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General Research
Interests
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Ethnobotany / Ethnopharmacology
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Medicinal plants, neglected crops, wild crop relatives and traditional
crop varieties
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Seed and Germination Ecology
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Natural Resource Management
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International law in relation to Intellectual Property Rights, Ecology
and Environment
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Plant Ecology and Regeneration Ecology
Research Emphases
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Ethnobotany and Use-potential of Medicinal Plants and Neglected Crops
in Peru
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Medicinal Plant Use in India and Nepal
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Turkmen Ethnobotany and Resource Use in Northern Iran
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International Ethnobotany Database (ebDB) (http://www.olorien.org/ebDB)
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Vegetation, Regeneration and Succession Processes, Use-Potential
and Conservation of Tropical Mountain Forests in Peru
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Montane Forest Ecosystems in Kenya - Diversity and Potential for
Use
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Vegetation, Regeneration and Succession Processes on Tropical Landslides
Selected Publications
- Richter, M. & Bussmann, R.W. (in press). Timberline features and
structures within the subpáramo vegetation belt of Southern Ecuador.
Ecological Studies 198:123-136.
- Bussmann, R.W., Wilcke, W. & Richter, M. (in press). The importance
of landslides for the dynamics of the vegetation and the maintenance
of the high biodiversity in Southern Ecuador. Ecological Studies 198:319-330.
- Bussmann, R.W. & Sharon, D. (2007). Plants of the four winds -
The magic and medicinal flora of Peru. Plantas de los cuatro vientos
- La flora mágica y medicinal del Perú. Trujillo, Graficart.
- Bussmann, R.W. & Sharon, D. (2007). Plants of longevity - The
medicinal flora of Vilcabamba. Plantas de longevidad - La flora medicinal
de Vilcabamba. Trujillo, Graficart.
- Bussmann, R.W., Sharon, D., Vandebroek, I., Jones, A. & Revene,
Z. (2007). Health for sale: The medicinal plant markets in Trujillo
and Chiclayo, Northern Peru. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
3:37. [link]
- Lozano, P., Bussmann, R.W. & Kueppers, M. (2007). Regeneración
pionera en derrumbos producidas por perturbaciones antropogénicas
junto a carreteras, en la zona de amortiguamiento del Parque Nacional
Podocarpus, Ecuador. - Anthropogenic disturbances producing landslides;
pioneer plant regeneration analysis in roads at the buffer zone of Podocarpus
National Park, Ecuador. Mutisia.
- Lozano, P., Bussmann, R.W. & Kueppers, M. (2007). Diversidad Florística
del Bosque Montano y su Influencia en la Flora Pionera en Deslizamientos
Naturales en el Occidente del Parque Nacional Podocarpus al Sur del
Ecuador. Revista Científica UDO Agrícola 7(1).
- Verma, A., Kumar, M. & Bussmann, R.W. (2007). Medicinal plants
in an urban environment: The medicinal flora of Banares Hindu University,
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine.
3:35. [link]
- Lozano, P., Bussmann, R.W. & Kueppers, M. (2007). Influencia de
los bosques montanos como regeneradores de áreas antropicas perturbadas
- The role of montane forests as source for the regeneration of anthropogenically
disturbed areas. Arnaldoa 14(1).
- Njoroge, G.N. & Bussmann, R.W. (2007). Ethnotherapeutic management
of skin diseases among the Kikuyus of Central Kenya. Journal of Ethnopharmacology
111:303-307.
- Bussmann, R.W., Sharon, D., Lopez, A. (2007). Blending Traditional
and Western Medicine: Medicinal plant use amongst patients at Clinica
Anticona in El Porvenir, Peru. Ethnobotany Research and Applications
5: 185-199. [link]
- Njoroge, G.N. & Bussmann, R.W. (2006). Traditional management
of Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) diseases in Central Kenya. Journal of
Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2:54. [link]
- Bussmann, R.W. (2006). Manteniendo el balance de naturaleza y hombre:
La diversidad florística andina y su importancia por la diversidad
cultural – ejemplos del Norte de Perú y Sur de Ecuador.
Arnaldoa 13(2):382-397. [link]
- Sharon, D. & Bussmann, R.W. (2006). Avances de la etnobotánica
en Trujillo, Peru: El programa MHIRT. Arnaldoa 13(2):398-406. [link]
- Bussmann, R.W. & Sharon, D. (2006). Traditional plant use in Northern
Peru: Tracking two thousand years of health culture. Journal of Ethnobiology
and Ethnomedicine 2:47. [link]
- Skoczen, S. & Bussmann, R.W. (2006). ebDB - an International Ethnobotany
Database. Lyonia 11(2):71-81. [link]
- Bussmann, R.W. & Sharon, D. (2006). Traditional plant use in Southern
Ecuador. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2:44. [link]
- Njoroge, G.N. & Bussmann, R.W. (2006). Ethnoveterinary practices
in Central Kenya: Plants and their uses in managing diseases of livestock.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 108:332-339.
- Bussmann, R.W. (2006). Ethnobotany of the Samburu of Mt. Nyiru, South
Turkana, Kenya. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2:35. [link]
- Kunwar, R.M., Nepal, B.K., Kshetri, H.B., Rai, S.K. & Bussmann,
R.W. (2006). Ethnomedicine in Himalaya: a case study from Dolpa, Humla,
Jumla and Mustang districts of Nepal. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
2:27. [link]
- Bussmann, R.W., Gilbreath, G.G., Lutura, M., Lutuluo, R., Kunguru,
K., Wood, N. & Mathenge, S. (2006). Plant use of the Maasai of Sekenani
Valley, Maasai Mara, Kenya. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
2:22. [link]
- Njoroge, G.N. & Bussmann, R.W. (2006). Phytotherapeutic management
of malaria in the central highlands of Kenya. Journal of Ethnobiology
and Ethnomedicine 2:8. [link]
- Kunwar, R.M. & Bussmann, R.W. (2006). Ficus (Fig) species in Nepal:
a review of diversity and indigenous uses. Lyonia 11(1):85-97. [link]
- Sharon, D. & Bussmann, R.W. (2006). Plantas Medicinales en la
Obra del Obispo Don Baltasar Jaime Martinez Compagnon (Siglo XVIII).
In: Millones, L. & Kato, T. (Eds.). Desde el exterior: El peru y
sus estudios. Tercer Congreso Internacional de Peruanistas, Nagoya,
2005. UNMSM:147-165.
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