Selected Guidelines for Ethnobotanical Research. Adv Econ Bot (10)

A textbook for ethnobotany courses and a guide for the individual researcher, this volume provides essential guidelines for conducting ethnobotanical research and collecting plant specimens. Topics include, among many others, protocols related to initiating and conducting fieldwork; ethical issues to consider; concepts and techniques for the collection of cultural knowledge; techniques for the preservation of plant specimens of an unusual nature; and methods for quantifying data related to plant use.