Abstract

Se presenta una cuantificación y una comparación de los valores de uso de árboles en dos
áreas contrastantes del occidente de la Amazonia colombiana y se discute la aplicabilidad y
la utilidad de los métodos disponibles en etnobotánica cuantitativa y se proponen nuevas
modificaciones para mejorar los métodos en etnobotánica cuantitativa. Se concluye que el
Valor de Uso se ve limitado para expresar la realidad de la utilización de las especies y el
grado de importancia que tienen para las diferentes comunidades, así como para priorizar
especies o áreas para conservación. Por consiguiente, se sugieren algunas estandarizaciones
y adaptaciones metodológicas. A quantification and comparison among Use Values of trees
in western Colombian Amazonia is presented. Applicability and usefulness of available
methods for Use Value quantification are discussed. We concluded that Use Value is
limited in the expression of real species usefulness and their importance for communities,
and also is of limited usefulness as a tool to prioritize species or areas for conservation and
some standardization and adaptation of this method is suggested.

Journal Information
Caldasia, continuously published since 1940 by the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales,
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Bogotá, Colombia), is a peer-reviewed, open-access
journal that publishes both online and in the traditional printed format high quality articles
in diverse areas of tropical biology and conservation. Most contributions published by
Caldasia are comprehensive studies from northern South America, one of the most
biologically diverse, yet poorly known, areas in the world. Caldasia publishes two issues
per year that are distributed in more than 200 academic institutions and universities around
the world. Articles are published in English or Spanish, and are reviewed by at least three
international scientists before acceptance. Members of the Editorial and Scientific
Committees of Caldasia consist of outstanding researchers from countries around the world
including Argentina, Denmark, France, Germany, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Spain, USA,
and Venezuela.   The name of the journal is a patronymic honoring Francisco José de
Caldas (1768–1816), the first Colombian naturalist who devoted his life to Science as well
as to support the independence of the country from the Spanish rule.  

Publisher Information
Caldasia is published by the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias,
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Bogotá, Colombia). The Instituto de Ciencias
Naturales is the main biodiversity research center of Colombia and hosts the largest
biodiversity collections of the country, including the National Herbarium of Colombia. 

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