the branch of biology involving the study of the uses of plants and animals in various human societies
ethnobiology in American English
(ˌeθnoubaiˈɑlədʒi)
noun Anthropology
1.
the scientific study of the way plants and animals are treated or used by different human cultures
2.
the doctrine that cultural behavior is determined biologically, as by race: no longer in technical use
Derived forms
ethnobiological (ˌeθnouˌbaiəˈlɑdʒɪkəl)
adjective
ethnobiologist
noun
Word origin
[ethno- + biology]ethno- is a combining form meaning “race,” “culture,” “people,” used in the formation ofcompound words. Other words that use the affix ethno- include: ethnoarchaeology, ethnohistory, ethnology, ethnomethodology, ethnotherapy
Examples of 'ethnobiology' in a sentence
ethnobiology
China also has a long history of applied ethnobiology, including a sustainable agriculture based on apiculture and plant-pollinator interactions.
Zongxin Ren, Yanhui Zhao, Huan Liang, Zhibin Tao, Hui Tang, Haiping Zhang, Hong Wang 2018, 'Pollination ecology in China from 1977 to 2017', Plant Diversityhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468265918300751. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Research interest and activities in the areas of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine have increasedtremendously in the last decade.
Price Lisa, Pieroni Andrea, Vandebroek Ina 2005, 'Welcome to Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine', Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicinehttp://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/1/1/1. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It also relates how the author's thinking has evolved on questions of current theoretical interest in ethnobiology.
Kevin Jernigan 2016, 'Beings of a Feather: Learning About the Lives of Birds with Amazonian Peoples', Ethnobiology Lettershttp://ojs.ethnobiology.org/index.php/ebl/article/view/726. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
As a branch of ethnobiology, ethnozoology investigates the knowledge, uses, and significance of animals in human societies.
Eraldo Medeiros Costa-Neto, Dídac Santos-Fita 2007, 'The interactions between humans and animals: the contribution of ethnozoology', Biotemashttp://www.biotemas.ufsc.br/volumes/pdf/volume204/p99a110.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)