From: Influence of traditional markets on plant management in the Tehuacán Valley
Matrices | Variables | Description |
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Management (Response Matrix Y) | Ecological Status* | Conditions of habitat of a plant species, whether wild, weed or ruderal or domesticated |
Management types* | Conditions of a plant’s management, whether gathered, tolerated, promoted, protected or cultivated | |
Management Systems* | Spatial systems where a plant is found, ranging from natural vegetation to intensive cultivation | |
Number of Uses | Sum of uses for each species, plus edible use, such as medicinal, forage, ornamental, etc. | |
Ecological (Matrix X) | Spatial distribution | Spatial availability or number of plots where a species was present on 98 plots (Table 2) |
Presence in one o more of six vegetation types grouped by Valiente-Banuet et al. 2000 [36]. | ||
Temporal distribution | Temporal availability of the months than edible plants presents at markets. | |
Used Part Index | Plant used index (based on Pieroni 2001 [58]. | |
Life cycle | Annual or perennial | |
Socioeconomic (Matrix W) | Number of markets | Market presence, between 6 markets and 1 market |
Number of stalls | Average market stall were species plant is present | |
Average price | Average price of a plant species in all markets | |
Sales Volume | Total sales volume for a day in all markets | |
Interchanged ways | Transaction realized by barter and/or money or just by maize. |