Ethnobotanical Analysis, Decision-Framing, and TEK Modeling.

ethnobotanyR

Please remember to cite the ethnobotanyR package if you use it in your publications. Use citation("ethnobotanyR") to get a citation for the latest version.

To cite package 'ethnobotanyR' in publications use:

  Whitney C (2026). _ethnobotanyR: Ethnobotanical Analysis,
  Decision-Framing, and TEK Modeling_. R package version 0.2.0,
  <https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=ethnobotanyR>.

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @Manual{,
    title = {ethnobotanyR: Ethnobotanical Analysis, Decision-Framing, and TEK Modeling},
    author = {Cory Whitney},
    year = {2026},
    note = {R package version 0.2.0},
    url = {https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=ethnobotanyR},
  }

The goal of ethnobotanyR is to provide an easy-to-use platform for ethnobotanists to work with quantitative ethnobotany assessments. It closely follows Tardio and Pardo-de-Santayana (2008) and Whitney et al. (2018).

Users of ethnobotanyR may find it useful to read the background papers and books on ethnobotany theory. In particular Albuquerque et al. (2019) offer helpful guidance to understanding theoretical approaches in ethnobotany and developing meaningful research questions.

Installation

Install the released version of ethnobotanyR from CRAN with install.packages("ethnobotanyR").

Install the working version of ethnobotanyR from GitHub with devtools::install_github("CWWhitney/ethnobotanyR").

References

Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino, Patricia Muniz de Medeiros, Washington Soares Ferreira Junior, Taline Cristina da Silva, Rafael Ricardo Vasconcelos da Silva, and Thiago Goncalves-Souza. 2019. Social-Ecological Theory of Maximization: Basic Concepts and Two Initial Models. Biological Theory. doi.org/10.1007/s13752-019-00316-8.

Tardio, J., and M. Pardo-de-Santayana, 2008. Cultural Importance Indices: A Comparative Analysis Based on the Useful Wild Plants of Southern Cantabria (Northern Spain) 1. Economic Botany, 62(1), 24-39. doi.org/10.1007/s12231-007-9004-5.

Whitney, C. W., Bahati, J., and Gebauer, J. (2018), Ethnobotany and agrobiodiversity; valuation of plants in the homegardens of southwestern Uganda. Ethnobiology Letters, 9(2), 90-100. doi.org/10.14237/ebl.9.2.2018.503.

Whitney C (2022). ethnobotanyR: Calculate Quantitative Ethnobotany Indices. R package version 0.1.9, https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=ethnobotanyR.