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Ethnobotanical knowledge in rural communities of Cordoba (Argentina): the importance of cultural and biogeographical factors

BACKGROUND: The possibility to better understand the relationships within the men, the nature and their culture has extreme importance because allows the characterisation of social systems through their particular environmental perception, and provides useful tools for the development of conservatio...

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Autores principales: Toledo, Bárbara Arias, Galetto, Leonardo, Colantonio, Sonia
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2804588/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20003502
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-5-40
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author Toledo, Bárbara Arias
Galetto, Leonardo
Colantonio, Sonia
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Colantonio, Sonia
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description BACKGROUND: The possibility to better understand the relationships within the men, the nature and their culture has extreme importance because allows the characterisation of social systems through their particular environmental perception, and provides useful tools for the development of conservation policies. METHODS: The present study was planned to disentangle environmental and cultural factors that are influencing the perception, knowledge and uses of edible and medicinal plants in rural communities of Cordoba (Argentina). Interviews an participant observation were conducted in nine rural communities located in three different biogeographical areas. Data about knowledge of medicinal and edible plants and sociocultural variables were obtained. Data were analysed by Principal Components Analysis (PCA). RESULTS: The analysis of data confirmed that medicinal species are widely used whereas the knowledge on edible plants is eroding. The PCA showed four groups of communities, defined by several particular combinations of sociocultural and/or natural variables. CONCLUSION: This comprehensive approach suggests that in general terms the cultural environment has a stronger influence than the natural environment on the use of medicinal and edible plants in rural communities of Cordoba (Argentina).
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spelling pubmed-28045882010-01-12 Ethnobotanical knowledge in rural communities of Cordoba (Argentina): the importance of cultural and biogeographical factors Toledo, Bárbara Arias Galetto, Leonardo Colantonio, Sonia J Ethnobiol Ethnomed Research BACKGROUND: The possibility to better understand the relationships within the men, the nature and their culture has extreme importance because allows the characterisation of social systems through their particular environmental perception, and provides useful tools for the development of conservation policies. METHODS: The present study was planned to disentangle environmental and cultural factors that are influencing the perception, knowledge and uses of edible and medicinal plants in rural communities of Cordoba (Argentina). Interviews an participant observation were conducted in nine rural communities located in three different biogeographical areas. Data about knowledge of medicinal and edible plants and sociocultural variables were obtained. Data were analysed by Principal Components Analysis (PCA). RESULTS: The analysis of data confirmed that medicinal species are widely used whereas the knowledge on edible plants is eroding. The PCA showed four groups of communities, defined by several particular combinations of sociocultural and/or natural variables. CONCLUSION: This comprehensive approach suggests that in general terms the cultural environment has a stronger influence than the natural environment on the use of medicinal and edible plants in rural communities of Cordoba (Argentina). BioMed Central 2009-12-15 /pmc/articles/PMC2804588/ /pubmed/20003502 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-5-40 Text en Copyright ©2009 Toledo et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Colantonio, Sonia
Ethnobotanical knowledge in rural communities of Cordoba (Argentina): the importance of cultural and biogeographical factors
title Ethnobotanical knowledge in rural communities of Cordoba (Argentina): the importance of cultural and biogeographical factors
title_full Ethnobotanical knowledge in rural communities of Cordoba (Argentina): the importance of cultural and biogeographical factors
title_fullStr Ethnobotanical knowledge in rural communities of Cordoba (Argentina): the importance of cultural and biogeographical factors
title_full_unstemmed Ethnobotanical knowledge in rural communities of Cordoba (Argentina): the importance of cultural and biogeographical factors
title_short Ethnobotanical knowledge in rural communities of Cordoba (Argentina): the importance of cultural and biogeographical factors
title_sort ethnobotanical knowledge in rural communities of cordoba (argentina): the importance of cultural and biogeographical factors
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2804588/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20003502
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-5-40
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