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VALORIZAÇÃO DA BOLOTA PARA CONSUMO HUMANO EM PORTUGAL ACORN VALORIZATION FOR HU...
Monteiro, Eva; Fonseca, Ana; Sendim, Alfredo; Vasconcelos, CátiaO consumo humano de bolota em Portugal era frequente até meados dos anos 60, altura a partir da qual caiu em desuso. Na última década, tem-se constatado um ressurgir do interesse pela bolota para alimentação humana, verificando-se a sua incorporação em diversos produtos alimentares inovadores, embora continue a ser vista por grande parte da população como ração de gado suíno. Sendo um fruto silvestre edível mui...
The “Herdade do Freixo do Meio” and the emergence of scientific nature tourism ...
Lopes, Albino; Romana, Fernando; Barrosa, Luis; Raposo, Ruben; Sendim, AlfredoIn the text, we identify what we call stages of a project that aims to be “innovative” of “scientific tourism” organized in steps of a unique experience. The conditions of the case study are of a quasi-laboratory nature. The context is presented as that of an “agroforestry eco-archaeo-history” of the Mediterranean-peninsular settlement pattern. Instead of choosing a rationalist approach to reflect on the facts ...
Cork oak woodlands and decline: a social-ecological review and future transdisc...
Lopes-Fernandes, Margarida; Martínez-Fernández, Ernesto; Alves, Rui; Boa-Nova, Daniel; Branquinho, Cristina; Bugalho, Miguel N; Campos-Mardones, FelipeCork oak woodlands are socio-ecosystems recognized as biodiversity hotspots, a fundamental economic source for companies and local communities as well as an identitarian landscape for residents and visitors. Cork oak woodlands, however, are facing tree mortality and lack of regeneration. Considering the oak decline scenario, we present Iberian cork oak montado/dehesa as a socio-ecosystem facing climate change, ...
An osteometrical method for sexing cattle bones: the metacarpals from 17th cent...
Davis, Simon J. M.; Albarella, Umberto; Detry, Cleia; Ginja, Catarina; Götherström, Anders; Pires, Ana Elisabete; Sendim, Alfredo; Svensson, Emma M.Measurements taken on 47 complete and 44 distal fragments of cattle metacarpals from 17th century AD Carnide, Lisbon, separate into two groups. Comparison with 21 ancient DNA sexed specimens and modern specimens of known sex (seven Barrosã cows and a Barrosã bull), indicates that the Carnide metacarpals probably belonged to both cows and bulls/oxen. We use the 47 complete metacarpals as a “sexed reference sampl...