Faculty Details

Will McClatchey

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Educational Background

B.S., Anthropology, Oregon State University, 1989
B.S, Pharmacy, Oregon State University, 1989
M.S., Botany, Brigham Young University, 1993
Ph.D., Evolutionary Biology, University of Florida, 1996 


Research / Teaching / Specializations

Conservation ethnobiology, ethnobotanical patterns of cultural adaptations to plant environments, Southeast Asian biogeography and cultural history, Austronesian linguistics

 

Courses Taught

BOT 447 Mekong Ethnobotany and Conservation

 

Recent Publications

McClatchey, W. Two Ethnobotanists. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 5:95-96., 2007

McClatchey, W, Harley I. Manner & Craig R. Elevitch. Metroxylon amicarium, M. paulcoxii, M. sagu, M. salomonense, M. vitiense, and M. warburgii (sago palms). Pp 491-512 in Traditional Trees of Pacific Islands: their culture, environment, and use. Edited by C.R. Elevitch.

Permanent Agricultural Resources, Holualoa, Hawai'i, 2006

McClatchey, W. Improving Quality of International Ethnobotany Research and Publications. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 4:1-9, 2006

McClatchey, W., Myknee Sirikolo, Lazarus Kalveke, and Carefree Pitanapi. Ethnobotany of Canarium (Burseraceae) among the Babatana of Lauru (Choiseul), Solomon Islands. Economic Botany 60(3):212-226, 2006

Bridges, K.W. and W. McClatchey. Expecting the Unexpected: Safety Considerations for Ethnobotany Field Research. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 4:41-50, 2006