Cultural, economic, and ecological factors influencing management of wild plants and mushrooms interchanged in Purépecha markets of Mexico

Table 3 Contribution of cultural and economic variables to explain the variation of wild and weedy plants and mushrooms interchanged in traditional markets

Use type	Edible		Medicinal		Ceremonial and ornamental		Mushrooms
Variables	PC1	PC2	PC1	PC2	PC1	PC2	PC1	PC2
Recognition	0.383	0.182	0.425	− 0.113	0.224	0.302	0.322	− 0.061
Use form	0.127	0.457	0.290	0.438	0.140	0.610	0	0
Preference	0.345	0.325	0.399	0.205	0.441	0.250	0.308	− 0.259
Need	0.392	0.006	0.431	0.105	0.432	− 0.224	0.308	− 0.259
Harvest effort	0.274	0.122	0.325	− 0.041	0.455	0.126	0.329	0.127
Variety of products	− 0.032	0.486	0.297	0.337	0	0	0	0
Form of interchange	0.214	− 0.290	0.164	− 0.517	− 0.101	0.547	0.354	0.043
Interchange value	0.184	0.123	0	0	0.405	− 0.306	0.259	− 0.079
Period offered	− 0.219	0.452	− 0.300	0.429	0	0	− 0.086	0.672
Number of communities	0.305	− 0.301	0.156	− 0.412	0.407	− 0.109	0.313	0.442
Number of markets	0.359	− 0.015	0.228	− 0.063	0.407	− 0.109	0.369	− 0.096
Number of sellers	0.369	− 0.066	0	0	0	0	0.313	0.442
Variation percentage	46.3	18.5	42.2	16.9	39.6	15.1	59.6	11.8

Data values of the first two components of the principal component analysis PC1 and PC2
Numbers in italics indicate the values of the most meaningful variables to explain the variation in each principal component

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