um padrão semelhante de oferecimento de recursos medicinais foi encontrado ao de outras florestas tropicais, nas quais as áreas perturbadas ou de vegetação secundária são uma maior fonte de plantas medicinais. Todavia, um novo padrão foi evidenciado ao verificar-se que áreas perturbadas não detêm a preferência das pessoas, e que isso pode estar relacionado com a disponibilidade temporal dos recursos (adaptação a estacionalidade característica do tipo vegetacional) e a permanência dos valores culturais e de conhecimentos básicos sobre as plantas da vegetação natural, e que são de maior importância para a comunidade.

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          Ethnobotany

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              A etnobotânica quantitativa dos índios Tembé (rio Gurupi, Pará)

              W Balée (1987)
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                Acta Botanica Brasilica
                Acta Bot. Bras.
                Sociedade Botânica do Brasil (Belo Horizonte )
                1677-941X
                March 2005
                : 19
                : 1
                : 27-38
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Brazil
                [2 ] Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Brazil
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                S0102-33062005000100004
                10.1590/S0102-33062005000100004
                ac29acab-ec16-44f2-a3be-cb735669a487

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                PLANT SCIENCES

                Plant science & Botany
                quantitative ethnobotany,seasonal dry forests,caatinga,medicinal plants,tropical biodiversity,etnobotânica quantitativa,florestas sazonais secas,plantas medicinais,diversidade tropical

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