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Table 1 Methodologies used to document plant and animal food biodiversity

From: Food biodiversity includes both locally cultivated and wild food species in Guasaganda, Central Ecuador

Methoda

Food categoryb

Placec

Datad

Herbarium collection

(i) Wild plant foods

Sacha Wiwua forest

Total number of species

Species use

(ii) Cultivated plant foods

Surrounding arable patches of Sacha Wiwua forest

Total number of species

Species use

Interviews on plant foods

(ii) Cultivated plant foods

Farms

Number of species per farm

(iii) Semi-cultivated plant foods

Home gardens

Number of species per home garden

Interviews on animal foods

(iv) Wild animal foods

Communal area

Total number of species

Species use

(v) Edible domesticated animals

Farm

Total number of species

Species use

(vi) Semi-domesticated edible animals

Home gardens

Total number of species

Species use

  1. aThree methodologies which were used to document the data
  2. bSix different food categories, from (i) to (vi)
  3. cDifferent studied places where data was collected
  4. dType of data collected within each food category