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The Relationship between Plants Used to Sustain Finches (Fringillidae) and Uses for Human Medicine in Southeast Spain
Joint Authors
Belda, Antonio
Peiró, Victoriano
Seva, Eduardo
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-04-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
We analyzed plants that are traditionally used by wild bird hunters and breeders to capture and promote captive breeding of Fringillidae (finches or songbirds) in the province of Alicante, Spain.
The majority of plants used in songbird breeding have medicinal properties in traditional human medicine (48 different uses); thus, another main goal was to show their relationships with human medical uses.
We compiled a list of 97 plant species from 31 botanical families that are used to attract finches and identified 11 different use categories for these plants in finch keeping.
The most common uses were for trapping birds and as a source of food for birds in captivity.
Cannabis sativa has the greatest cultural importance index (CI = 1.158), and Phalaris canariensis (annual canary grass or alpist) was the most common species used to attract Fringillidae and was used by all informants (n=158).
Most of the 97 species are wild plants and mainly belong to the families Compositae, Gramineae, Cruciferae, and Rosaceae and also have medicinal properties for humans.
In the study area, the intensification of agriculture and abandonment of traditional management practices have caused the population of many songbirds to decline, as well as the loss of popular ethnographic knowledge.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Belda, Antonio& Peiró, Victoriano& Seva, Eduardo. 2012. The Relationship between Plants Used to Sustain Finches (Fringillidae) and Uses for Human Medicine in Southeast Spain. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-13.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Belda, Antonio…[et al.]. The Relationship between Plants Used to Sustain Finches (Fringillidae) and Uses for Human Medicine in Southeast Spain. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-992216
American Medical Association (AMA)
Belda, Antonio& Peiró, Victoriano& Seva, Eduardo. The Relationship between Plants Used to Sustain Finches (Fringillidae) and Uses for Human Medicine in Southeast Spain. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-992216
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-992216