Benefits of Biotic Pollination for Non-Timber Forest Products and Cultivated Plants
Benefits of Biotic Pollination for Non-Timber Forest Products and Cultivated Plants
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生物授粉对非木材林产品和栽培植物的好处
DOI：
10.4103/0972-4923.64732
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发表时间：
2009
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S. Potts
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S. Rehel;Anita Varghese;N. Bradbear;P. Davidar;Stuart P. M. Roberts;Pratim Roy;S. Potts
生物多样性为社会提供多种商品和服务，对支持地球仪的生计至关重要。许多土著人民依靠非木材森林产品和农作物生产一系列商品，包括食品、药品、纤维和建筑材料。然而，这些产品对生物授粉服务的依赖性知之甚少。我们利用印度生物和文化多样性的Nilgiri生物圈保护区，对213种植物的NTFP和农作物产品的类型进行了分析，并评估了它们对动物授粉的依赖程度。我们发现，80%的物种在繁殖过程中受益于动物授粉，62%的作物产品和40%的非木材粮食产品在生产过程中受益于生物授粉。此外，我们确定了可能的授粉类群记录负责生产这些产品，主要是蜜蜂和其他昆虫。与引进植物的产品（61%）相比，土著植物产品（39%）受益于生物授粉的比例较低。我们的结论是，传粉者在这一地区的人们的生计发挥着重要作用。
Biodiversity supplies multiple goods and services to society and is critical for the support of livelihoods across the globe. Many indigenous people depend upon non-timber forest products (NTFP) and crops for a range of goods including food, medicine, fibre and construction materials. However, the dependency of these products on biotic pollination services is poorly understood. We used the biologically and culturally diverse Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve in India to characterise the types of NTFP and crop products of 213 plant species and asses their degree of dependency on animal pollination. We found that 80 per cent of all species benefited from animal pollination in their reproduction, and that 62 per cent of crop products and 40 per cent of NTFP benefited from biotic pollination in their production. Further we identified the likely pollinating taxa documented as responsible for the production of these products, mainly bees and other insects. A lower proportion of indigenous plant products (39 per cent) benefited from biotic pollination than products from introduced plants (61 per cent). We conclude that pollinators play an important role in the livelihoods of people in this region.