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Guria

Table GU1. Guria Informants

##                     community elevation informant.code gender age
## 1                      Dvabzu       125            175      F  68
## 2                      Dvabzu       125            176      M  56
## 3                        Vani       270            177      M  64
## 4                        Vani       270            178      M  50
## 5                        Vani       270            179      M  75
## 6                        Vani       270            180      M  75
## 7                        Vani       270            181      M  76
## 8                    Metsieti       285            182      M  53
## 9                    Metsieti       285            183      F  45
## 10                   Metsieti       285            184      F  13
## 11                       Zoti       835            185      M  60
## 12                       Zoti       835            186      F  55
## 13                       Zoti       835            187      F  59
## 14                       Zoti       835            188      M  65
## 15                       Zoti       835            189      M  53
## 16 Bakhmaro, Baisrua pastures      2400            190      M  54
## 17 Bakhmaro, Baisrua pastures      2400            191      M  44
## 18 Bakhmaro, Baisrua pastures      2400            192      M  50
## 19 Bakhmaro, Baisrua pastures      2400            193      M  36
## 20 Bakhmaro, Baisrua pastures      2400            194      F  40
## 21 Bakhmaro, Baisrua pastures      2400            195      M  70
## 22                Zemo Surebi       700            196      M  65
## 23                Zemo Surebi       700            197      M  61
## 24                  Pampaleti       255            198      M  72
## 25                  Pampaleti       255            199      M  77
## 26                  Pampaleti       255            200      M  86
## 27                  Vakijvari       323            201      M  75
## 28                   Natanebi       120            202      M  NA
## 29                   Natanebi       120            203      F  NA
## 30                  Pampaleti       255            204      F  65
## 31                  Pampaleti       255            205      F  50
## 32                  Pampaleti       255            206      F  70

Figure GU0. Proportional Euler diagrams of plants and usage shared among superdistricts Rainer: relatively high stress here means that the overlap is doing a poor job of representing the actual similarities. Is there any possibility of joining these communities into districts, as we did before?


Figure GU1. Informants from the Guria region ordered by their distance in plants reported (A,B,C) and in uses reported (D,E,F).


Figure GU2. Informants from the Guria region ordered by their distance in plants reported (A,B,C) and in uses reported (D,E,F). Informants (see Table GU1), are more differentiated by plant species reported (A, informants shown but plant species hidden for visual clarity) than by use reported (D, informants and uses shown). Elevation of informant community significantly fits the ordination in plantspace (B, r\(^2\) = 0.56, p = 0.001) and in usespace (E, r\(^2\) = 0.214, p = 0.041). Community significantly fits the ordination for plantspace only (C, r\(^2\) = 0.435, p = 0.021) while gender significantly fits the ordination for usespace only (F, r\(^2\) = 0.315, p = 0.001).

To sum up: for Guria, geographic differences are more important in defining which plants people report to using, while gender plays an important part in defining HOW they use plants.


Table GU2. Mean informant consensus across use categories among informant communities, with total number of use reports and taxa.

Community N.Use.Categories Total.Use.Reports Total.Taxa ICF.mean ICF.sd
Bakhmaro, Baisrua pastures 9 890 67 0.95 0.04
Dvabzu 6 171 93 0.16 0.22
Metsieti 6 240 66 0.77 0.12
Natanebi 3 76 36 0.71 0.25
Pampaleti 10 786 199 0.73 0.16
Vakijvari 9 121 93 0.10 0.15
Vani 9 372 113 0.54 0.26
Zemo Surebi 9 297 116 0.54 0.09
Zoti 9 340 121 0.70 0.24

Figure GU3. Informant consensus plotted over number of use reports for each Use Category among informant communities.

Racha

Table RA1. Racha Informants

##       community elevation informant.code gender age
## 1   Kveda Tlugi      1129            207      M  71
## 2   Kveda Tlugi      1129            208      M  46
## 3   Kveda Tlugi      1129            209      M  39
## 4   Kveda Tlugi      1129            210      F  70
## 5   Kveda Tlugi      1129            211      M  58
## 6   Kveda Tlugi      1129            212      M  20
## 7  Kveda Shavra       788            213      F  75
## 8   Mravaldzali      2000            214      M  65
## 9   Mravaldzali      2000            215      M  80
## 10         Gebi      1350            216      M  74
## 11         Gebi      1350            217      M  73
## 12         Gona      1680            218      M  60
## 13   Shardometi       776            219      F  80

Figure RA0. Proportional Euler diagrams of plants and usage shared among superdistricts Rainer: Racha also has fairly high stress, possibility of joining communities into districts?


