Plants and traditional knowledge: an ethnobotanical investigation on Monte Ortobene (Nuoro, Sardinia).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most of the traditional knowledge about plants and their uses is fast disappearing as a consequence of socio-economic and land use changes. This trend is also occurring in areas that are historically exposed to very few external influences, such as Sardinia (Italy). From 2004 to 2005, an ethnobotanical investigation was carried out in the area of Monte Ortobene, a mountain located near Nuoro, in central Sardinia.

Methods

Data were collected by means of semi-structured interviews. All the records - defined as 'citations', i.e. a single use reported for a single botanical species by a single informant - were filed in a data base ('analytical table'), together with additional information: i.e. local names of plants, parts used, local frequencies, and habitats of plan

SUBMITTER: Signorini MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2661884 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature