DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.02.030
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84907429285
论文题名: Use and cultivation of plants that yield products other than timber from South Asian tropical forests, and their potential in forest restoration
作者: Ashton M.S. ; Gunatilleke I.A.U.N. ; Gunatilleke C.V.S. ; Tennakoon K.U. ; Ashton P.S.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2014
卷: 329 起始页码: 360
结束页码: 374
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Deciduous
; Evergreen
; India
; Mixed dipterocarp
; Sri Lanka
; Western Ghats
Scopus关键词: Economics
; Reforestation
; Restoration
; Timber
; Deciduous
; Dipterocarps
; Evergreen
; India
; Sri Lanka
; Western ghats
; Conservation
; autecology
; cultivation
; deciduous forest
; economic analysis
; nontimber forest product
; reforestation
; restoration ecology
; silviculture
; tropical forest
; India
; South Asia
; Sri Lanka
英文摘要: Rural communities have traditionally valued forests for a diversity of products and services, with timber serving a minor role. No-where has this diversity been greater than in tropical South Asia, and in particular south India and Sri Lanka. As economies advance towards full development and populations become increasingly urbanized, forests become increasingly valued for their services. National development generally occurs at differing rates in different regions, with rural forest dependent communities falling behind and pockets of poverty long remaining. The demand for 'non-timber forest products' (NTFPs) therefore changes from subsistence to monetary based values. Overall, though, forests have suffered an unprecedented decline with development in the tropics, especially in Asia. This necessitates restoration which takes account of the enrichment of economy, wellbeing and culture which forest products provide. Methods for such restoration, and the fundamental principles upon which these must rest, are presented for species yielding NTFP's. In this paper we first review the history of NTFP species use within south India and Sri Lanka. Second we provide a description of the broad regional characterizations of the forest formations within this region in relation to their affiliated patterns of NTFP use and exploitation. We consider seven guilds as a way to categorize NTFP's into autecological groups for application in restoration silviculture, and use it as a framework to suggest restoration protocols for South Asian forests. We use examples of scenarios based on experimental studies of NTFP's in reforestation trials which take account of different social values and land tenures. We conclude with a call for further research. © 2014 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/65820
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作者单位: School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, United States; Department of Botany, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; Environmental and Life Sciences Program, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Darussalam; Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, United States
Recommended Citation:
Ashton M.S.,Gunatilleke I.A.U.N.,Gunatilleke C.V.S.,et al. Use and cultivation of plants that yield products other than timber from South Asian tropical forests, and their potential in forest restoration[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2014-01-01,329