Landscape ethnoecological knowledge base and management of ecosystem services in a Székely-Hungarian pre-capitalistic village system (Transylvania, Romania).

Journal: Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine
Published Date: Jan 7, 2015

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Previous studies showed an in-depth ecological understanding by traditional people of managing natural resources. We studied the landscape ethnoecological knowledge (LEEK) of Székelys on the basis of 16-19(th) century village laws. We analyzed the habitat types, ecosystem services and sustainable management types on which village laws had focused.

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  • Zsolt Molnár
    Institute of Ecology and Botany, MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Alkotmány u. 2-4, H-2163, Vácrátót, Hungary. molnar.zsolt@okologia.mta.hu.
  • Krisztina Gellény
    University of Szeged Department of Ecology, Közép fasor 52, H-6726, Szeged, Hungary. gelleny.kriszta@gmail.com.
  • Katalin Margóczi
    University of Szeged Department of Ecology, Közép fasor 52, H-6726, Szeged, Hungary. margoczi@bio.u-szeged.hu.
  • Marianna Biró
    Institute of Ecology and Botany, MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Alkotmány u. 2-4, H-2163, Vácrátót, Hungary. biro.marianna@okologia.mta.hu.

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