人类聚居地的古树:分布格局、驱动因素与保护实践

古树是人类聚居地最具标志性的生物体,具有极其重要的社会文化和生态价值。由于人类活动和气候变化的影响,全球范围内的古树正面临衰退。如何保护人类聚居地的古树及其社会文化和生态价值是科学家和林业管理者需要共同思考的问题。尽管目前在世界范围内有一定数量的古树研究论文发表,但仍然缺乏对人类聚居地古树研究现状和观点的总结。我们从古树的社会文化和生态价值、分布格局和驱动因素、保护的文化根源和保护实践,以及古树保护面临的挑战等方面对目前人类聚居地古树的研究现状和观点进行了综述。希望能够对未来古树的研究提供一定的思考和启发,并为古树的可持续保护提供建议和参考。

Large old trees in human settlements: distribution patterns, drivers and conservation practices

Large old trees are recognized as keystone ecological entities in human dominated landscapes, often bestowing high socio-cultural and ecological values. Large old trees are in decline globally mainly due to negative anthropogenic factors and climate change. The conservation of large old trees and their socio-cultural and ecological values have attracted the attention of scientists and forestry practitioners. Although there were a certain number of research papers fucusing on large old trees have been published around the world, a comprehensive summary of the research status and viewpoints about large old trees in human settlements is still limited. In this review, we summarized the current research status and viewpoints of large old trees in hunan settlements in the aspects of their socio-cultural and ecological values, distribution patterns and drivers, cultural imperatives of protection and management practices, and the challenges for large old trees preservation. We hope that this review will provide some inspiration for the future studies, and provide valuable references for the sustainable protection of large old trees.