The useful plants of Tambopata, Peru: I. Statistical hypotheses tests with a new quantitative technique

摘要: This paper describes a new, simple, quantitative technique for evaluating the relative usefulness of plants to people. The is then compared approaches in ethnobotany that have been developed recently. Our used calculate importance over 600 species woody non-indigenous mestizo people Tambopata, Amazonian Peru. Two general classes hypotheses are formulated and tested statistically, concerning (1) different species, (2) families. plant families with respect all uses, five broad groups uses. Palms, Annonaceae, Lauraceae were found be most useful On average, 20 largest important mestizos subsistence construction materials, followed descending order by commercial, edible, technological, medicinal