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DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-881-8-0016

Methods of Ethnobotanical Research

M. Horák

Plant identification in ethnobotany includes methods which the field of investigation borrowed from various disciplines such as botany, anthropology, linguistics, ecology, genetics and economics. Field-work, participant observation, random screening, questionnaire, interview, taxonomic collecting (sampling by botanical family) are the most typical, although the range of methods can be wider.

Keywords: methods of ethnobotanical research

pages: 16-18, Published: 2014, online: 2022



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