Figure RA1. Informants from the Racha region ordered by their distance in plants reported (A,B,C) and in uses reported (D,E,F).


Figure RA2. Informants from the Racha region ordered by their distance in plants reported (A,B,C) and in uses reported (D,E,F). Informants (see Table RA1), are strongly clustered by community in terms of plant species reported (A). This is not true in use reported (D, informants and uses shown). Presumably becuase of the community effect (C, r\(^2\) = 1, p = 0.001), elevation of informant community also significantly fits the ordination in plantspace (B, r\(^2\) = 0.661, p = 0.012) but not in usespace (E, r\(^2\) = 0.106, p = 0.618). Gender and age were not significant.

To sum up: for Racha, divergent plants reported drive big differences among communities. This is not the case for uses.


Table RA2. Mean informant consensus across use categories among informant communities, with total number of use reports and taxa.

Community N.Use.Categories Total.Use.Reports Total.Taxa ICF.mean ICF.sd
Gebi 6 181 77 0.59 0.05
Gona 6 83 69 0.11 0.12
Kveda Shavra 6 88 83 0.03 0.06
Kveda Tlugi 10 1027 219 0.74 0.28
Mravaldzali 6 67 37 0.34 0.26
Shardometi 7 115 99 0.06 0.10

Figure RA3. Informant consensus plotted over number of use reports for each Use Category among informant communities.

Comparison with previous analysis

Table G1 (at end of document becuase of length)

Figure G1. Proportional Euler diagrams of plants and usage shared among Regions


Figure G2

Figure G2. Informants from all Georgia regions ordered by their distance in plants reported (A,B,C) and in uses reported (D,E,F). Informants, numbered according to Table G1, in plant-space (A) and use-space (D). Elevation of informant community significantly fits the ordination in plantspace (B, r\(^2\) = 0.461, p = 0.001) and in usespace (E, r\(^2\) = 0.072, p = 0.003). Region significantly fits the ordination for both plantspace (C, r\(^2\) = 0.49, p = 0.001) and usespace (F, r\(^2\) = 0.357, p = 0.001).

Note: The variable age is dropped out so that we don’t lose a big chunk of Svaneti-Racha informants (but if we included it, it comes out as non-significant); and the variable gender (not shown) is not significant in plantspace (p = 0.112, r\(^2\) = 0.011) but does come as significant (but only explaining 2% of variation) in usespace (p = 0.01, r\(^2\) = 0.023)

To sum up As expected, Guria is somewhat more divergent in plant and use space, and this could be explained by elevation. In addition, there is some overlap between Svaneti-Rahca (2015) data and the new Racha data.


Figure G3. Ordination fit of different variables by region r\(^2\) values for the two new regions, and for comparison for Svaneti-Racha (2015) and all Georgia are given on the y axis, and each variable on the x axis. I’ve indicated p-value with size.


Cross-region comparison of ICF

Figure G4. Informant Consensus Factor (ICF) is broadly similar across regions

Figure G5. Zooming in just on ICFs above 0.5 (which only cuts off TK and RA Animal Food)


Just Racha-Lechkumi, Racha, and Guria

Table RLG1 (at end of document becuase of length)

