Publications

Publications below include only those that are "peer-reviewed." Most of these are research products, although some are educational, and a few include results of consulting projects wherein it was acceptable to publish at least some of the results. As a general rule I prefer to publish results in publicly accessible outlets but also understand that when I work for businesses or governments there is need for restricted access to some information.

The majority of the work I have done has resulted in confidential reports, videos, and other products that are the property of consult sponsors. If you are working with one of my prior consulting project sponsors and can forward a release of information then I can send documents as directed. Otherwise, the work that has been completed under confidentiality agreements will remain private.

Documents listed below with an * are available at the bottom of this page in pdf format. Some of the documents on this page are under copyright by publishers and it is necessary to access the work through the publishers web sites.

2018

• McClatchey, W.C. 2018. Traditional and Local Knowledge Systems as Language Legacies Critical for Conservation. Chapter 31 in The Oxford Handbook of Endangered Languages. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K. Edited by K. Rehg and L. Campbell.

2017

• Ehara, H., T. Yamamoto, T.Tsuchiya, H. Naito, J.L. Dowe, W.C. McClatchey, T. Mishima, A. Itaya, C. Mizota, Y.B. Pasolon, P. Ala, M. Tuiwawa, A. Naikatini, I.A. Rounds, T. Foliga, S. Lui & S. Kwan. 2017. Phylogenetic Study of Metroxylon Palms in Southeast Asia and Oceania Based on 5S nrDNA Space Sequence Data. Sago Palm 25(1):

2015

• Tongco, M.D. & W.C. McClatchey. Proximate and carbohydrate analysis of wild yam (Dioscorea divaricata Blanco), a culturally important species to the Magbukún Ayta of Kanawan, Morong, Bataan, Philippines. Food Chemistry
• Savo, V., G. Caneva & W.C. McClatchey. 2015. Plant selection for ethnobotanical uses on the Amalfi Coast (Southern Italy). Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 11:58. DOI:10.1186/s13002-015-0038-y
• McClatchey, W.C. & K.W. Bridges. 2015. Lessons learned in a conservation ethnobiology field school. Chapter in Project-Based Learning and New Approaches in Teaching Botany and Applied Botany. Edited by Valentina Savo, University Tre Roma, Rome.

2014

• Tongco, M.D., W.C. McClatchey, E. Malicsi, M. Quitain, A. Malunic, M. Cayetano, J. Alejo, B. Restum, E. Restum & Magbukun Ayta Community of Kanawan, Morong, Bataan, Philippines. 2014. Traditional ecological knowledge and relationship of Dioscorea divaricata (buloy) to the Magbukún Ayta community of Kanawan, Morong, Bataan, Philippines. AghamTao 23:X-X.
• McClatchey, W.C., D. Reedy, V. Savo, A. Verde & J.F. Rodríguez. 2014. The Long-term Investment Strategy: Orchardists Observing and Reacting to Change. Journal of Ethnobiology 34(3):335-358.
• Brown, A., W.C. McClatchey & K.W. Bridges. 2014. Traditional Botanical Knowledge of the Plain Mennonites: Time, Change, and Knowledge Transitions. Ethnobotany Research & Applications.
• Savo, V., G. Caneva, W. McClatchey, D. Reedy & L. Salvati. 2014. Combining environmental factors and agriculturalists’ observations of environmental changes in the traditional terrace system of the Amalfi Coast (Southern Italy). AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment DOI: 10.1007/s13280-013-0433-3

2013

• Reedy, D., V. Savo & W.C. McClatchey. 2013. Traditional Climatic Knowledge: Orchardists’ perceptions of, and adaptations to, climate change in the Campania region (Southern Italy). Plant Biosystems DOI:10.1080/11263504.2013.793753.
• McClatchey, W.C. & K.W. Bridges. 2013. Curating ethnobotanical photographs. Chapter 14 in Curating Biocultural Collections. Edited by J. Salick and K. Kincher. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, U.K.
• McClatchey, W.C. & K.W. Bridges. 2013. Lessons learned in development of an interdisciplinary science curriculum support organization. Chapter in Innovative Strategies for Teaching in the Plant Sciences. Edited by C.L. Quave. Springer, New York.
• McClatchey, W.C., G.E. Wagner, K Hall & P.D. Harrison. 2013. Editors of Vision and Change for Undergraduate Ethnobiology Education in the U.S.A. Recommended curriculum assessment guidelines. Open Science Network, Botanical Research Institute of Texas Press, Fort Worth.

