Who should conduct ethnobotanical studies? Effects of different interviewers in the case of the Chácobo Ethnobotany project, Beni, Bolivia

• Main Authors: Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana (Author), Rainer W. Bussmann (Author), Robbie E. Hart (Author), Araceli L. Moya-Huanca (Author), Gere Ortiz-Soria (Author), Milton Ortiz-Vaca (Author), David Ortiz-Álvarez (Author), Jorge Soria-Morán (Author), María Soria-Morán (Author), Saúl Chávez (Author), Bertha Chávez-Moreno (Author), Gualberto Chávez-Moreno (Author), Oscar Roca (Author), Erlin Siripi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background That the answers elicited through interviews may be influenced by the knowledge of the interviewer is accepted across disciplines. However, in ethnobotany, there is little evidence to quantitatively assess what impact this effect may have. We use the results of a large study of t...