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Table 2 CDA results applied to food plants' freelists (folk taxa). (n = 10 key informants)

From: Foodways in transition: food plants, diet and local perceptions of change in a Costa Rican Ngäbe community

Parameter

Value

Initial number of folk taxa elicited

102

Range of items elicited per informant

25–51

Mean freelist length per informant (±SD)

37.6 ± 10.7

Pseudo-reliability

0.793a

Eigenvalue ratio between first and second factor

3.512b

Number of folk taxa fitting the consensus key

25

(Percentage of total)

(24.5 %)

Folk taxa fitting the consensus key (=“key food plants”)

Aro, Mumá, Mumá krire, I, Ö, Naran, Tä, Drun, Baran bun, Kä, Mumá köire, Kabe, Barän rugá, Drune, Bé, Muá, Jlimu, Dugá, Söran, Mölen, Mraño, Dabá, Mitdrá, Kolan, Bere

(In decreasing saliency)

  1. a: Indicates medium consensus amongst informants. b: Indicates single culture origin of informants