2012

• McClatchey, W.C. 2012. Wild food plants of Remote Oceania. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 81(4):371-380.
• McClatchey, W. and K.W. Bridges. 2012. Curating ethnobotanical photographs. Chapter 14 in Curating Biocultural Collections. Edited by J. Salick and K. Kincher. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, U.K. (final draft submitted)

2011

• McClatchey, W. 2011. Ethnobiology - Basic methods used to document dynamic relationships between peoples, biota and environments, and ways in which this knowledge is represented in languages. Pp. 281-297 in The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Fieldwork. Edited by Nick Thieberger. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
• Stevens-Releford, J. & W. McClatchey. 2010. Survivor Rongelap: Health issues and use of traditional medicine among women of Rongelap atoll. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 9:287-305.
• Reedy, D., W.C. McClatchey, V. Savo, Y.H. Lau, C. Smith & K.W. Bridges. 2011. Cider house learning; Education based on taste andsmell. Chapter 5 in The Sense of Taste. Edited by E.J. Lunch & A.P. Petrov. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, New York. ISBN: 978-1-61209-748-0.
• Savo, V., S. Bisceglie, G. Caneva, A. Kumbaric, W.C. McClatchey, D. Reedy. "Modern Linnaeus": A class exercise on plant nomenclature and taxonomy in comparison with a previous experiment. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 9:217-233.

2010

• Bauerle, C., A. DePass, D. Lynn, C. O'Conner, S. Singer, M. Whithers, C.A. Anderson, S. Donovan, S. Drew, D. Ebert-May, L. Gross, S. Hopkins, J. Labov, D. Lopatto, W. McClatchey, P. Varma-Nelson, N. Pelaez, M. Poston, K. Tanner, D. Wessner, H. White, W. Wood & D. Wubah. 2010. Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education: A call to action. Edited by C. Brewer & D. Smith. American Association for Advancement of Science, Washington, DC. http://visionandchange.org/files/2011/03/Revised-Vision-and-Change-Final-Report.pdf
• Stevens-Releford, J. & W. McClatchey. 2010. Survivor Rongelap: Health issues and use of traditional medicine among women of Rongelap atoll. Ethnobotany Research and Applications. in press.

• McClatchey, W.C. 2010. Exorcising misleading terms from ethnobotany. Pp. 59-66 in Recent Developments and Case Studies in Ethnobotany. Edited by U.P. Albuquerque & N. Hanazaki. Brazilian Society of Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology (SBEE/Publication Group of Ecology and Applied Ethnobotany (NUPEEA), Ecife, Brazil.

• McClatchey, W.C. 2010. Improving the quality of international ethnobotany research and publications. Pp. 143-152 in Recent Developments and Case Studies in Ethnobotany. Edited by U.P. Albuquerque & N. Hanazaki. Brazilian Society of Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology (SBEE/Publication Group of Ecology and Applied Ethnobotany (NUPEEA), Ecife, Brazil.
• McClatchey, W. & D. Reedy. 2010. A Mouthful of Water: Do cider producers recognize the clean water potential of their products? Pp151-163 in Tradiciones y Transformaciones en Etnobotánica/Traditions and Transformations in Ethnobotany. Edited by Pochettino M.L., A. Ladio y P. Arenas. Edición Cyted (Programa Iberoamericano Ciencia y Técnica para el Desarrollo), San Salvador de Jujuy. ISBN 978-84-96023-95-6

2009

• Amend, A., Z. Fang, C. Yi & W.C. McClatchey. 2009. Local perceptions of Matsutake mushroom management, in NW Yunnan China. Biological Conservation. 143:165-172.

