methodology of ethnobotanical studies field work

Ethnobotany, the study of the relationship between humans and plants (Casas et al. 2023), is crucial for understanding how people use, perceive, and manage their local plant resources ...

Recently, these subjects have adopted a much more scientific and quantitative methodology and have studied the ways in which people manage their environment and, as a consequence, have used a much more ecological approach. This manual of ethnobotanical methodology will become an essential tool for all ethnobiologists and ethnoecologists.

Horák, M. Plant identification in ethnobotany includes methods which the field of investigation bor-rowed from various disciplines such as botany, anthropology, linguistics, ecology, genetics and economics. Field-work, participant observation, random screening, questionnaire, in-terview, taxonomic collecting (sampling by botanical family) are ...

To critically review and reflect on the fieldwork methods used for an ethnoveterinary study in Mongolia, we compare the theory underpinning each method with the practical reality of implementing the method in the field. ... Based primarily on ethnobotanical methods, fieldwork for the dissertation took place in Mongolia during the summer months ...

What Is the Most Efficient Methodology for Gathering Ethnobotanical Data and for Participant Selection? Medicinal Plants as a Case Study in the Peruvian Andes. The loss of traditional knowledge (TK) invariably continues worldwide and there is an urgent need to document and safeguard it before it vanishes. Researchers need efficient methods to document TK, taking fieldwork time and costs into ...

Ethnobotanical fieldwork requires researchers to collaborate with government officials, scientists, and local people. The following guidelines are intended to help ethnobotanists establish field re-Selected Guidelines for Ethnobotanical Research : A Field Manual, 5- 1 8 Edited by Miguel N. Alexiades € 1996 The New York Botanical Garden

As the subject of timber use has been largely neglected in the ethnobotanical studies, there is an lack standardization and methodological consistency. Therefore, in this chapter, we introduce the main topics that are important for the ethnobotanical study of the domestic use of timber. This information will enable the reader to (a) distinguish ...

Ethnobotany is critical to the growing importance of developing new crops and products such as drugs from traditional plants. This book is the basic introduction to the field, showing how botany, anthropology, ecology, economics and linguistics are all employed in the techniques and methods involved. It explains data collection and hypothesis ...

With quantitative data analysis, confidence. intervals can easily be applied to ethnobotanical data. For exam- ple, in one study (Phillips & Gentry, 1993b), we calculated con-. fidence intervals for a species' use value estimate to make explicit the relationship between the number of informants interviewed.

This study adopted the standard ethnobotanical methodology (Martin 2010). The ethnobotanical information was collected from 23 NTHPs using a semi-structured questionnaire between August and ...

We should explore ethnobotany in its whole scope of methodology—from qualitative in-depth small-scale studies, to large-scale quantitative works. Ethnobotanical discourse is now often based on building data matrices: respondent × species × use type, which are later analysed in a quantitative way.

This knowledge might be highly valuable for many purposes. To enhance ethnobotanical research on homegardens and encourage a discussion of proper methodology, this article presents tools and ...

2. Research methodology 2.1 Research design It is essential to define first the goals of the project before selecting the approach which best suits the interests, budget and schedule. Most methods used in ethnobotanical and ethnoecological studies are time-consuming and can be expensive.

Abstract. We review 34 quantitative studies that have measured individual-level variations in ethnobotanical knowledge, analyzing how those studies have conceptualized and operationalized ethnobotanical knowledge. We found that this type of research is recent but growing, and is concentrated in indigenous peoples of developing countries.

Summary This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction The Development of Ethnobotany Methods in Ethnobotany Classic Case Studies and their Contributions to Ethnobotanical Praxis Conclusion Re... Skip to Article Content; Skip to Article Information; Search within. Search term. Advanced Search ...

Background Although multiple studies advocate the advantages of participatory research approaches for ethnoscience, few provide solid contributions from case studies that involve residents in all of the project phases. We present a case study of a participatory approach whose aim is to register ethnobotanical knowledge on the use of plants in two quilombola communities (maroon communities), an ...

Ethnobotany is a life science which studies the interaction between human beings and flora in particular and broadly deals with the investigations, observations, and identifications of botanical diversity used for the prevention and treatment of human and livestock ailments. The current chapter reviews the history and development of ethnobotany and the involvement of this branch of science in ...

Ethnobotanists use a variety of interview techniques to collect ethnobotanical data. Drawing upon the results from a quantitative ethnobotanical study in five Yuracaré and Trinitario communities in the Bolivian Amazon, the pros and cons of the following methods are evaluated: (1) interviews in situ during transects, walk-in-the-woods, and homegarden sampling; and (2) interviews ex situ with ...

Another CNS-oriented ethnobotanical study involved a review of Brazilian plants with possible action on the CNS as reported from historical sources (Giorgetti et al., 2007). Some general observations that can be made about historical ethnobotanical sources that are exemplified with this study include:

Background. This study compares the efficiency of identifying the plants in an area of semi-arid Northeast Brazil by methods that a) access the local knowledge used in ethnobotanical studies using semi-structured interviews conducted within the entire community, an inventory interview conducted with two participants using the previously collected vegetation inventory, and a participatory ...

Many ethnobotanical studies proceed through a technique known formally as participant observation, an approach commonly used among ethnographers who work with Indigenous peoples. This is a methodology in which ethnobotanists adopt the lives and daily routines of the people they wish to learn about.

1. Introduction. Ethnobotany is the study of interrelations between humans and plants, including plants used as food, medicines, and for other economic applications [].One of the aims of ethnobotanists is to explore the importance of plants that are used as food, clothing, shelter, fodder, fuel, furniture, and medicinal use [].Therefore, ethnobotanical studies are useful in identifying ...

Accumulating data on medicinal plant uses, accelerated by expanding ethnobotanical scholarship, electronic publishing, and computational tools, provide unprecedented opportunities for secondary analysis and hypothesis testing. Exploration of patterns beyond single ethnomedicinal use reports typically focuses on comparisons among taxa, human populations, or therapeutic indications, but also ...

Based primarily on ethnobotanical methods, fieldwork for the dissertation took place in Mongolia during the summer months of 2014 and 2015, with the aim of sensitively investigating ethnobotanical, specifically ethnoveterinary, knowledge and practices of nomadic Mongolian pastoralists. ... , or study the fieldwork accounts and reflections of ...

In the context of global change, understanding the knowledge and values given to plants is crucial for choosing relevant approaches towards a more sustainable future. Children are central holders of ethnobotanical knowledge, yet they are still under-considered in ethnobotany. Our study explored the medicinal knowledge of children of the Baka, forager-horticulturalists from Cameroon.