An evaluation of agrobiodiversity in home gardens of two ecogeographically different areas in Gachsaran, southwestern Iran.
An evaluation of agrobiodiversity in home gardens of two ecogeographically different areas in Gachsaran, southwestern Iran.
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伊朗西南部加奇萨兰两个生态地理不同地区的家庭花园农业生物多样性评估。
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2013
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H. Veisi
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F. H. Schadegan;K. Khoshbakht;A. M. Damghani;H. Veisi
ABSTRACT Homegardens are an important consideration in terms of biodiversity and yet their significance is often unrecognized. This study compared home gardens in two different ecologies to evaluate crop species diversity. Evaluations were made by questionnaires and inspections of home gardens in two different ecological areas; the mountainous Khamin protected area and the Bavi hilly-plain area. Results showed unsatisfactory species diversity in home gardens: from a total of 192 observed home gardens, the highest mean species richness (12.84) was in a village on the hilly - plains ecological area and the least (1.71) was in a village in the mountainous Khamin area. Villages in the mountainous ecology were less developed. None of the three predefined categories (divisions) demonstrated any specific trend, in the division of vegetable and summer crops and there was little difference between the villages. However in the division of fruit trees and shrubs, villages in the hilly-plain ecology showed significantly more diversity and this division was the first component of home gardens, however, it was less remarkable in the mountainous ecological area (Shannon – Weiner diversity index for this group was up to 1.5 in all villages on the hilly-plain compared to an evaluation of less than 1 in all villages in the mountainous ecology). The division of other homegarden crops showed that total species richness was low especially in the mountainous area ecology and inventories on the Shannon – Weiner index showed the maximum score of 0.73 from one of the villages as 97 crop species relating to 51 families. Only 33 crop species were found in the mountainous Khamin ecology and evaluation by the Sorenson similarity index indicated low ecological similarities between the two ecological areas with the score of 0.49