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Methods and Techniques in Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology pp 1–13Cite as

Selection of Research Participants

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In this chapter the reader will have the opportunity of a brief explanation of the terms most commonly used by ethnobiologist and ethnoecologist as well as access to information about procedures for contact with the informant, theoretical and practical to check the validity and reliability of information obtained, and which the main measures to be adopted in resolving the problem of sampling.

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  1. Laboratory of Applied and Theoretical Ethnobiology, Department of Biology, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

    Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque

  2. Departamento de Fitotecnia e Ciências Ambientais, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Areia, Paraíba, Brazil

    Reinaldo Farias Paiva de Lucena

  3. Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Bom Jesus, Piauí, Brazil

    Ernani Machado de Freitas Lins Neto

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  1. Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

    Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque

  2. Departmento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

    Luiz Vital Fernandes Cruz da Cunha

  3. Departamento de Fitotecnia e Ciências Ambientais, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Areia, Paraíba, Brazil

    Reinaldo Farias Paiva de Lucena

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

    Rômulo Romeu Nobrega Alves

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Albuquerque, U.P., de Lucena, R.F.P., de Freitas Lins Neto, E.M. (2014). Selection of Research Participants. In: Albuquerque, U., Cruz da Cunha, L., de Lucena, R., Alves, R. (eds) Methods and Techniques in Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology. Springer Protocols Handbooks. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8636-7_1

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