Table 2.

Informants and knowledge about TABs in Alta Valle del Reno

Informants	Number		Ls		Ls/Ts		Lu		Lu/Tu
	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M
Total	42	21	3.40 ± 2.70	2.59 ± 1.33	0.15	0.07	4.0 ± 3.69	2.63 ± 1.36	0.22	0.10
Age class
40-60	4	1	6.25 ± 4.27	3.00 ± 0.00	0.17	0.16	6.50 ± 4.40	3.00 ± 0.00	0.17	0.14
61-80	25	14	3.44 ± 2.95	2.71 ± 1.26	0.17	0.07	4.04 ± 4.00	2.79 ± 1.31	0.31	0.10
>80	13	6	2.84 ± 1.99	2.50 ± 1.64	0.11	0.06	2.92 ± 1.93	2.50 ± 1.64	0.09	0.09
Education level
Primary school	27	9	3.04 ± 2.74	2.89 ± 1.54	0.14	0.08	3.30 ± 3.65	2.89 ± 1.54	0.19	0.11
Middle school	9	6	4.55 ± 3.50	2.83 ± 1.33	0.14	0.09	5.11 ± 3.89	2.83 ± 1.33	0.24	0.12
High school	2	4	7.00 ± 2.83	2.25 ± 0.96	0.29	0.05	9.00 ± 1.41	2.50 ± 1.29	0.66	0.07
University degree	4	2	2.75 ± 1.26	2.00 ± 1.41	0.15	0.03	3.00 ± 1.63	2.00 ± 1.41	0.20	0.05

F = female; M = male; Ls = mean number of TAB species cited by each informant; L_u = mean number of TAB uses (citations) referred by each informant; L_s/T_s = number of species used for TAB/total number of species cited for any ethnobotanical use by each informant; L_u/T_u = number of TAB uses/total number of any ethnobotanical use cited by each informant