Abstract
Efforts have been taken to understand the criteria for selecting plants for various purposes. However, regarding fuelwood use, there is still disagreement in the literature concerning the processes that drive their use. As a result, wood quality and its availability in the environment have alternated in studies as the main determinants in terms of predictive power. The main goal of this study was to understand the influence of these factors on the behavior of fuelwood gatherers. For this purpose, perceptions of the fuel quality and its availability in the environment were accessed, as well as the availability measured by ecological tools. The study was conducted in a rural community in the Northeast of Brazil, and it was found that a small range of five native species is considered more important locally. We found that biological, as well as ecological aspects influence the use of fuelwood.
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