Dissertation Research: Ethnoecology of Sabal uresana (Arecaceae) in Sonora, Mexico

在过去的十年里，生物和文化多样性已经成为公认的术语。鉴于人们对两者的丧失日益感到关切，再加上对许多物种和传统文化缺乏基本知识，将两者联系起来的方法可能为了解生态和文化进程提供有价值的见解。传统的资源管理是没有受过西方科学知识训练的土著和当地（农村）人民为维持生计和商业用途而使用和管理自然资源。传统的资源管理与现代生态方法相结合，如果证明是有效的，可能为未来管理由于文化和经济的变化而变得稀少的野生植物资源提供最好的办法。民族生态学是一个相对较新的研究领域，它是研究基本生态过程和为保护目的更迅速地评估它们的潜在有力工具。由于许多涉及的物种在科学上所知甚少，因此必须开发可用于快速评估基本生态信息（分布、种群特征、生长等）和对人类操纵的反应的方法。要取得成功，就必须采用生态学和人类学的技术，包括基础的和应用的、描述性的和实验性的。这两个领域的方法的综合是新颖的。本研究评估了墨西哥索诺拉一种特有棕榈的传统资源管理。在世界范围内，棕榈树是人类最重要的植物家族之一，尤其是在热带地区。Sabal uresana是墨西哥西北部六种棕榈树中最有价值和分布最广的一种，是一种重要的非木材资源（用于编织和茅草的叶子），被认为是过度开发的，在墨西哥被列为“稀有”。基本结果将包括：描述一种特有的沙漠棕榈的种群动态，幼棕榈对新叶收获的反应，以及对一种重要的野生采集植物物种的利用和管理的民族志研究。最重要的是，这项研究将产生一种民族生态学综合，将立即应用于野生收集植物的保护和农村发展，并将解决有关发展传统资源管理的基本问题。在过去的十年里，生物多样性和文化多样性已经成为公认的术语。考虑到增长​F Z Z （Times New Roman Symbol & Arial）“我想要的是一个小组总结博士论文伊丽莎白m贝伦斯伊丽莎白m贝伦斯

9311035 Pinkava Biological and cultural diversity have become commonly recognized terms over the past decade. Given the growing concern about loss of both, and coupled with the lack of basic knowledge for many species and traditional cultures, approaches which link the two may provide valuable insight into ecological and cultural processes. Traditional resource management is the use and management of natural resources for subsistence and commercial use by indigenous and local (rural) people not trained in Western scientific knowledge. If proven effective, traditional resource management, combined with modern ecological methods, may offer the best approach to the future management of wild plant resources made scarce by changing cultures and economics. Ethnoecology is a relatively new field of study which is a potentially powerful tool for studying basic ecological processes and for more rapidly assessing them for conservation purposes. Because many of the species involved are poorly known scientifically, methods must be developed which can be used to quickly assess basic ecological information (distribution, population traits, growths, etc.) and response to human manipulation. To be successful, ecological and anthropological techniques, both basic and applied, descriptive and experimental, must be employed. It is the synthesis of methodologies from the two fields that is novel. This study assesses traditional resource management of an endemic palm in Sonora, Mexico. Worldwide, palms are one of the most important plant families for humans, especially in the tropics. Sabal uresana is the most valuable a nd widespread of six palms native in northwest Mexico, an important non-timber resource (leaves used for weaving and thatching), is thought to be over-exploited, and has been listed as "rare" in Mexico. %%% Basic results will include: a description of the population dynamics of an endemic desert palm, the response of juvenile palms to the harvest of emerging leaves, and an ethnographic study of the use and management of an important wild-collected plant species. Most importantly, this study will produce an ethnoecological synthesis that will have immediate application to the conservation of wild-collected plants and for rural development, and will address basic questions about the development of traditional resource management. *** n o p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~ 9311035 Pinkava Biological and cultural diversity have become commonly recognized terms over the past decade. Given the gro F Z Z ( Times New Roman Symbol & Arial " h t et e O panel summary doctoral dissertation Elizabeth M. Behrens Elizabeth M. Behrens