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Manuel Pardo-de-Santayana

Researcher at Autonomous University of Madrid

Publications -  58
Citations -  4019

Manuel Pardo-de-Santayana is an academic researcher from Autonomous University of Madrid. The author has contributed to research in topics: Traditional knowledge & Biodiversity. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 57 publications receiving 3292 citations. Previous affiliations of Manuel Pardo-de-Santayana include Spanish National Research Council & University of London.

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Cultural Importance Indices: A Comparative Analysis Based on the Useful Wild Plants of Southern Cantabria (Northern Spain)1

Javier Tardío, +1 more
- 06 May 2008 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared four indices based on informant consensus to assess the cultural significance of plant species and found a positive and significant correlation between the number of uses (NU) and the frequency of citation (FC) of the species and concluded that the more versatile a plant, the more widespread its usefulness.
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Ethnobotanical review of wild edible plants in Spain

Javier Tardío, +2 more
- 01 Sep 2006 - 
TL;DR: This paper compiles and evaluates the ethnobotanical data currently available on wild plants traditionally used for human consumption in Spain, and highlights the rich traditional knowledge on edible plants that has remained in rural Spain.
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Wild food plant use in 21st century Europe: the disappearance of old traditions and the search for new cuisines involving wild edibles

Lukasz Luczaj, +6 more
- 19 Nov 2012 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an overview of changes in the contemporary use of wild food plants in Europe, mainly using the examples of our home countries: Poland, Italy, Spain, Estonia and Sweden.
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Traditional knowledge of wild edible plants used in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal): a comparative study

Manuel Pardo-de-Santayana, +7 more
- 07 Jun 2007 - 
TL;DR: Social, economic and cultural factors, such as poor communications, fads and direct contact with nature in everyday life should be taken into account in determining why some wild foods and traditional vegetables have been consumed, but others not.
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Valorization of wild strawberry-tree fruits (Arbutus unedo L.) through nutritional assessment and natural production data

Brígida-María Ruiz-Rodríguez, +8 more
- 01 Jun 2011 - 
TL;DR: A wide variability in the nutrient composition of strawberry-tree fruits was found which shows that the analysis of many different samples from different origins and seasons are required to provide average reliable data about the chemical composition of wild fruits.