##    Informant.name gender elevation region                  community
## 1              95      M       750     RL                  Oqhureshi
## 2              96      F       750     RL                  Oqhureshi
## 3              97      M       700     RL                  Oqhureshi
## 4              98      F       700     RL                  Oqhureshi
## 5              99      F       700     RL                  Oqhureshi
## 6             100      M       700     RL                  Oqhureshi
## 7             101      M      1100     RL                Nakuraleshi
## 8             102      M      1100     RL                Nakuraleshi
## 9             103      M      1100     RL                Nakuraleshi
## 10            104      M      1100     RL                Nakuraleshi
## 11            105      F      1100     RL                Nakuraleshi
## 12            106      F      1100     RL                Nakuraleshi
## 13            107      M      1100     RL                Nakuraleshi
## 14            108      F      1100     RL                Nakuraleshi
## 15            109      M      1100     RL                Nakuraleshi
## 16            110      M      1100     RL                Nakuraleshi
## 17            175      F       125     GU                     Dvabzu
## 18            176      M       125     GU                     Dvabzu
## 19            177      M       270     GU                       Vani
## 20            178      M       270     GU                       Vani
## 21            179      M       270     GU                       Vani
## 22            180      M       270     GU                       Vani
## 23            181      M       270     GU                       Vani
## 24            182      M       285     GU                   Metsieti
## 25            183      F       285     GU                   Metsieti
## 26            184      F       285     GU                   Metsieti
## 27            185      M       835     GU                       Zoti
## 28            186      F       835     GU                       Zoti
## 29            187      F       835     GU                       Zoti
## 30            188      M       835     GU                       Zoti
## 31            189      M       835     GU                       Zoti
## 32            190      M      2400     GU Bakhmaro, Baisrua pastures
## 33            191      M      2400     GU Bakhmaro, Baisrua pastures
## 34            192      M      2400     GU Bakhmaro, Baisrua pastures
## 35            193      M      2400     GU Bakhmaro, Baisrua pastures
## 36            194      F      2400     GU Bakhmaro, Baisrua pastures
## 37            195      M      2400     GU Bakhmaro, Baisrua pastures
## 38            196      M       700     GU                Zemo Surebi
## 39            197      M       700     GU                Zemo Surebi
## 40            198      M       255     GU                  Pampaleti
## 41            199      M       255     GU                  Pampaleti
## 42            200      M       255     GU                  Pampaleti
## 43            201      M       323     GU                  Vakijvari
## 44            202      M       120     GU                   Natanebi
## 45            203      F       120     GU                   Natanebi
## 46            204      F       255     GU                  Pampaleti
## 47            205      F       255     GU                  Pampaleti
## 48            206      F       255     GU                  Pampaleti
## 49            207      M      1129     RA                Kveda Tlugi
## 50            208      M      1129     RA                Kveda Tlugi
## 51            209      M      1129     RA                Kveda Tlugi
## 52            210      F      1129     RA                Kveda Tlugi
## 53            211      M      1129     RA                Kveda Tlugi
## 54            212      M      1129     RA                Kveda Tlugi
## 55            213      F       788     RA               Kveda Shavra
## 56            214      M      2000     RA                Mravaldzali
## 57            215      M      2000     RA                Mravaldzali
## 58            216      M      1350     RA                       Gebi
## 59            217      M      1350     RA                       Gebi
## 60            218      M      1680     RA                       Gona
## 61            219      F       776     RA                 Shardometi

Figure RLG1. Proportional Euler diagrams of plants and usage shared among Regions


Figure RLG2

Figure RLG2. Informants from Racha (RA), Racha-Lechkumi (RL) and Guria (GU) ordered by their distance in plants reported (A,B,C) and in uses reported (D,E,F). Informants, numbered according to Table RLG1, in plant-space (A) and use-space (D). Elevation of informant community significantly fits the ordination in plantspace (B, r\(^2\) = 0.341, p = 0.001) and in usespace (E, r\(^2\) = 0.15, p = 0.013). Region significantly fits the ordination for both plantspace (C, r\(^2\) = 0.545, p = 0.001) and usespace (F, r\(^2\) = 0.293, p = 0.001).

Note: The variable age is dropped out so that we don’t lose several Racha-Lechkumi informants (but if we included it, it comes out as non-significant); and the variable gender (not shown) is not significant in plantspace (p = 0.175, r\(^2\) = 0.029) but does come as significant (but only explaining 8% of variation) in usespace (p = 0.013, r\(^2\) = 0.077)

To sum up Plants and uses reported from Racha-Lechkumi are very similar to one another, in comparison with much more in Guria and Racha. For uses, Guria and Racha acutally have more overlap than Racha and Racha-Lechkumi. This is explained by relatively few use categories (construction, food, medicinal, utensils) reported from Racha Lechkumi (see Figure RLG4), and more from Racha and Guria. Part of this could be do to methodological differences that could be addressed with some data cleaning (eg. Racha and Guria both have a “no use” category that Racha Lechkumi does not), but other differences (especially the existence of animal related categories ‘animal food’ and ‘veterinary’ in Racha and Guria) seem to be real similarities.


