Hernández Maqueda, Rafael http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2417-2694
Paste, Sandra
Chango, María del Consuelo
Serrano, Bianca F. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1094-3021
del Moral, Fernando http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8323-0850
Funding for this research was provided by:
Agencia Andaluza de Cooperación Internacional (Project 2016DEC003)
Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi (Project PI-FCES_CAREN_2017)
Asociación Universitaria Iberoamericana de Postgrado
Article History
Accepted: 25 May 2022
First Online: 14 June 2022
Declarations
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: As indicated in the methodology section, the surveys were designed following the ethical considerations suggested by the International Codes, the Society of Ethnobiology, and the Ecuadorian State's legislation. The collection of specimens was carried out with the authorization no. 04-19-IC-FLO-FLO-DPAC/MA of the Ministry of Environment (MAE) of Ecuador.
: All persons who provided information for this work were duly informed and signed the respective consent form to develop the research.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.