Journal article
How Managing for Chestnut Honey in Turkey Salvages Trees and Lifeways under Increasing Exotic Pest and Disease Pressure
Human ecology : an interdisciplinary journal, Vol.49(2), pp.205-216
04/01/2021
Abstract
We utilize a dataset generated by 17 months of fieldwork, including tree health surveys and ethnobotanical questionnaires, to explore a participant-generated hypothesis that coppiced-tree honey collection is eclipsing nut collection as a strategy for the maintenance of chestnut landscapes in the face of increasingly severe pest and disease pressure. We explore this local hypothesis through quantitative analysis of a combined geographic, physiological, and ethnobotanical dataset. We verify participants' hypothesis and forecast relative success for their projected silvicultural strategy based on outcomes from other contexts. Our findings contribute to emerging consensus in mobility ethnobotany and core flora studies that the increase in importance of plant medicinal value occurs under conditions of rapid change and that valued species enjoy heightened ecological protection in new environments. Further, we highlight the importance of "thinking with" the tension of indigeneity and adaptations required to survive extreme and ubiquitous environmental change, including migration and ecological alteration.
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- Title
- How Managing for Chestnut Honey in Turkey Salvages Trees and Lifeways under Increasing Exotic Pest and Disease Pressure
- Creators
- Taner Okan - Istanbul UniversityCoskun Kose - Istanbul UniversityNesibe Kose - Istanbul University-CerrahpaşaElif Basak Aksoy - Hacettepe UniversityJeffrey Robert Wall - Washington State University, Department of Horticulture
- Publication Details
- Human ecology : an interdisciplinary journal, Vol.49(2), pp.205-216
- Academic Unit
- Department of Horticulture
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 12
- Grant note
- American Research Institute in Turkey Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK); Turkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu (TUBITAK) Turkish Fulbright Commission U.S. Borlaug Fellows in Global Food Security Program; United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
- Identifiers
- 99901299293901842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article