Ixcatec ethnoecology: plant management and biocultural heritage in Oaxaca, Mexico

Table 4 Contribution of socio-ecological factors to explain the variation of native plant species biocultural importance

Use type	Fodder		Ornamental		Medicinal		Edible		Ceremonial		Firewood
Factor	PC1	PC2	PC1	PC2	PC1	PC2	PC1	PC2	PC1	PC2	PC1	PC2
Cognitive importance	−0.09	0.78	0.55	0.31	0.72	−0.58	0.44	−0.18	0.54	0.24	0.69	−0.17
Consump-tion	0.04	0.77	0.55	0.12	0.63	−0.64	0.39	−0.32	0.35	−0.63	0.33	0.67
Number of uses	0.76	0.16	0.74	0.47	0.52	0.69	0.47	0.73	0.65	0.61	0.75	0.29
Ecological importance	0.48	0.21	0.53	0.52	0.31	0.65	0.32	0.82	0.51	0.68	0.61	0.57
Management complexity	0.93	−0.01	0.81	−0.52	0.82	0.33	0.93	−0.13	0.89	−0.29	0.9	−0.24
Management site	0.76	−0.22	0.59	−0.76	0.8	−0.01	0.78	−0.36	0.69	−0.58	0.69	−0.66

Data are correlation values between variables and the first two components of Principal Components Analysis PCAs. Values in bold have high influence in principal components, therefore in the classification of biocultural importance too

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