Advances in Economic Botany, Volume 10: Selected Guidelines for Ethnobotanical Research: A Field Manual

This book provides essential guidelines for conducting ethnobotanical research and collecting plant specimens. Among the topics protocols related to initiating and conducting fieldwork; ethical issues to consider; concepts and techniques for the collection of cultural knowledge, including interviewing techniques and the gathering of plant-use information; the importance of and techniques for the proper collection and preservation of plant specimens, including those of an unusual or difficult nature or requiring specialized treatment; methods of data collection and analysis, including methods for quantifying data relating to plant use, ethnobotanical behavior, and the distribution, abundance, and yields of plant resources. Extensive readings in a diversity of disciplines with different approaches to ethnobotany are included.