A comparison of traditional plant knowledge between Daman people and Tibetans in Gyirong River Valley, Tibet, China

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	A comparison of traditional plant knowledge between Daman people and Tibetans in Gyirong River Valley, Tibet, China
	Guo,Chang-An; Ding,Xiaoyong; Hu,Huabin; Zhang,Yu; Bianba,Ciren; Bian,Ba; Wang,Yuhua
	2023
发表期刊	JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY AND ETHNOMEDICINE
ISSN	1746-4269
卷号	19 期号:1 页码:14
摘要	BackgroundBy comparing the differences in plant use between various cultures or regions, we can gain a better understanding of traditional knowledge of plant use among different groups, which may lead to a more objective understanding. Even though the Tibetan and Daman people live in the same ecosystem in Gyirong town, China, their cultural backgrounds and livelihoods differ. Therefore, the objective of this study is to document the traditional knowledge of plant use among the Daman people and compare it with the local Tibetan knowledge of plant use. By doing so, we aim to explore the relationship between plant selection and use and the cultural backgrounds of different groups.MethodsDuring fieldwork, ethnobotanical data were collected using various methods including free listings, key informant interviews, and semi-structured interviews. To quantify the importance of plant species in the Daman people's culture, the culture importance index, informant consensus factor index, and The Index of Agreement on Species consensus (IASc) were used. In addition, we cited previous ethnobotanical survey data from the Tibetan in Gyirong. To more comprehensively compare the differences in plant use between the Daman and Tibetan, this study constructed a knowledge network to compare the knowledge differences between the two groups.ResultsIn this study, traditional knowledge was collected from 32 Daman informants, resulting in a total of 68 species belonging to 39 families mentioned by Daman people and 111 species mentioned by Tibetans. Of these, 58 plants were used by both populations. The plants were classified into 3 categories and 28 subcategories, with 22 identical classes in both groups. The majority of use categories showed a high degree of sharing in both groups, and the Tibetan people had more plant use categories than the Daman people. Five plants with IASc value > 0.5 were identified in both groups: Rhododendron anthopogon D. Don, Artemisia japonica Thunb., Juniperus indica Bertol., Gastrodia elata Blume, and Rheum australe D. Don. The analysis of the knowledge network revealed a 66% overlap between the knowledge of the Daman and the knowledge of the Tibetans. Additionally, the plant knowledge of Tibetan people was found to be richer and more complex than that of the Daman people. However, the Daman people possess 30 unique knowledge items.ConclusionsFrom the perspective of plant use, the history of the Daman people's discrete migration on the border between China and Nepal allows them to retain their own knowledge of plant use. The status quo of joining Chinese nationality and settling in Gyirong town allows them to gradually integrate into the local Tibetan society. In summary, despite living in the same ecosystem and biodiversity background, the plant utilization of the Daman people and Tibetans still shows significant differences, which are due to their different cultural backgrounds and social status.
关键词	Himalayas Ethnobotany Biodiversity hotspots Daman people Traditional knowledge WILD PLANTS
学科领域	Biodiversity & Conservation ; Plant Sciences ; Pharmacology & Pharmacy
DOI	10.1186/s13002-023-00583-7
WOS记录号	WOS:000982680400001
引用统计	被引频次：3[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/74956
专题	中国科学院昆明植物研究所
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Guo,Chang-An,Ding,Xiaoyong,Hu,Huabin,et al. A comparison of traditional plant knowledge between Daman people and Tibetans in Gyirong River Valley, Tibet, China[J]. JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY AND ETHNOMEDICINE,2023,19(1):14.
APA	Guo,Chang-An.,Ding,Xiaoyong.,Hu,Huabin.,Zhang,Yu.,Bianba,Ciren.,...&Wang,Yuhua.(2023).A comparison of traditional plant knowledge between Daman people and Tibetans in Gyirong River Valley, Tibet, China.JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY AND ETHNOMEDICINE,19(1),14.
MLA	Guo,Chang-An,et al."A comparison of traditional plant knowledge between Daman people and Tibetans in Gyirong River Valley, Tibet, China".JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY AND ETHNOMEDICINE 19.1(2023):14.

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