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General Research
Interests
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Plant Ecology and Regeneration Ecology
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Seed and Germination Ecology
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Natural Resource Management
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Ethnobotany / Economic Botany
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International law in relation to Intellectual Property Rights, Ecology
and Environment
Current Projects
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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
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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)
Publications (2008–2009)
- Restrepo, C., Walker, L.R., Shiels, A.B., Bussmann, R.W., Claessens,
L., Fisch, S., Lozano, P., Negi, G., Paolini, L., Poveda, G., Ramos-Scharrón,
C., Richter, M. & Velázquez, E. (2009). Landsliding and its
multi-scale influence on mountainscapes. BioScience 59(8):685–698.
- Bussmann, R.W., Sharon, D., Diaz, D., Cardenas, R., Chait, G., Castro,
M., Regalado, S., Del Toro C., R., Malca G., G., Perez A, F., Glenn,
A. (in press). Antibacterial activity of medicinal plant species in
Northern Peru. Arnaldoa 16(1).
- Bussmann, R.W., Sharon, D., Castro, M., Cardenas, R., Chait, G.,
Regalado, S., Del Toro C., R., Malca G., G., Perez A, F. & Glenn,
A. (in press). Phyto-Chemical Analysis of Peruvian Medicinal Plants.
Arnaldoa 16(1).
- Kunwar, R.M. & Bussmann, R.W. (2009). Medicinal, Aromatic and
Dye Plants of Baitadi and Darchula Districts, Nepal Himalaya: status,
uses and management. In: Hartmann, M. & J. Weipert: Biodiversität
& Naturausstattung im Himalaya, Bd. III, p. 475–489,
Erfurt.
- Sheikh, M.A., Kumar, M. & Bussmann, R.W. (2009). Altitudinal
variation in soil organic carbon stock in Pinus roxburghii
and Quercus leucotrichophora forests in Garhwal Himalayas.
Carbon Balance and Management 4:6 [link].
- Bussmann, R.W. & Sharon, D. (2009). Markets, Healers, Vendors,
Collectors, - the sustainability of medicinal plant use in Northern
Peru. Mountain Research and Development 29(2):128–134.
- Njoroge, G.N. & Bussmann, R.W. (2009). Ethnotherapeutic management
of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) and reproductive health conditions
in Central Province, Kenya. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge
8(2):262–269.
- Bussmann, R.W., Sharon, D. (2009). Naming a phantom - the quest to
find the identity of Ulluchu, an unidentified ceremonial plant of the
Moche culture in Northern Peru. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
5(8) [link].
- Bussmann, R.W., Téllez, C. & Glenn, A. (2009). Plukenetia
huayllabambana (Euphorbiaceae) - a new useful species from the
Upper Amazon of Peru. Nordic Journal of Botany 27:313–315.
- Bussmann, R.W. & Sharon, D. (2009). Shadows of the colonial past
- diverging plant use in Northern Peru and Southern Ecuador. Journal
of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 5(4) [link].
- Kunwar, R.M., Upreti, Y., Burlakoti, C., Chowdhary, C.L. & Bussmann,
R.W. (2009) Indigenous use and ethnopharmacology of medicinal plants
in Far-west Nepal. Ethnobotany Research and Application 7:5–28.
- Kuwar, R.M., Chowdhary, C.L. & Bussmann R.W. (2008). Diversity,
utilization and management of medicinal plants in Baitadi and Darchula
districts, farwest Nepal. The Initiation 2(1):157–164.
- Bussmann, R.W., Barocio, Y., Díaz P., D. & Sharon, D.
(2008). Peruvian Plants Canchalagua (Schkuhria pinnata (Lam.)
Kuntze), Hercampuri (Gentianella alborosea (Gilg.) Fabris),
and Corpus Way (Gentianella bicolor (Wedd.) J. Pringle) prove
to be effective in the treatment of acne. Arnaldoa 15(1):149–152.
- Kunwar, R.M. & Bussmann, R.W. (2008). Ethnobotany in the Nepal
Himalaya: a review. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
4:24 [link].
- Bussmann, R.W., Sharon, D.& Ly, J. (2008). From garden to market?
The cultivation of native and introduced medicinal plant species in
Cajamarca, Peru and implications habitat conservation. Ethnobotany
Research and Application 6:351–361.
- Kiefer, S. & Bussmann, R.W. (2008). The potential energy demand
and challenges for forest management in the Kakamega area, W-Kenya.
Ethnobotany Research and Application 6:353–371.
- Bussmann, R.W., Sharon, D., Fredy, P., Díaz, D., Ford, T.,
Rasheed, T. & Silva, R. (2008). Antibacterial activity of Northern-Peruvian
Medicinal Plants - a low cost laboratory approach to assess biological
activity. Arnaldoa 15(1):127–148.
- Bussmann, R.W. (2008) William L. Brown Center for Plant Genetic Resources.
Mountain Forum Bulletin July 2008:52–53.
- Lozano, P., Bussmann, R.W., Kueppers, M. & Lozano, D. (2008).
La flora pionera de derrumbos naturals en ecosistemas montanos al occidente
del Parque Nacional Podocarpus (Ecuador). Caldasia 30(1):1–19.
- Revene, Z., Bussmann R.W. & Sharon, D. (2008). From Sierra to
Coast: Tracing the Supply of Medicinal Plants in Northern Peru—a
plant collector's tale. Ethnobotany Research and Application
6:15–22 [link].
- Richter, M., Diertl, K.-H., Peters, T. & Bussmann, R.W. (2008).
Timberline features and structures within the subpáramo vegetation
belt of Southern Ecuador. Ecological Studies 198:123–136.
- Bussmann, R.W., Wilcke, W. & Richter, M. (2008). 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.
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