• Bridges, K.W. & W.C. McClatchey. 2009. Living on the margin: Ethnoecological insights from Marshall Islanders at Rongelap atoll. Global Environmental Change 19:140-146.
• Stevens-Releford, J., J. Stevens, K.W. Bridges & W.C. McClatchey. 2009. Flora of Rongelap and Ailinginae atolls, Republic of the Marshall Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 572:1-13.
• McClatchey, W.C., G. Mahady, B.C. Bennett, L. Shiels & V. Savo. 2009. Ethnobotany as a Pharmacological Research Tool and Recent Developments in CNS-active Natural Products from Ethnobotanical Sources. Pharmacology & Therapeutics 123:239-254.
  • Winter, K. & W.C. McClatchey. 2009. The Quantum Co-evolution Unit: An Example of `Awa (Piper methysticum G. Foster) in Hawaiian Culture. Economic Botany 63:331-341.
  • Savo, V., Y.H. Lau, W.C. McClatchey, D. Reedy, A.K. Chock, K.W. Bridges & Z. Ritchey. 2009. "Segues" in Botanica: Una documentazione fotografica. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 7:135-146.
• Savo, V., Y.H. Lau, W.C. McClatchey, D. Reedy, A.K. Chock, K.W. Bridges & Z. Ritchey. 2009. Botany Segue: A photo essay. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 7:123-134.
  • Reedy, D., W.C. McClatchey, C. Smith Y. Han Lau & K.W. Bridges. 2009. A Mouthful of Diversity; Knowledge of Cider apple cultivars in the United Kingdom and NW United States. Economic Botany 63:2-15.
  • Lau, H., W.C. McClatchey, D. Reedy, A.K. Chock, K.W. Bridges & Z. Ritchey. 2009. Are our students taxonomically challenged or not? Ethnobotany Research and Applications 7:29-37.

2008

• McClatchey, W., R. Thaman & S. Juvik. 2008. Ethnobiodiversity Surveys of Human/Ecosystem Relationships. Pp. 159-196 in Biodiversity Assessment of Tropical Island Ecosystems: PABITRA manual for interactive ecology and management. Edited by Dieter Mueller Dombois, Kim W. Bridges, and Curt C. Daehler, B.P. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu.
• Winter, K. & W.C. McClatchey. 2008. Quantifying Evolution of Cultural Interactions with Plants: Implications for Managing Diversity for Resilience in Social-Ecological Systems. Functional Ecosystems & Communities 2 Special Issue 1:1-10.
• Bridges, K.W. & W.C. McClatchey. 2008. Quantum Ethnobotany. Conservation and Society In press.
• McClatchey, W. & K.W. Bridges. 2008. The Importance of Scale in Determination of Human Population Distributions in the Marshall Islands. Pp. 25-37 in Recent Trends in Ethnopharmacology and Ethnobotany. Edited by U.P. Albuquerque. Research Signpost Press, Kerela.

2007

• Prance, G.T., K. Aiona, M.J. Balick, B.C. Bennett, K. Bridges, D.A. Burney, L. Pigott Burney, R.A. Bye, L. Dunn, E. Emshwiller, M. Eubanks, T. Flaster, S. Kauka, D.L. Lentz, E. Linares, D.H. Lorence, W. McClatchey, H. McMillen, M. Merlin, J.S. Miller, D.E. Moerman, A.E. Prance, D. Ragone, J.H. Rashford, P. Raven, P.H. Raven, D. Reedy, J.R. Stepp, N.G. Tavana, R. Thaman, M.B. Thomas, T. Ticktin, T. Urban, P. Van Dyke, W. Wagner, W.A. Whistler, C.R. Wichman Jr., H. Wichman, K. Winter, J. Wiseman, M. Wysong & B. Yamamoto. 2008. Ethnobotany, the Science of survival: A declaration from Kaua’i. 2007. Economic Botany 61:1-2.
• McClatchey, W. 2007. Two Ethnobotanists. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 5:95-96.

2006

• McClatchey, W, Harley I. Manner & Craig R. Elevitch. 2006. 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.
• McClatchey, W. 2006. Improving Quality of International Ethnobotany Research and Publications. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 4:1-9.
• McClatchey, W., M. Sirikolo, L. Kalveke & C. Pitanapi. 2006. Ethnobotany of Canarium (Burseraceae) among the Babatana of Lauru (Choiseul), Solomon Islands. Economic Botany 60(3):212-226.
• Bridges, K.W. & W. McClatchey. 2006. Expecting the Unexpected: Safety Considerations for Ethnobotany Field Research. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 4:41-50.

