ArticlePlants (Basel, Switzerland)2025
Old Plants for New Food Products? The Diachronic Human Ecology of Wild Herbs in the Western Alps.
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- Ethnopharmacology and ecosystem applications of woody plant species in the Southern European Alps: a systematic review.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Pooled it
- When minority language persistence is not enough: the decline of foraging knowledge in German- and Ladin-speaking Alpine communities of Northern Italy.Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine · 2026Article
- Local farmers, custodians of wild food plant knowledge and uses in the touristified Venice Lagoon.Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine · 2026Article
- The Biella paradox: the resilience of plant foraging in a post-industrial pre-alpine area of Northern Italy.Botanical studies · 2025Article
- Diachronic changes in local food heritage: the ethnobiology of wild foods in central Tuscany.Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine · 2025Article
- Nutrient Additions Regulate Height Growth Rate but Not Biomass Growth Rate of Alpine Plants Through the Contrasting Effect of Total and Available Nitrogen.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Shifting Herbal Knowledge: The Ecological and Cultural Dynamics Behind Plant Use Changes in the Southern Occitan Alps.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
This ethnobotanical study examines the traditional knowledge and usage patterns of wild plants in the western Alps, specifically within the Ubaye and Bellino Valleys, through a comparative analysis of data collected from 1983 (published in 1990) to 2024. Our study aims to assess the change in plant usage, species diversity, and the changing roles of plants in local traditions in the western Alpine mountain ecosystems. While the 1983 survey documented medicinal uses centered around pastoralist practices, the 2024 data highlight a notable increase in the use of synanthropic plants, now utilized both medicinally and as food. Several species such as
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