An imprecise probability approach for the detection of over and underused taxonomic groups with the Campania (Italy) and the Sierra Popoluca (Mexico) medicinal flora

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 259-264

  Weckerle, Caroline S ^a   Cabras, Stefano ^b   Castellanos, Maria Eugenia ^c   Leonti, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bayesian approach; Imprecise Dirichlet Model (IDM); Medicinal plants; Pharmacopoeia; Quantitative ethnobotany

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHACEAE; APOCYNACEAE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CAPRIFOLIACEAE; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCURBITACEAE; CYPERACEAE; FABACEAE; GERANIACEAE; IMPRECISE DIRICHLET MODEL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITALY; LAMIACEAE; LORANTHACEAE; MALVACEAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELANTHACEAE; MEXICO; MODEL; MORACEAE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIDACEAE; POACEAE; PRIMULACEAE; PROBABILITY; ROSACEAE; SALICACEAE; SOLANACEAE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; URTICACEAE; VASCULAR PLANT; VIOLACEAE;

BAYES THEOREM; ITALY; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MEXICO; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROBABILITY; UNCERTAINTY;

ASTERACEAE; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; CYPERACEAE; LAMIACEAE; ORCHIDACEAE; PIPERACEAE; POACEAE; ROSACEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84861995201     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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