Knowledge and use of biocultural diversity by nahua in the huasteca region of hidalgo, Mexico

AudienciaPúblico en generales_ES
CoberturaMéxicoes_ES
Fecha de ingreso2026-10-05T16:34:13Z
Fecha de publicación2019-01-01
ResumenIn the Huasteca region, high biological diversity and diverse ethnic groups converge. The implementation of metrics for biocultural diversity was developed based on metrics used in analyzes of biological diversity. We compared the results of the diversity known and used by two communities of Nahuatl origin established in two types of vegetation (Tropical Semi Evergreen Forest [TSEF] and Mountain Cloud Forest [MCF]). The fieldwork was carried out from January 2011 to December 2012 the ethnobiological information was collected combining the methods: percentual and snowball, additional applying as an ethnographic tool: multiple free lists and semistructured interviews to 125 informants. The ethnobiological information was analyzed by adapting indexes used in the evaluation of biological diversity and multivariate methods. The informants identified 409 ethnospecies for both communities, although they only correspond to 383 biological species, the several taxonomic groups. The TSEF presents a greater richness of speciesethnospecies concerning the MCF. Eleven categories of use were identified, with the edible category being the most mentioned. In general, local people have extensive knowledge of the biological diversity present in their territory, and there are distinct differences in knowledge between communities established in different ecosystems. However, there is much similarity in knowledge and use of biodiversity, since both populations belong to the same cultural group. We believe that our results show the relevance of using the metrics used in the evaluation of biocultural diversity.es_ES
Doihttps://doi.org/10.15451/ec2019-06-8.07-1-31es_ES
URIhttps://riuat.uat.edu.mx/handle/123456789/5999
Idiomaenes_ES
EditorialUniversidade Federal Rural de Pernambucoes_ES
RelaciónEthnobiology and Conservationes_ES
URL relacionadohttps://doi.org/10.15451/ec2019-06-8.07-1-31es_ES
DerechosAcceso abierto (Metadatos de producción científica)es_ES
Licenciahttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2es_ES
FuenteEthnobiology and Conservation
Palabra claveEthnobiologyes_ES
Palabra claveIndex of biodiversityes_ES
Palabra claveMultitaxonomices_ES
TítuloKnowledge and use of biocultural diversity by nahua in the huasteca region of hidalgo, Mexicoes_ES
TipoArtículoes_ES
ArbitradoHa sido Arbitradoes_ES
AutorGutiérrez-Santillán, Tania Vianney
AutorMorenoFuentes, Ángel
AutorSánchez-González, Arturo
AutorSánchez-Rojas, Gerardo
AutorGutiérrez-Santillán, Tania Vianneyes_ES
AutorMorenoFuentes, Ángeles_ES
AutorSánchez-González, Arturoes_ES
AutorSánchez-Rojas, Gerardoes_ES
InstituciónUniversidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
InstituciónUniversidad Autónoma de Tamaulipases_ES
Rango de páginas1-31es_ES
URL relacionadahttps://doi.org/10.15451/ec2019-06-8.07-1-31
Tipo de artículoIndexado
Tipo de artículoIndexadoes_ES
Volumen8es_ES

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