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Ethno ecological Importance Index (EIV) -This new tool was used to combine cultural
data with ecological data in order to assign a cultural value to vegetation types as
sources of useful medicinal plants.
EIV = ∑^N x=1 (S) (nx/Nx)
Where
• EIV = Ethno ecological importance value for a particular habitat.
• S = Salience of species x (calculated by Smith’s S) (Smith 1993, Smith &
Borgatti 1997).
• N = The total number of species found in the study.
• x = The individual species found in the study.
• Nx = The sum of individuals of species x found in all habitats under study.
• nx = The total number of individuals of species x found in one habitat.
• Thus, the EIV of a habitat is the sum of the ethno ecological importance of
each useful species contained within it. The ethno ecological importance of
each species is the product of the species cultural salience (S) times its
relative abundance (nx/Nx).
Consensus factor:
A consensus factor (Fic) for testing homogeneity of informant's knowledge
followed methods of Trotter and Logan. A consensus factor of Fic is given
by:
Nt refers to the number of species used for a particular illness category for
all informants.
The majority of illness types are grouped into predefined
ethno/economic botany categories , with the additions of
a few other illness categories that were commonly
mentioned during our interviews because they were
prevalent in these communities.
H´ = -∑ pi lnpi,