宗教寺是中国人主导的景观中老树的长期避难所
Li Huang1, Lijuan Tian2, Linlin Huang3
1State Key Laboratory for Vegetation Structure, Function and Construction (VegLab) and School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University, 650091 Kunming, China; State Key Laboratory for Vegetation Structure, Function and Construction (VegLab), Institute of Ecology, and College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, 100871 Beijing, China.
Current biology : CB
|June 5, 2025
概括
像佛教和道教这样的中国古代宗教保护了老树. 宗教遗址作为重要的避难所,保护临灭绝的物种,传播文化重要树木远远超出它们的原生范围.
科学领域:
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 文化人类学 文化人类学
- 保护生物学 保护生物学
背景情况:
- 老树具有重要的生物和文化价值.
- 了解人类文化在人类主导的景观中保护老树的作用是有限的.
- 中国的佛教和道教与特定的树种有着深厚的文化和精神联系.
研究的目的:
- 调查佛教和道教文化在中国人类主导的景观中保护老树的作用.
- 检查宗教文化是如何促进特定树种的传播的.
- 评估宗教场所对老树的持续性和生物多样性保护的贡献.
主要方法:
- 编制了来自中国各地5,125座佛教和1,420座道教寺的46,966棵老树的数据库.
- 分析了宗教场所内外的树木密度,年龄和物种分布.
- 对比佛教物种与非佛教物种的分布范围.
主要成果:
- 寺中的老树密度是外面的数千倍,平均年龄更大.
- 寺保存了来自61种危物种的5989棵老树,其中8种只在寺中发现.
- 佛教树种的分布明显超过了非佛教树种的分布,有些被引入远远超出了它们的自然范围.
结论:
- 从历史上看,中国的宗教场所一直是老树的重要避难所,包括危物种.
- 佛教和道教文化在保护和散播受欢迎的树种方面发挥了重要作用.
- 这项研究强调了宗教,文化和自然保护在保护古老树木方面的交叉关系.
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