caa a22 4500 477046150 CHVBK 20180405111330.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02907333 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02907333 Begossi Alpina Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas Ambientais, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 6166, Campinas, SP, CP, Brazil aut Use of ecological methods in ethnobotany: Diversity indices [Elektronische Daten] [Alpina Begossi] O Uso de Métodos Ecológicos em Etnobotânica:Índices de Diversidade The application of ecological concepts to ethnobotanical studies, in particular of diversity, is analyzed. Diversity indices are important tools that may help in understanding human-environment interactions. Those indices allow comparisons on the use of plants by different populations in different environments. A review on recent major ethnobotanical journals was carried out, and 10 studies (7 from Latin America, 2 from Asia and 1 from Europe) were selected based on available data to calculate diversity indices. The Shannon-Wiener indices and rarefaction curves were obtained. High diversity on plant uses were found for studies carried out at Peru, Mexico, Brazil and Thailand. A low diversity was found for Tonga, and island biogeography theory is used to discuss these results. Sampling effort is evaluated through rarefaction curves. The estimation of the diversity of resources used by native populations may be useful when planning conservation areas and their management. The New York Botanical Garden, 1996 biodiversity nationallicence diversity indices nationallicence ethnobotany nationallicence island biogeography nationallicence Economic Botany Springer-Verlag 50/3(1996-07-01), 280-289 0013-0001 50:3<280 1996 50 12231 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02907333 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02907333 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Begossi Alpina Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas Ambientais, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 6166, Campinas, SP, CP, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Economic Botany Springer-Verlag 50/3(1996-07-01), 280-289 0013-0001 50:3<280 1996 50 12231 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer