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Analysis of Vegetation in Ethnobotanical Studies

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Methods and Techniques in Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology

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In this chapter, you will find information about (a) the problem of vegetation sampling regarding methods, criteria, and plant measurements; (b) the phytosociological parameters commonly used to describe communities; (c) the similarity and distance indices employed and the means of their estimation; and (d) recommendations on the use of different indices in ethnobotanical studies.

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  1. Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

    Elcida de Lima Araújo

  2. Ciência e Tecnologia de Pernambuco, Instituto Federal de Educação, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

    Elba Maria Nogueira Ferraz

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  1. Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

    Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque

  2. Departmento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

    Luiz Vital Fernandes Cruz da Cunha

  3. Departamento de Fitotecnia e Ciências Ambientais, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Areia, Paraíba, Brazil

    Reinaldo Farias Paiva de Lucena

  4. Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual da Paraiba, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil

    Rômulo Romeu Nobrega Alves

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de Lima Araújo, E., Ferraz, E.M.N. (2014). Analysis of Vegetation in Ethnobotanical Studies. In: Albuquerque, U., Cruz da Cunha, L., de Lucena, R., Alves, R. (eds) Methods and Techniques in Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology. Springer Protocols Handbooks. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8636-7_10

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