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标题：Knowledge of the Yucatec Maya in seasonal tropical forest management: the forage plants
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作者：José Salvador Flores ; Francisco Bautista
期刊名称：Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad
印刷版ISSN：1870-3453
出版年度：2012
卷号：83
期号：2
出版社：Instituto de Biología
摘要：Indigenous knowledge and the millenary experience in management of natural vegetation on karstic landscapes are important aspects that should be considered in animal production in seasonal tropical environments. The aim of the present work was to make an inventory of native plants associated to soilscapes from seasonal tropical forests from the Yucatán Peninsula that are used as forage by Mayan people. The work was carried out in 27 Mayan communities on karst landscapes in the Yucatán Peninsula as a part of the “Ethnoflora Yucatanense” project of the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán. Samples were taken of forage plants together with corresponding floristic and ethnobotanical information. Data were processed in EXCEL dynamic tables, grouped by plant family, geoforms and soils, life form and animal consumers. Results indicate that Mayan communities use 196 plant species as forage: 139 herbaceous, 17 shrubs, 35 trees and 2 palms. These plants are fed to cows, pigs, horses, lambs, turkeys, chickens, ducks and pigeons. The use of native forage plants may be an agricultural option both for rural communities and for intensive animal production on silvopastoral systems on karstic tropical landscapes from the Yucatán Peninsula.
关键词：forage trees;Maya culture;animal production;edible plants;legumes;tropical karst