Figure RLG3. Ordination fit of different variables by region r\(^2\) values for the three areas are given on the y axis, and each variable on the x axis. I’ve indicated p-value with size.


Cross-region comparison of ICF

Figure RLG4. Informant Consensus Factor (ICF) is broadly similar across regions




Table G1

##       Informant.name gender elevation region                  community
## TK1                1      F      1300     TK                  Barisakho
## TK2                2      M      1800     TK               Aragvispiri 
## TK3                3      M      1800     TK               Aragvispiri 
## TK4                4      M      1800     TK               Aragvispiri 
## TK5                5      M      1350     TK                   Ortskali
## TK6                6      M      1350     TK                   Ortskali
## TK7                7      M      1750     TK                      Atabe
## TK8                8      M      1300     TK                  Barisakho
## TK9                9      M      1300     TK                  Barisakho
## TK10              10      M      1400     TK                    Kobulo 
## TK11              11      M      1300     TK                  Barisakho
## TK12              12      M      1300     TK                  Barisakho
## TK13              13      M      2000     TK                    Roshka 
## TK14              14      M      2000     TK                    Roshka 
## SK15              15      F      1650     SK                  Bakuriani
## SK16              16      F      2200     SK      Tabatskuri (Armenian)
## SK17              17      F      2200     SK      Tabatskuri (Armenian)
## SK18              18      M      2200     SK      Tabatskuri (Armenian)
## SK19              19      F      2200     SK      Tabatskuri (Armenian)
## SK20              20      F      2200     SK      Tabatskuri (Armenian)
## TK21              21      F      1900     TK                      Juhta
## SK22              22      M      1650     SK                  Bakuriani
## TK23              24      F      1450     TK                    Shatili
## TK24              25      M      1900     TK                      Omalo
## TK25              26      M      1900     TK                      Omalo
## TK26              27      F      1900     TK                      Omalo
## TK27              28      M      2335     TK                   Bochorna
## TK28              29      M      2335     TK                   Bochorna
## TK29              30      M      2335     TK                   Bochorna
## TK30              31      M      2335     TK                   Bochorna
## TK31              32      M      1900     TK                      Omalo
## TK32              33      M      1900     TK                    Shenako
## TK33              34      F      1780     TK                     Dartlo
## TK34              35      F      2085     TK                     Girevi
## TK35              36      F      1900     TK                  Jarvoseli
## TK36              37      M      1900     TK                  Jarvoseli
## TK37              38      M      1900     TK                  Jarvoseli
## TK38              39      F      2085     TK               Kvemo Alvani
## TK39              42      M        NA     TK                  Laliskuri
## TK40              43      F        NA     TK                  Laliskuri
## TK41              47      M        NA     TK                   Shtrolta
## SR42              48      M      1660     SR                       Leli
## SR43              49      F      1660     SR                       Leli
## SR44              50      M      1050     SR                   Lahamula
## SR45              51      F      1050     SR                   Lahamula
## SR46              52      F      1050     SR                   Lahamula
## SR47              53      M      1530     SR                 Labsqhaldi
## SR48              54      M      1230     SR                   Tviberi 
## SR49              55      M      1320     SR                 Tskhekvani
## SR50              56      F      1320     SR                 Tskhekvani
## SR51              57      M      1320     SR                 Tskhekvani
## SR52              58      M      1550     SR                    Ebuthi 
## SR53              59      F      1550     SR                    Ebuthi 
## SR54              60      M      1550     SR                    Ebuthi 
## SR55              61      M      1550     SR                    Ebuthi 
## SR56              62      F      1550     SR                    Ebuthi 
## SR57              63      F      1550     SR                    Ebuthi 
## SR58              64      M      1550     SR                    Ebuthi 
## SR59              65      F      1550     SR                    Ebuthi 
## SR60              66      F      1550     SR                    Ebuthi 
## SR61              67      F      1550     SR                    Ebuthi 
## SR62              68      M      1850     SR                    Tzvrimi
## SR63              69      F      1850     SR                    Tzvrimi
## SR64              70      F      1600     SR                  Chvabiani
## SR65              71      M      1600     SR                  Chvabiani
## SR66              72      M      2150     SR                   Zhibiani
## SR67              73      F      2150     SR                   Zhibiani
## SR68              74      M      