Choyero identified plants and animals.

Between 2014 and 2016 in a first wave of research among Choyero household, two authors (SJM & JJG) asked ranchers to free-list what plants and animals they associated with Giganta spring ecosystems. This free-list task initially identified a set of locally salient plants (161) and animals (124) – mostly associated with the wilderness or campo. To this set of 161 freelisted plants, we added fifteen additional plants pertaining to house gardens (jardin) and agricultural fields (huerta). Following the free-list task, the researchers linked emic plant and animal concepts to nomenclature of the Linnean classification system (i.e. Family genus and species) and to locally appropriate nomenclature used for species identification. This taxonomic identification work was accomplished with the assistance of a focus group of ranchers, botanical and faunal field guides and later botanical experts from the Red Butte Garden at the University of Utah.

2014至2016年，在针对乔耶罗（Choyero）族群家庭开展的首轮研究中，两位作者（SJM与JJG）邀请牧场主自由列出其与吉甘塔泉（Giganta spring）生态系统相关的动植物类群。本次自由列表任务初步识别出161种当地受关注的植物与124种动物，这些类群多与荒野或放牧牧场（campo）相关。我们在这161种经自由列出的植物之外，补充了15种与家庭菜园（jardin）及农田（huerta）相关的植物。完成自由列表任务后，研究人员将本土动植物概念对应至林奈分类系统（Linnean classification system，即科、属、种层级的命名体系）的命名规则，以及当地用于物种识别的通用命名法。本次分类学鉴定工作依托牧场主焦点小组、动植物野外图鉴完成，后续还得到了犹他大学雷德伯特植物园（Red Butte Garden）植物学专家的支持。