Mapping palm extractivism in Ecuador using pair-wise comparisons and bioclimatic modeling

Citation
Hb. Pedersen et F. Skov, Mapping palm extractivism in Ecuador using pair-wise comparisons and bioclimatic modeling, ECON BOTAN, 55(1), 2001, pp. 63-71
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
ECONOMIC BOTANY
ISSN journal
00130001 → ACNP
Volume
55
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
63 - 71
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-0001(200101/03)55:1<63:MPEIEU>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
The native palm flora of Ecuador consists of 129 taxa, including at least 6 9 species used by rural people, 19 of which are exploited commercially. Thi s paper integrates bioclimatic modeling of palm distribution and quantitati ve ranking through pair-wise comparisons of species as a tool to evaluate a nd map the importance of 14 taxa of commercially exploited palms in Ecuador based on criteria of harvest values, sustainability, vegetation cover and population density. The ranking procedure could find broad application with in ethnobotany and economic botany. Results show that extraction of palm pr oducts, economically speaking, is most important in the heavily deforested and populated coastal lowland.