2150     SR                   Zhibiani
## SR69              75      F      2150     SR                   Zhibiani
## SR70              76      F      2050     SR                  Murqhmeli
## SR71              77      M      2100     SR                   Zhibiani
## SR72              78      F      2100     SR                   Zhibiani
## SR73              79      M      1920     SR                     Zeskho
## SR74              80      F      1920     SR                     Zeskho
## SR75              81      M      1150     SR                  Mananauri
## SR76              82      M      1150     SR                  Mananauri
## SR77              83      M      1150     SR                  Mananauri
## SR78              84      F       850     SR                     Babili
## SR79              85      M       850     SR                     Babili
## SR80              86      M       750     SR                     Babili
## SR81              87      F       750     SR                     Babili
## SR82              88      M       750     SR                     Babili
## SR83              89      M       660     SR                   Khophuri
## SR84              90      F       660     SR                   Khophuri
## SR85              91      M       800     SR                  Gvimbrala
## SR86              92      F       800     SR                  Gvimbrala
## SR87              93      F       800     SR                  Gvimbrala
## SR88              94      F       800     SR                  Gvimbrala
## SR89              95      M       750     SR                  Oqhureshi
## SR90              96      F       750     SR                  Oqhureshi
## SR91              97      M       700     SR                  Oqhureshi
## SR92              98      F       700     SR                  Oqhureshi
## SR93              99      F       700     SR                  Oqhureshi
## SR94             100      M       700     SR                  Oqhureshi
## SR95             101      M      1100     SR                Nakuraleshi
## SR96             102      M      1100     SR                Nakuraleshi
## SR97             103      M      1100     SR                Nakuraleshi
## SR98             104      M      1100     SR                Nakuraleshi
## SR99             105      F      1100     SR                Nakuraleshi
## SR100            106      F      1100     SR                Nakuraleshi
## SR101            107      M      1100     SR                Nakuraleshi
## SR102            108      F      1100     SR                Nakuraleshi
## SR103            109      M      1100     SR                Nakuraleshi
## SR104            110      M      1100     SR                Nakuraleshi
## TK105            111      M      1900     TK                    Shenako
## TK106            112      M      1900     TK                      Omalo
## TK107            113      F      1900     TK                      Diklo
## TK108            114      M      1900     TK                      Omalo
## TK109            115      M      2100     TK                   Gogrulta
## TK110            116      F      2100     TK                   Gogrulta
## TK111            117      F      1780     TK                     Dartlo
## TK112            118      F      1780     TK                     Dartlo
## TK113            119      M      1900     TK                       Dino
## TK114            120      M      1900     TK                       Dino
## TK115            121      M      2000     TK                    Tchesho
## TK116            122      M      2000     TK            Beghelas Tchala
## TK117            123      M      2000     TK            Beghelas Tchala
## TK118            124      F      1900     TK                  Jarvoseli
## TK119            125      F      1900     TK                      Omalo
## TK120            126      F      1300     TK                  Barisakho
## TK121            127      F      1300     TK                  Barisakho
## TK122            128      F      1300     TK                  Barisakho
## TK123            129      M      1300     TK                  Barisakho
## TK124            130      F      1300     TK                  Barisakho
## TK125            131      F      1300     TK                  Barisakho
## TK126            132      F      1300     TK                  Barisakho
## TK127            133      M      1300     TK                  Barisakho
## TK128            134      F      1300     TK                  Barisakho
## TK129            135      M      1780     TK                 Chagsopeli
## TK130            136      F      1780     TK                 Chagsopeli
## TK131            137      F      2000     TK                    Roshka 
## TK132            138      F      1300     TK                  Barisakho
## TK133            139      M      1300     TK                  Barisakho
## TK134            140      F      2000     TK                    Roshka 
## TK135            141      M      2000     TK                    Roshka 
## TK136            142      F      1450     TK                    Shatili
## TK137            143      F      1450     TK                    Shatili
## TK138            144      M      1450     TK                    Shatili
## TK139            145      M      1800     TK                     Ardoti
## SK140            146      F      2200     SK      Tabatskuri (Armenian)
## SK141            