Economic plant resources of Lal Suhanra national park of bahawalpur, pakistan: anthropogenic factors and conservation strategies
作者单位:Yunnan Key Laboratory for Integrative Conservation of Plant Species with Extremely Small PopulationsKunming Institute of BotanyChinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East AsiaKunming Institute of BotanyChinese Academy of Sciences University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Cholistan Institute of Desert StudiesTheIslamia University of Bahawalpur University College of AgricultureUniversity of Sargodha Department of ForestryRang & Wildlife ManagementTheIslamia University of Bahawalpur
会议名称:《中国植物学会第十六次全国会员代表大会暨85周年学术年会》
会议日期:2018年
学科分类:0907[农学-林学] 090705[农学-野生动植物保护与利用] 09[农学]
关 键 词:National park plant diversity economic value anthropogenic factors conservation
摘 要:The Lal Suhanra National Park(LSNP) with its 65790.36 hectares surface area is located on southeastern part of the Punjab Province of *** distinguished by its unique topography and habitat heterogeneity,is comprised of three different ecosystems namely irrigated forest plantation,desert area/dry land and Pati Sir Lake(Pond area).Due to high diversity of wildlife,microhabitats and natural vegetation,picnic spots and fishing in the pond area,in 1972 it was designated as Biosphere Reserve Protected *** vegetation is threatened by expanding agriculture,deforestation and climate *** presented an ethnobotanical inventory among local communities and discuss the effects of vegetation change on the availability of useful *** organized expeditions to explore the whole area and collected plant *** used semi-structured,in-depth interviews to gather the ethnobotanical information about plant *** LSNP flora consists of 212 species belonging to 162 genera and 50 *** was the leading family that contributed 43 grasses,followed by Fabaceae(16 spp.),Asteraceae(15 spp.),Chenopodiaceae(10 spp.).We encountered 126 useful plants,Poaceae was the most species-rich family in economic value,followed by Asteraceae,Chenopodiaceae,and *** studies revealed that the inhabitants are very well familiar with diversity of the medicinal plant and now the use of these diversified medicinal plants has been extended even to the national *** has become a common treatment for their ailments on the one hand and also serves the purpose of their everyday requirement of food,fodder,shelter,fuel wood and *** was observed that the local people were least concerned about the conservation status of these natural resources and exploit them ruthlessly even sometimes to the level of their ***,the study area is facing a severe threat of anthropogenic interference that is entirely destructive for the endemic plant spec