A standard protocol for gathering palm ethnobotanical data and socioeconomic variables across the tropics

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This paper describes a protocol for collecting information on palm ethnobotany and related socioeconomic variables in rural communities across the tropics. The steps to follow when conducting quantitative ethnobotanical fieldwork are presented chronologically: (1) selection of study communities, (2) preparation of materials and permits, (3) planning work at the community, (4) community census, (5) selection of informants, (6) types of interviews for gathering Published: 21 January 2015ethnobotanical data and socioeconomic variables, and (7) returning information to the communities. Although this protocol was developed and tested in northwestern South America, it can be used for comparing palm use patterns in any country, ecoregion, habitat, human group, and use categories across the tropics.

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2015

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scopus