2005

• McClatchey, W. & L.X. Gollin. 2005. An Ethnobotany Research Training Workshop in Madagascar. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 3:309-327.
• Rakotonandrasana, S.R., L.X. Gollin & W. McClatchey. 2005. Ethnobotanical Research at Analalava, Madagascar: A Photo Essay. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 3:391-403.
• McClatchey, W. & K. Winter. 2005. Publication of Ethnobotanical Research in Local Languages. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 3:279-282.
• McClatchey, W. 2005. Bioprospecting and Ethnobotany Research. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 3:189-190.
• McClatchey, W. 2005. What is Real Community Based Conservation? Ravintsara 3(2):3-4.
• McClatchey, W. 2005. Invention and Re-Invention of Knowledge. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 3:109-111.
• McClatchey, W. 2005. Exorcizing Misleading Terms from Ethnobotany. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 3:1-4.
• Bridges, K. & W. McClatchey. 2005. Complementing PABITRA High-Island Studies by Examining Terrestrial Plant Diversity in Atolls. Pacific Science 59:261-272.
• McClatchey, W. M.Q. Sirikolo, H. Boe, E. Biliki, & F. Votboc. 2005. A Proposal for PABITRA Study Area on Lauru Island, Western Solomon Islands. Pacific Science 59:213-240.

2004

• McClatchey, W, Harley Manner & Craig R. Elevitch. 2004. Metroxylon amicarium, M. paulcoxii, M. sagu, M. salomonense, M. vitiense, and M. warburgii (sago palms). Pp 1-23 in Species Profiles for Pacific Island Agroforestry. November 2004. www.traditionaltree.org Permanent Agricultural Resources, Honolulu, Hawai‘i.
• McClatchey, W., R. Thaman & S. Juvik. 2004. Ethnobiodiversity Surveys of Human/Ecosystem Relationships. Pp. 159-196 in Biodiversity Assessment of Tropical Island Ecosystems. Edited by Dieter Mueller Dombois, Kim Bridges, and Curt Daehler, University of Hawaii, Honolulu.
• McClatchey, W. 2004. Ethnopharmacology and Study of Medicinal Plants in the Pacific Islands. Hawaii Medical Journal 63:159-161.
• McClatchey, W. 2004. Techniques for Collection of Plants Specimens and Associated Records. In PABITRA Research Protocol Manual edited by Dieter Mueller Dombois, Kim Bridges, and Curt Daehler, University of Hawaii, Honolulu.
• McClatchey, W. 2004. Cultural Interactions with Palms in the Tropical Pacific Region. Palms & Cycads 85:26-30.

2003

• Salick, J., J. Alcorn, E. Anderson, C. Asa, W. Balee, M. Balick, S. Beckerman, B. Bennett, J. Caballero, G. Camilo, A.B. Cunningham, E. Elisabetsky, L. Emperaire, G. Estabrook, G. Fritz, L. Gross, E. Hunn, T. Johns, E. Luoga, G. Martin, W. McClatchey, J. Miller, P. Minnis, D. Moerman, M. Paletti, D. Pearsall, C. Ramirez-Sosa, J. Rashford, B. Schaal, D. Spooner, J. Stepp, M. Thomas, T. Ticktin, N. Turner, J. Xu. 2003. Intellectual Imperatives in Ethnobiology NSF Biocomplexity Workshop Report. Missouri Botanical Gardens, St. Louis.
• McClatchey, W. & M. Thomas. 2003. Why Launch a New Journal? Ethnobotany Research and Applications 1:1-3.
• McClatchey, W. 2003. Diversity of Growth Forms and Uses in the Morinda citrifolia L. Complex. Pp. 5-10 in Proceedings of the 2002 Hawai‘i Noni Conference. Edited by Scot C. Nelson, University of Hawai‘i College of Tropical Agriculture, Honolulu.

2002

• McClatchey, W. 2002. Biogeographical Observation of Metroxylon Section Coelococcus. Pp. 119-126 in New Frontiers of Sago Palm Studies Proceedings of the International Symposium on SAGO (SAGO 2001) A New Bridge Linking South and North, Frontiers in Science Series No. 37 Edited by K. Kainuma, M. Okazaki, Y. Toyoda, & John E. Cecil. Universal Academy Press, Inc. Tokyo.
• McClatchey, W. 2002. From Polynesian Healers to Health Food Stores: Changing Ethnopharmacology of Morinda citrifolia. Journal of Integrative Cancer Therapy. 1(2): 110-120.

2001

• McClatchey, W. & V. McClatchey. 2001. One-way bridges: Ethical dilemmas faced by Polynesian healers who share their knowledge. In Building Bridges with Traditional Knowledge: An Exploration of Issues Involving Indigenous peoples, Conservation, Development and Ethnoscience. Edited by A. Paul and C. Peters. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY.
• McClatchey, W. & J. Stevens. 2001. An Overview of Recent Developments in Bioprospecting and Pharmaceutical Development. Pp 17-45 in Development of Plant-Based Medicines: Conservation, Efficacy and Safety Edited by Praveen K. Saxena, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrcht, The Netherlands.
• McClatchey, 2001. W. Legal “Fireworks”: A Botanical Celebration. The Kukui Leaf 28(3):1-2.

