DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.10.012
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84869881938
论文题名: Assessing traditional knowledge on forest uses to understand forest ecosystem dynamics
作者: Bürgi M. ; Gimmi U. ; Stuber M.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2013
卷: 289 起始页码: 115
结束页码: 122
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Anthropogenic disturbances
; Forest history
; Forest uses
; Non-timber forest products
; Switzerland
; Traditional forest-related knowledge (TFRK)
Scopus关键词: Anthropogenic disturbance
; Forest history
; Forest use
; Non-timber forest products
; Switzerland
; Traditional forest-related knowledge (TFRK)
; Dynamics
; Ecosystems
; History
; Forestry
; anthropogenic effect
; ecosystem dynamics
; forest ecosystem
; forest resource
; human activity
; nontimber forest product
; questionnaire survey
; resource use
; traditional knowledge
; Ecosystems
; Forest Products
; Forestry
; History
; Switzerland
; Alps
; Switzerland
英文摘要: Forest ecosystems worldwide are heavily influenced by human activities. Information on these human activities are key for understanding ecosystem dynamics, especially as some of these human activities have long-term consequences, i.e. legacy effects. We assessed the diversity of forest uses across the Swiss Alps and the respective traditional forest-related knowledge (TFRK) by conducting 56 oral history interviews in five regions. As TFRK tends to be underrepresented in written records, oral history proves to be a very valuable approach. We classified the information gathered in 61 specific forest use practices, characterized by activity, product and use, in order to gain a comprehensive picture of the regional variability but also cross-regional ubiquity of certain forest uses. Based on these results we are able to name the ecologically most relevant forest uses which were most likely, or potentially occurring in Central European forests. We suggest a simple, systematic historical assessment of these relevant forest uses to be applied in all studies on forest ecosystems. This procedure will enable scientists to better evaluate to what degree human activities had an impact on forest ecosystem dynamics in their study area. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.
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资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/66842
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作者单位: WSL Swiss Federal Research Institute, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland; Institute of History, University of Bern, Zähringerstrasse 25, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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Bürgi M.,Gimmi U.,Stuber M.. Assessing traditional knowledge on forest uses to understand forest ecosystem dynamics[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2013-01-01,289