Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Edible Plants Amongst Children from Two Rural Communities in Western Mexico

Ethnobotanical knowledge, also known as Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK), of edible plants includes identifying plants using local names and knowledge of specific preparations and ecological characteristics. We analyze children’s ethnobotanical knowledge of 107 species of edible plants in two rural...

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Autores principales: Alondra Flores, Silvia, Cuevas Guzmán, Ramon, Olvera Vargas, Miguel, Casanoves, Fernando, Olson, Elizabeth-Anne, y 14 autores más.
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Publicado: Springer 2023
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spelling RepoCATIE122372023-06-12T13:13:49Z Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Edible Plants Amongst Children from Two Rural Communities in Western Mexico Alondra Flores, Silvia Cuevas Guzmán, Ramon Olvera Vargas, Miguel Casanoves, Fernando Olson, Elizabeth-Anne y 14 autores más. CONOCIMIENTOS LOCALES LOCAL KNOWLEDGE ECOLOGIA ECOLOGY CULTIVOS ALIMENTICIOS FOOD CROPS TAXONOMIA TAXONOMY DEMOGRAFIA DEMOGRAPHY COMUNIDADES RURALES RURAL COMMUNITIES MEXICO EDIBLE PLANTS TAXONOMIA VEGETAL SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS Sede Central ODS 12 - Producción y consumo responsables Ethnobotanical knowledge, also known as Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK), of edible plants includes identifying plants using local names and knowledge of specific preparations and ecological characteristics. We analyze children’s ethnobotanical knowledge of 107 species of edible plants in two rural locations in western Mexico and the sociodemographic factors that influence their knowledge. We found a high consensus among the three domains we evaluated. Forty-four species were known to at least 90% of the children. The factors that influence children’s knowledge include age, which was significant in both communities, and other variables such as gender, number of siblings, birth order, occupation and age of mother, occupation and age of father, size of household, and participation in planting the milpa field. These factors were significant in differing ways between the study communities. We found effective transmission of ethnobotanical knowledge to children to be influenced by intergenerational interactions. 2023-05-25T15:52:40Z 2023-05-25T15:52:40Z 2023-03-15 Artículo https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/12237 openAccess en Human Ecology https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-023-00400-5 12 paginas application/pdf Springer
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language Inglés
topic CONOCIMIENTOS LOCALES
LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
ECOLOGIA
ECOLOGY
CULTIVOS ALIMENTICIOS
FOOD CROPS
TAXONOMIA
TAXONOMY
DEMOGRAFIA
DEMOGRAPHY
COMUNIDADES RURALES
RURAL COMMUNITIES
MEXICO
EDIBLE PLANTS
TAXONOMIA VEGETAL
SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS
Sede Central
ODS 12 - Producción y consumo responsables
spellingShingle CONOCIMIENTOS LOCALES
LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
ECOLOGIA
ECOLOGY
CULTIVOS ALIMENTICIOS
FOOD CROPS
TAXONOMIA
TAXONOMY
DEMOGRAFIA
DEMOGRAPHY
COMUNIDADES RURALES
RURAL COMMUNITIES
MEXICO
EDIBLE PLANTS
TAXONOMIA VEGETAL
SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS
Sede Central
ODS 12 - Producción y consumo responsables
Alondra Flores, Silvia
Cuevas Guzmán, Ramon
Olvera Vargas, Miguel
Casanoves, Fernando
Olson, Elizabeth-Anne
y 14 autores más.
Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Edible Plants Amongst Children from Two Rural Communities in Western Mexico
description Ethnobotanical knowledge, also known as Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK), of edible plants includes identifying plants using local names and knowledge of specific preparations and ecological characteristics. We analyze children’s ethnobotanical knowledge of 107 species of edible plants in two rural locations in western Mexico and the sociodemographic factors that influence their knowledge. We found a high consensus among the three domains we evaluated. Forty-four species were known to at least 90% of the children. The factors that influence children’s knowledge include age, which was significant in both communities, and other variables such as gender, number of siblings, birth order, occupation and age of mother, occupation and age of father, size of household, and participation in planting the milpa field. These factors were significant in differing ways between the study communities. We found effective transmission of ethnobotanical knowledge to children to be influenced by intergenerational interactions.
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author Alondra Flores, Silvia
Cuevas Guzmán, Ramon
Olvera Vargas, Miguel
Casanoves, Fernando
Olson, Elizabeth-Anne
y 14 autores más.
author_facet Alondra Flores, Silvia
Cuevas Guzmán, Ramon
Olvera Vargas, Miguel
Casanoves, Fernando
Olson, Elizabeth-Anne
y 14 autores más.
author_sort Alondra Flores, Silvia
title Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Edible Plants Amongst Children from Two Rural Communities in Western Mexico
title_short Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Edible Plants Amongst Children from Two Rural Communities in Western Mexico
title_full Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Edible Plants Amongst Children from Two Rural Communities in Western Mexico
title_fullStr Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Edible Plants Amongst Children from Two Rural Communities in Western Mexico
title_full_unstemmed Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Edible Plants Amongst Children from Two Rural Communities in Western Mexico
title_sort ethnobotanical knowledge of edible plants amongst children from two rural communities in western mexico
publisher Springer
publishDate 2023
url https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/12237
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