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Table 2 Pair wise ranking of factors considered as threats to wild edible vegetables

From: Ethnobotanical appraisal and cultural values of medicinally important wild edible vegetables of Lesser Himalayas-Pakistan

Factors

Respondents

Total

Rank

 

MH*

MH

MH

MH

H*

DH

DH

DH

AB*

AB

AB

AB

Mu*

Mu

Mu

Mu

Mn*

Mn

Mn

Mn

  

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Agricultural land expansion

4

3

2

3

6

5

3

7

3

4

2

1

3

2

3

3

4

2

3

2

65

1

Over harvesting

2

3

2

3

3

4

2

4

2

1

3

2

1

3

1

4

3

1

2

4

50

2

Over grazing

1

3

1

2

2

1

3

1

1

2

1

3

2

1

3

1

2

3

1

2

36

3

Fire

3

2

4

1

3

2

1

2

1

1

0

1

2

1

1

2

1

0

2

1

31

4

Fuel

2

1

0

2

1

2

0

1

3

1

1

0

1

2

1

0

0

1

1

0

20

5

  1. *MH Margalla Hills National Park, *H Haripur, *AB Abbottabad,*Mu Murree, *Mn Mansehra. The score mentioned in the table is based on the information from 16 key informants at four sub sites from each study area.