To list or not to list? the value and detriment of freelisting in ethnobotanical studies

Narel Y.Paniagua Zambrana; Rainer W. Bussmann; Robbie E. Hart; Araceli L.Moya Huanca; Gere Ortiz Soria; Milton Ortiz Vaca; David Ortiz Álvarez; Jorge Soria Morán; María Soria Morán; Saúl Chávez; Bertha Chávez Moreno; Gualberto Chávez Moreno; Oscar Roca; Erlin Siripi

doi:10.1038/s41477-018-0128-7

To list or not to list? the value and detriment of freelisting in ethnobotanical studies

Narel Y.Paniagua Zambrana, Rainer W. Bussmann, Robbie E. Hart, Araceli L.Moya Huanca, Gere Ortiz Soria, Milton Ortiz Vaca, David Ortiz Álvarez, Jorge Soria Morán, María Soria Morán, Saúl Chávez, Bertha Chávez Moreno, Gualberto Chávez Moreno, Oscar Roca, Erlin Siripi

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Although freelisting and semi-structured interviews are widespread methods in ethnobotany, few studies quantitatively examine how these methods may bias results. Using a comprehensive ethnobotanical inventory of palm species, uses and names in the Chácobo tribe of Bolivia, we show that interviews elicit more items than freelists, but the effect is sensitive to sample size, item type and data categorization. This implies that even subtle methodological choices may greatly affect reported results.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	201-204
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nature Plants
Volume	4
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-018-0128-7
State	Published - Apr 1 2018

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Zambrana, N. Y. P., Bussmann, R. W., Hart, R. E., Huanca, A. L. M., Soria, G. O., Vaca, M. O., Álvarez, D. O., Morán, J. S., Morán, M. S., Chávez, S., Moreno, B. C., Moreno, G. C., Roca, O., & Siripi, E. (2018). To list or not to list? the value and detriment of freelisting in ethnobotanical studies. Nature Plants, 4(4), 201-204. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-018-0128-7

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