Cát, Antropología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Av, Vélez Sarsfield 299 - X5000JJC - Córdoba, Argentina.
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 2009 Dec 15;5:40. doi: 10.1186/1746-4269-5-40.
The possibility to better understand the relationships within the men, the nature and their culture has extreme importance because allows the characterisation of social systems through their particular environmental perception, and provides useful tools for the development of conservation policies.
The present study was planned to disentangle environmental and cultural factors that are influencing the perception, knowledge and uses of edible and medicinal plants in rural communities of Cordoba (Argentina). Interviews an participant observation were conducted in nine rural communities located in three different biogeographical areas. Data about knowledge of medicinal and edible plants and sociocultural variables were obtained. Data were analysed by Principal Components Analysis (PCA).
The analysis of data confirmed that medicinal species are widely used whereas the knowledge on edible plants is eroding. The PCA showed four groups of communities, defined by several particular combinations of sociocultural and/or natural variables.
This comprehensive approach suggests that in general terms the cultural environment has a stronger influence than the natural environment on the use of medicinal and edible plants in rural communities of Cordoba (Argentina).
更好地理解男性、自然及其文化之间的关系具有极端重要性，因为这可以通过其特定的环境感知来描述社会系统，并为保护政策的制定提供有用的工具。
本研究旨在梳理影响科尔多瓦（阿根廷）农村社区对食用和药用植物的认知、知识和使用的环境和文化因素。在三个不同的生物地理区域的九个农村社区进行了访谈和参与式观察。收集了关于药用和食用植物以及社会文化变量的知识数据。通过主成分分析（PCA）对数据进行了分析。
数据分析证实，药用物种被广泛使用，而对食用植物的知识正在减少。PCA 显示了四个社区组，这些社区组由几个特定的社会文化和/或自然变量的组合定义。
这种综合方法表明，在一般情况下，文化环境对科尔多瓦（阿根廷）农村社区对药用和食用植物的使用的影响强于自然环境。
