Objective: The present study is based on an ethnobotanical research project conducted in Hormozgan province that is located in south of Iran, bordering waters of the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea. This survey was carried out in order to recover the ethnobotanical and ethnomedicinal knowledge of the residents of this province. They are using medicinal and functional plants for treating or preventing...

Abstract There are some names which cannot be spoken and others written, at least on certain very natural ways of conceiving them. Interestingly, this observation proves to in tension with a wide range views about what are. Prima facie , looks like problem for predicativists. Ultima it turns out equally problematic Millians. For either sort theorist, resolving requires embracing revisionary acc...

Understanding constraints on animal foraging has been a central research theme in behavioral ecology research for the past 40 yrs (Schoener 1971). An important first step toward this goal is to examine how organisms perceive and respond to their foraging environment (Barbosa & Castellanos 2005). This process may be relatively simple for foragers that rely primarily on one sensory system to both...