To list or not to list? The value and detriment of freelisting in ethnobotanical studies
| Autor: | David Ortiz Álvarez, Narel Y. Paniagua Zambrana, Araceli L. Moya Huanca, Gere Ortiz Soria, Jorge Soria Morán, Rainer W. Bussmann, Saúl Chávez, Milton Ortiz Vaca, Robbie Hart, María Soria Morán, Gualberto Chávez Moreno, Erlin Siripi, Bertha Chávez Moreno, Oscar Roca |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Bolivia Plants Medicinal Applied psychology Ethnobotany Plant Science 01 natural sciences 0104 chemical sciences Interviews as Topic 010404 medicinal & biomolecular chemistry Geography Categorization Sample size determination Tribe Humans Value (mathematics) 010606 plant biology & botany |
| Zdroj: | Nature plants. 4(4) |
| ISSN: | 2055-0278 |
| Popis: | Although freelisting and semi-structured interviews are widespread methods in ethnobotany, few studies quantitatively examine how these methods may bias results. Using a comprehensive ethnobotanical inventory of palm species, uses and names in the Chacobo tribe of Bolivia, we show that interviews elicit more items than freelists, but the effect is sensitive to sample size, item type and data categorization. This implies that even subtle methodological choices may greatly affect reported results. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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