Cultural keystone species revisited: are we asking the right questions?

The cultural keystone species theory predicts plant species that are culturally important, play a role in resource acquisition, fulfil a psycho-socio-cultural function within a given culture, have high use-value, have an associated naming and terminology in a native language, and a high level of species irreplaceability qualify for cultural keystone species designation. This theory was proposed as a framework for understanding relationships between human societies and species that are integral to their culture.  A greater understanding of the dynamic roles of cultural keystones in both ecosystem processes and cultural societies is a foundation for facilitating biocultural conservation.  Given such important direct conservation implications of the cultural keystone species theory, we reviewed the use of this theoretical framework across the literature to identify new directions for research. Most studies often emphasized the role of cultural keystones species in human societies but faile...文化关键物种理论（cultural keystone species theory）指出，在特定文化中满足以下全部条件的植物物种可被认定为文化关键物种：具有重要的文化价值、参与资源获取活动、在所属文化中发挥心理-社会-文化功能、具备较高使用价值、在本土语言中拥有专属命名与术语体系，且物种不可替代性较强。该理论被提出作为理解人类社会与其文化不可或缺的物种之间关系的分析框架。深化对文化关键物种在生态系统过程与人类文化社会中动态作用的认知，是推动生物文化保护（biocultural conservation）的重要基础。鉴于文化关键物种理论对保护工作具有重要的直接指导意义，我们对该理论框架在各类学术文献中的应用情况进行了综述，以期明确未来的研究方向。多数研究往往侧重强调文化关键物种在人类社会中的作用，但未能……