Cultural keystone species without boundaries: a case study on wild woody plants of transhumant people around the georgia-turkey border (Western Lesser Caucasus)

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dc.contributor.authorKazancı, Ceren
dc.contributor.authorOruç, Soner
dc.contributor.authorMosulishvil, Marine
dc.contributor.authorWall, Jeffrey
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-17T11:14:59Z
dc.date.available2022-01-17T11:14:59Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentAÇÜ, Orman Fakültesi, Orman Mühendisliği Bölümüen_US
dc.description.abstractUnderstanding plant significance across cultures and borders is a driving goal in ethnobotany. Often, empirical studies aim to highlight and explain variation in plant knowledge and uses between communities across national, geographic, and cultural boundaries. However, such studies underinvestigate commonality of values and practices between communities. In this cross-border study of highland pastoral communities in both Caucasian Georgia and Turkey, we propose and implement an approach that synthesizes Cultural Importance (CI) and Identified Cultural Importance (ICI) indices. We label this method a “Unified Cultural Keystone Species (UCKS)” approach. We demonstrate that such an approach is uniquely capable of perceiving shared Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and practices across cultures and borders. Our results identify three primary Cultural Keystone Species (CKS) that cut across cultural and political boundaries in the Western Lesser Caucasus. We argue that these findings allow for a more comprehensive understanding of ethnobotanical knowledge and practices in the study area. This, in turn, can enhance conservation and restoration strategies in the study region and beyond by highlighting the breadth of biocultural knowledge and value held within shared traditions and landscapes. By so doing, we show a way to heighten scientific perceptions of the importance of cultural and linguistic connections to environmental well-being in specific places.
dc.identifier.citationKazancı, C., Oruç, S., Mosulishvili, M., & Wall, J. (2021). Cultural Keystone Species without Boundaries: A Case Study on Wild Woody Plants of Transhumant People around the Georgia-Turkey Border (Western Lesser Caucasus). Journal of Ethnobiology, 41(4), 447-464.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.2993/0278-0771-41.4.447
dc.identifier.endpage464en_US
dc.identifier.issue4en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage447en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11494/3697
dc.identifier.volume41en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.institutionauthorOruç, Soner
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSociety of Ethnobiologyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Ethnobiology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectBiocultural conservationen_US
dc.subjectBorder ethnobotanyen_US
dc.subjectCultural keystone speciesen_US
dc.subjectPastoralismen_US
dc.subjectThe Caucasusen_US
dc.titleCultural keystone species without boundaries: a case study on wild woody plants of transhumant people around the georgia-turkey border (Western Lesser Caucasus)en_US
dc.typeArticle

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