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The Use of Multivariate Tools in Studies of Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Management Systems

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Methods and Techniques in Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology

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The use of multivariate analyses in diverse ethnosciences has greatly increased in recent decades, allowing for quantitative studies of different questions related to traditional knowledge and its applications. The potential use of those analytical tools, however, has still been modest in terms of the field of ethnoecology. Within that context, the present chapter begins with a panoramic view of the use of multivariate analyses in ethnobiology and ethnoecology and the principal themes and questions that have been recently addressed in scientific publications. We discuss here the principal types of data, matrices, and techniques of multivariate analysis, as well as data transformation, the construction of multivariate matrices, and the choice of appropriate analytical techniques for each type of data set. Finally, we provide examples of the application of those multivariate methodologies in ethnoecology.

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  1. Department of Biosciences, Federal Rural University of Semiarid Region (UFERSA), Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

    Cristina Baldauf

  2. Department of Botany, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Nivea Dias dos Santos

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  1. Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

    Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque

  2. Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da Paraiba, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil

    Reinaldo Farias Paiva de Lucena

  3. Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

    Luiz Vital Fernandes Cruz da Cunha

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

    Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves

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Baldauf, C., dos Santos, N.D. (2019). The Use of Multivariate Tools in Studies of Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Management Systems. In: Albuquerque, U., de Lucena, R., Cruz da Cunha, L., Alves, R. (eds) Methods and Techniques in Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology . Springer Protocols Handbooks. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-8919-5_9

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