Selected Guidelines for Ethnobotanical Research
Author | : Miguel N. Alexiades (ed) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1996 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:49015002949619 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Conducting ethnobotanical research; Protocol for conducting ethnobotanical research in the tropics; Professional ethics and ethnobotanical research; Collecting ethnobotanical data: an introduction to basic concepts and techniques; Collecting plant specimens; Standard techniques for collecting and preparing herbarium specimens; Collecting palm specimens; Recommendations for collecting mushrooms; Guidelines for collecting bryophytes; Collecting bulk specimens: methods and environmental precautions; Quantitative methods in ethnobotanical fieldwork; Some quantitative methods for analyzing ethnobotanical knowledge; Behavioral orientations toward ethnobotanical quantification; Beyond nomenclature and use: a review of ecological methods for ethnobotanists.