147      F      2200     SK      Tabatskuri (Armenian)
## SK142            148      F      2200     SK      Tabatskuri (Armenian)
## SK143            149      M      2200     SK      Tabatskuri (Armenian)
## SK144            150      M      2200     SK      Tabatskuri (Armenian)
## SK145            151      F      2200     SK      Tabatskuri (Armenian)
## SK146            152      M      2200     SK      Tabatskuri (Armenian)
## SK147            153      M      2200     SK      Tabatskuri (Armenian)
## SK148            154      M      2200     SK      Tabatskuri (Armenian)
## SK149            155      M      2200     SK          Moliti (Armenian)
## TK150            156      M      1650     TK                      Omalo
## SK151            157      F      1650     SK                  Bakuriani
## SK152            158      M      1650     SK                  Bakuriani
## SK153            159      M      1650     SK                  Bakuriani
## SK154            160      F      1650     SK                  Bakuriani
## SK155            161      F      1650     SK                  Bakuriani
## SK156            162      M      1050     SK                  Tsaghveri
## SK157            163      F      1150     SK                   Mzetamze
## SK158            164      F      1150     SK                   Mzetamze
## SK159            165      M      1150     SK                   Mzetamze
## SK160            166      M      1150     SK                   Mzetamze
## SK161            167      F      1150     SK                   Mzetamze
## SK162            168      F      1650     SK                  Bakuriani
## SK163            169      F      1650     SK                  Bakuriani
## SK164            170      F      1650     SK                  Bakuriani
## SK165            171      F      1650     SK                  Bakuriani
## SK166            172      F      1650     SK                  Bakuriani
## SK167            173      F      1650     SK                  Bakuriani
## TK168            174      F      1450     TK                    Shatili
## GU169            175      F       125     GU                     Dvabzu
## GU170            176      M       125     GU                     Dvabzu
## GU171            177      M       270     GU                       Vani
## GU172            178      M       270     GU                       Vani
## GU173            179      M       270     GU                       Vani
## GU174            180      M       270     GU                       Vani
## GU175            181      M       270     GU                       Vani
## GU176            182      M       285     GU                   Metsieti
## GU177            183      F       285     GU                   Metsieti
## GU178            184      F       285     GU                   Metsieti
## GU179            185      M       835     GU                       Zoti
## GU180            186      F       835     GU                       Zoti
## GU181            187      F       835     GU                       Zoti
## GU182            188      M       835     GU                       Zoti
## GU183            189      M       835     GU                       Zoti
## GU184            190      M      2400     GU Bakhmaro, Baisrua pastures
## GU185            191      M      2400     GU Bakhmaro, Baisrua pastures
## GU186            192      M      2400     GU Bakhmaro, Baisrua pastures
## GU187            193      M      2400     GU Bakhmaro, Baisrua pastures
## GU188            194      F      2400     GU Bakhmaro, Baisrua pastures
## GU189            195      M      2400     GU Bakhmaro, Baisrua pastures
## GU190            196      M       700     GU                Zemo Surebi
## GU191            197      M       700     GU                Zemo Surebi
## GU192            198      M       255     GU                  Pampaleti
## GU193            199      M       255     GU                  Pampaleti
## GU194            200      M       255     GU                  Pampaleti
## GU195            201      M       323     GU                  Vakijvari
## GU196            202      M       120     GU                   Natanebi
## GU197            203      F       120     GU                   Natanebi
## GU198            204      F       255     GU                  Pampaleti
## GU199            205      F       255     GU                  Pampaleti
## GU200            206      F       255     GU                  Pampaleti
## RA201            207      M      1129     RA                Kveda Tlugi
## RA202            208      M      1129     RA                Kveda Tlugi
## RA203            209      M      1129     RA                Kveda Tlugi
## RA204            210      F      1129     RA                Kveda Tlugi
## RA205            211      M      1129     RA                Kveda Tlugi
## RA206            212      M      1129     RA                Kveda Tlugi
## RA207            213      F       788     RA               Kveda Shavra
## RA208            214      M      2000     RA                Mravaldzali
## RA209            215      M      2000     RA                Mravaldzali
## RA210            216      M      1350     RA                       Gebi
## RA211            217      M      1350     RA                       Gebi
## RA212            218      M      1680     RA                       Gona
## RA213            219      F       776     RA                 Shardometi