Uses of Invasive Alien Plant Species in Rema-Kalenga Wildlife Sanctuary of Bangladesh

作     者：Md.Parvez Rana Fahima Akhter 

作者机构：Department of Forestry and Environmental ScienceShahjalal University of Science and Technology Department of Accounting and Information SystemUniversity of Chittagong 

出 版 物：《Journal of Mountain Science》 (山地科学学报（英文）)

年 卷 期：2010年第7卷第4期

页      面：380-385页

核心收录：

学科分类：0709[理学-地质学] 0819[工学-矿业工程] 0907[农学-林学] 09[农学] 0303[法学-社会学] 090705[农学-野生动植物保护与利用] 0818[工学-地质资源与地质工程] 0708[理学-地球物理学] 0705[理学-地理学] 0815[工学-水利工程] 0903[农学-农业资源与环境] 0816[工学-测绘科学与技术] 0706[理学-大气科学] 0813[工学-建筑学] 0704[理学-天文学] 0833[工学-城乡规划学] 0713[理学-生态学] 0834[工学-风景园林学（可授工学、农学学位）] 

主　　题：Invasive alien species Biodiversity Livelihoods Rema-Kalenga Wildlife sanctuary Bangladesh 

摘      要：An exploratory survey was conducted on the uses and role of invasive alien species(IAS) to local livelihoods in the Rema-Kalenga Wildlife Sanctuary in the northeastern hilly region of *** was sampled in 50 quadrates,each 10 m×10 m,and 25 line transects,each 50 m×20 m,through a combination of random and systematic *** discussions were also arranged with fifty local inhabitants(17 % of the total inhabitants) to learn the various uses of IAS.A total of 17 alien plant species belonging to 10 different families,of which Leguminosae constitutes the highest number(5 species),include tree(53%) followed by herb(12%),shrub(12%) and others(weed,climber and palm).The majority of the identified species were found to be used for fuel,followed by timber production,medicinal or curative uses,fodder,and many *** addition to providing various forest products,alien tree species planted in forest plantation help provide many vital ecosystem services such as soil amelioration through nitrogen *** is true that the alien species have some negative impacts on local ecosystems,and not all of them are ***,a national programme must be initiated to distinguish the harmful from the harmless species and to identify the uses and impacts of the former and latter.