1. Cosmic gourds: Cucurbit and Crescentia effigy pottery of coastal Ecuador

   • Elka Weinstein

   Research Articles Pages: 315 - 327

2. Genetic variation in Vanilla planifolia (Orchidaceae)

   • Philipp M. Schlüter
   • Miguel A. Soto Arenas
   • Stephen A. Harris

   Research Articles Pages: 328 - 336

3. Community dynamics and functional stability: A recipe for cultural adaptation and continuity

   • My Lien T. Nguyen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 337 - 346

4. Does the local availability of woody Caatinga plants (Northeastern Brazil) explain their use value?

   • Reinaldo Farias Paiva de Lucena
   • Elcida de Lima Araújo
   • Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque

   Research Articles Pages: 347 - 361

5. In situ diversity and maintanenace of traditional Agave landraces used in spirits production in West-Central Mexico

   • Ofelia Vargas-Ponce
   • Daniel Zizumbo-Villarreal
   • Patricia Colunga-García Marin

   Research Articles Pages: 362 - 375

6. What works in the field? A comparison of different interviewing methods in ethnobotany with special reference to the use of photographs

   • Evert Thomas
   • Ina Vandebroek
   • Patrick Van Damme

   Research Articles Pages: 376 - 384

7. Complementarity between Geographical and social patterns in the preservation of yam (Dioscorea sp.) diversity in Northern Benin

   • Mohamed Nasser Baco
   • Gauthier Biaou
   • Jean-Paul Lescure

   Research Articles Pages: 385 - 393

8. Book reviews

   • Marshall R. Crosby
   • Dorothea Bedigian
   • Terry Brncic

   Departments Pages: 394 - 407

9. Books received

   Departments Pages: 408 - 409

10. Reviewers

    Departments Pages: 410 - 410