2000

• McClatchey, W. 2000. The History of Bananas and Plantains. Pp 175-180 in The Cambridge World History of Food Vol. I edited by K.F. Kiple & K.C. Ornelas,. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
• b) McClatchey W., J. Mozena, M. Sirikolo, J. Stevens, M. Wysong, & P. Lincoln. 2000. Editors of Ririo - English Dictionary with Babatana equivalents, ethnobiological terminologies, and scientific names by Harry Truman Boe, Edison Biliki, Edwin Kaboke, Martin Love, Ester Nalatüti, Isaiah Poloso, Monica Qilazuka, Jonathan Takubala, & Frederick Vot’boc. University of New South Wales, Sydney.
• McClatchey, W., R. Thaman, & S. Vodonaivalu. 2000. A Preliminary Checklist of the Flora of Rotuma with Rotuman Names. Pacific Science 54:345-363.
• McClatchey, W. & J. Stevens. 2000. How a Seacology Project is Born: Tales from the Solomon Islands. Seacology Fall 2000.

1999

• Mueller-Dombois, D., R.R. Thaman, J.O. Juvik, W.C. McClatchey & K. Kitayama. 1999. The Pacific-Asia Biodiversity Transect (PABITRA): A new conservation biology initiative. Pp. 13-20 in Biodiversity and allelopathy: From organisms to ecosystems in the Pacific. Edited by C.-H. Chou, G.R. Waller & C. Reinhardt. Academia Sinica, Taipei.
• McClatchey, W., A. Paul, T. Flaster & V. McClatchey. 1999. An Evaluation of Educational Trends in Economic Botany. Centre for International Ethnomedicinal Education and Research: Ethnobotany Educational Publication Series 1:1-21
• McClatchey, W. 1999. Introductory Ethnobotany. Kendall-Hunt Publishing, Dubuque, Iowa, 98 pp.
• McClatchey, W. 1999. Introductory Ethnobotany Laboratory Manual. Kendall-Hunt Publishing, Dubuque, Iowa, 86 pp.
• McClatchey, W. 1999. In the classroom: suggested elements of economic and ethnobotany courses and programs of study. Society for Economic Botany Newsletter 13:5-7.
• McClatchey, W., M. Q. Sirikolo, H. Boe, M. Biliki, E. Biliki & F. Votboc. 1999. A Proposed Pacific-Asia Biodiversity Transect (PABITRA) Terrestrial Research Site on Lauru in the Western Solomon Islands. Web published on the PABITRA web site, University of Hawaii, Department of Botany.

1998

• McClatchey, W. 1998. Phylogenetic Analysis of Morphological Characters of Metroxylon Section Coelococcus (Palmae) and Resulting Implications for Studies of Other Calamoideae Genera. Pp. 285-306 in Evolution, Variation, and Classification of Palms. Edited by Andrew Henderson. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden.
• McClatchey, Will. 1998. A New Species of the Genus Metroxylon (Arecaceae) from Western Samoa. Novon 8:252-258.

1996

• McClatchey, W. 1996. The Ethnopharmacopoeia of Rotuma. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 50:147-156.
• McClatchey, W. 1996. A revision of the genus Metroxylon section Coelococcus (Arecaceae). Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
• N'Yeurt, A.D.R., W. McClatchey, & H. Schmidt. 1996. A Bibliography of the Island of Rotuma. South Pacific Marine Studies Technical Publication, Suva, Fiji.

1993

• McClatchey, W. 1993. The Traditional Medicinal System and Ethnopharmacopoeia of Rotuma. Masters Thesis. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
• McClatchey, W. 1993. Traditional use of Curcuma longa (Zingiberaceae) in Rotuma. Economic Botany 47:291-296.

1992

• McClatchey, W & Paul A. Cox. 1992. Use of the Sago Palm Metroxylon warburgii in the Polynesian Island, Rotuma. Economic Botany 46:305-309.
• Nagle, D.G., W. McClatchey & W.H. Gerwick. 1992. New Glycosphingolipids from the Marine Sponge, Halichondria panicea. Journal of Natural Products 55:1013-1017.