Relationship between Use Value and Ecological Importance of Floristic Resources of Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest in the Balsas River Basin, México

摘要: Relationship between Use Value and Ecological Importance of Floristic Resources Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest in the Balsas River Basin, Mexico. The use seasonally dry tropical forest Mexico was utilized as a model to study relationship value ecological importance wild flora nine sites that have an indigenous-Mestizo cultural gradient. Ethnobotanical data from area were used obtain per species correlate it with found 0.9 ha. We test hypothesis most are ecologically important this is affected by changing process occurs Mexican rural communities. registered 320 species, 56.25 % which useful fall into twelve categories. showed similar percentages plants. relationships main categories (medicinal, construction, firewood, food) value. frequency attribute determined use, while density dominance attributes related respectively medicinal food There differences regarding groups. Indigenous groups mentioned medicinal, edible, firewood plants more frequently, whereas Mestizo group pointed out for construction.