To list or not to list? The value and detriment of freelisting in ethnobotanical studies

• Published in: Nature plants Vol. 4; no. 4; pp. 201 - 204
• Main Authors: Zambrana, Narel Y. Paniagua, Bussmann, Rainer W., Hart, Robbie E., Huanca, Araceli L. Moya, Soria, Gere Ortiz, Vaca, Milton Ortiz, Álvarez, David Ortiz, Morán, Jorge Soria, Morán, María Soria, Chávez, Saúl, Moreno, Bertha Chávez, Moreno, Gualberto Chávez, Roca, Oscar, Siripi, Erlin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.04.2018; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 706/648/697; 706/689/680; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Bolivia; Brief Communication; Ethnobotany; Ethnobotany - methods; Humans; Interviews; Interviews as Topic; Life Sciences; Names; Plant Sciences; Plants, Medicinal; Population; Bolivia

Although freelisting and semi-structured interviews are widespread methods in ethnobotany, few studies quantitatively examine how these methods may bias results. Using a comprehensive ethnobotanical inventory of palm species, uses and names in the Chácobo tribe of Bolivia, we show that interviews el...