McCarter, Joe http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3429-4276
Cullman, Georgina
Betley, Erin
Albert, Simon
Albert, Joelle
Holland, Piokera
Horning, Ned
Jupiter, Stacy D.
Taqu, Miri
Woltz, Hara
Sterling, Eleanor J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Science Foundation (EF-1427091, 1444184.)
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Jaffe Family Foundation
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (13-105118-000-INP)
Tiffany and Co. Foundation
Article History
Accepted: 1 June 2023
First Online: 5 July 2023
Declarations
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: All work followed strict ethical guidelines based on the International Society of Ethnobiology’s Code of Ethics (ISE, CitationRef removed), and was approved by the AMNH Institutional Review Board (FWA00006768). The ethics procedure included a continuous process of securing free, prior, and informed consent from participants.
: Consent at each of the sites was based on discussion of the short-, medium-, and long-term benefits of the project, which included assistance with planning and adaptation, relevant research work such as documentation of valued plants, and the direct financial benefits from team accommodation and meals. All assistants contributing significant time to project activities (defined as > 3 h) were compensated for their time at the rates set by the SICCP.
: The authors declare they have no conflict of interest.