Small regions as key sources of traditional knowledge: a quantitative ethnobotanical survey in the central Balkans.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Starting from the idea that unexplored areas may yield new and different ethnobotanical information, we performed a survey of traditional uses of plants in two neighboring districts situated in east Serbia (Bor and Aleksinac), both lacking in previous ethnobotanical reports, but characterized by an interesting history and culture, together with some specific features. In this study, we hypothesized that such small and specific areas could be of high ethnobotanical importance.

Methods

Semi-structured interviews were used with 155 informants. Relative cultural importance (RCI) indices, such as the frequency of citation (FC), relative frequency of citation (RFC), relative importance index (RI), informant consensus factor (ICF-FIC), use value (UV), fidelity level (FL)

SUBMITTER: Janackovic P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9720931 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature