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Research Interests
ethnobiology, food systems, Indigenous knowledge, historical ecology, anthropology of food
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 2 Zero Hunger -
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 15 Life on Land
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Projects
- 2 Active
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ECG-018-2024: Medicinal plants in Eastern Amazon Rainforest: Book project
Llerena Gordillo , S. (PI) & Zurita Benavides, M. (Investigator)
10/06/24 → 12/10/28
Project: Research
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ECG-009-2022: Latinsect
Zurita Benavides, M. (PI) & Niño Ruiz, Z. (PI)
Agence National pour la Recherche ANR (2021)
1/02/22 → 31/10/26
Project: Research
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Edible Mushrooms of Peri-Urban Kichwa Communities in the Andes-Amazon Piedmont, Ecuador
Vicente-Pérez, K., Vasco-Palacios, A. M., Zurita-Benavides, M. G. & Peñuela Mora, M. C., Jun 2024, In: Journal of Ethnobiology. 44, 2, p. 188-204 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Scopus citations -
Fermented beverages among indigenous Latin American societies
Lasso García, C., German Bermúdez, F. A., Vanden Berghe, W., Gabriela Zurita-Benavides, M. & Orellana-Manzano, A., 2024, In: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 8, 1390162.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open Access9 Scopus citations -
Evidence for Landscape Transformation of Ridgetop Forests in Amazonian Ecuador
Balée, W., Swanson, T., Zurita-Benavides, M. G. & Ruiz Macedo, J. C., 2 Dec 2023, In: Latin American Antiquity. 34, 4, p. 842-856 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access11 Scopus citations -
Indigenous knowledge interaction network between host plants and edible insects in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Guachamin-Rosero, M., Peñuela, M. C. & Zurita-Benavides, M. G., 2023, In: Journal of Insects as Food and Feed. 9, 3, p. 369-380 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Reproductive ecology of white cacao (Theobroma bicolor Humb. & Bonpl.) in Ecuador, western Amazonia: floral visitors and the impact of fungus and mistletoe on fruit production
Ponce-Sánchez, J., Zurita-Benavides, M. G. & Peñuela, M. C., Jun 2021, In: Revista Brasileira de Botanica. 44, 2, p. 479-489 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
13 Scopus citations