Introduction

You need to know the literature of Ethnobotany if you are going to do research in this field.  Good science builds on previous studies.

Specific Articles

• McClatchey, W. 2006.  Editorial: Improving Quality of International Ethnobotany Research and Publications. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 4: 1-10.
• Bridges, K. and Y.H. Lau. 2006. The Skill Acquisition Process Relative to Ethnobotanical Methods. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 4: 115-118.
• Bridges, K. and W. McClatchey. 2006. Expecting the Unexpected: Safety Considerations for Ethnobotany Field Research. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 4: 41-50.

Primary Journals

• Economic Botany
• Ethnobotany Research & Applications (on-line @ http://www.ethnobotanyjournal.org/)

Supplemental Materials

• Social Science Statistics for Developing Countries (http://srmdc.net/index.htm)

This on-line resources provides valuable step-by-step instructions and lots of valuable links to statistical techniques that are practical to use with community studies.

• Statistical analyses on-line (http://statpages.org/)

Lots and lots of links, not just to on-line analyses, but interpretive information as well.