Probing into farmers’ perceptions of a globally endangered ecosystem service provider

Society’s perception of ecosystem services is a key issue in conservation, particularly for endangered species providing services linked to human activities. Misperceptions may lead to wildlife–human conflicts with the risk of disappearance of the species involved. We contrasted farmers’ perceptions...

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Autores: García Alfonso, Marina, Morales-Reyes, Zebensui, Gangoso, Laura, Bouten, Willem, Sánchez Zapata, José Antonio, Serrano, David, Donázar, José Antonio
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Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche
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Palavra-chave:Biodiversity conservation
Canary Islands
Egyptian vultures
GPS tracking
Local ecological knowledge
Social perception
573 - Biología general y teórica
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spelling Probing into farmers’ perceptions of a globally endangered ecosystem service providerGarcía Alfonso, MarinaMorales-Reyes, ZebensuiGangoso, LauraBouten, WillemSánchez Zapata, José AntonioSerrano, DavidDonázar, José AntonioBiodiversity conservationCanary IslandsEgyptian vulturesGPS trackingLocal ecological knowledgeSocial perception573 - Biología general y teóricaSociety’s perception of ecosystem services is a key issue in conservation, particularly for endangered species providing services linked to human activities. Misperceptions may lead to wildlife–human conflicts with the risk of disappearance of the species involved. We contrasted farmers’ perceptions with highly accurate quantitative data of an endangered vulture species, which provide ecosystem services. We combined surveys of 59 farmers with data from 48 GPS-tagged Canarian Egyptian vultures (Neophron percnopterus majorensis endemic to the Spanish Canary Islands) to disentangle factors influencing consistency between farmers’ awareness of vulture occurrence on their properties and vulture behavior. Egyptian vultures were perceived as the main providers of scavenging services and the most beneficial avian scavenger. Consistency between farmers’ perceptions (surveys) and vulture use of their farms (GPS data) was higher in the morning, in older males, and at farms with lower livestock numbers, located near vulture communal roosts, and visited more frequently by vultures. Our results underline the potential influence of modern livestock husbandry in disconnecting people from ecosystems, and how appreciation could be even lower for scarce or threatened ecosystem service providers.Funding was provided by the Direccio´n general de Proteccio ´n de la Naturaleza (Viceconsejerı´a de Medio Ambiente, Gobierno de Canarias)the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and EU/FEDER (projects CGL2012-40013-C02-02 and CGL2015-66966-C2-1-R)the Severo Ochoa Excellence Award from the Ministerio de Economı´a y Competitividad (SEV-2012-0262)ENDESA (Convenio EBD(CSIC)-ENDESA). Z.M.-R and M.G.-A were supported respectively by a pre-doctoral grant (FPU12/00823) and a contract from ‘‘Programa de FPU del Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte’’ (FPU13/05429).Departamentos de la UMH::Biología Aplicada2020202020182020info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdf13application/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11000/6000reponame:REDIUMH. Depósito Digital de la UMHinstname:Universidad Miguel Hernández de ElcheIngléshttps://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-018-1102-3info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dspace.umh.es:11000/60002026-05-27T13:36:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Probing into farmers’ perceptions of a globally endangered ecosystem service provider
title Probing into farmers’ perceptions of a globally endangered ecosystem service provider
spellingShingle Probing into farmers’ perceptions of a globally endangered ecosystem service provider
García Alfonso, Marina
Biodiversity conservation
Canary Islands
Egyptian vultures
GPS tracking
Local ecological knowledge
Social perception
573 - Biología general y teórica
title_short Probing into farmers’ perceptions of a globally endangered ecosystem service provider
title_full Probing into farmers’ perceptions of a globally endangered ecosystem service provider
title_fullStr Probing into farmers’ perceptions of a globally endangered ecosystem service provider
title_full_unstemmed Probing into farmers’ perceptions of a globally endangered ecosystem service provider
title_sort Probing into farmers’ perceptions of a globally endangered ecosystem service provider
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv García Alfonso, Marina
Morales-Reyes, Zebensui
Gangoso, Laura
Bouten, Willem
Sánchez Zapata, José Antonio
Serrano, David
Donázar, José Antonio
author García Alfonso, Marina
author_facet García Alfonso, Marina
Morales-Reyes, Zebensui
Gangoso, Laura
Bouten, Willem
Sánchez Zapata, José Antonio
Serrano, David
Donázar, José Antonio
author_role author
author2 Morales-Reyes, Zebensui
Gangoso, Laura
Bouten, Willem
Sánchez Zapata, José Antonio
Serrano, David
Donázar, José Antonio
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamentos de la UMH::Biología Aplicada
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Biodiversity conservation
Canary Islands
Egyptian vultures
GPS tracking
Local ecological knowledge
Social perception
573 - Biología general y teórica
topic Biodiversity conservation
Canary Islands
Egyptian vultures
GPS tracking
Local ecological knowledge
Social perception
573 - Biología general y teórica
description Society’s perception of ecosystem services is a key issue in conservation, particularly for endangered species providing services linked to human activities. Misperceptions may lead to wildlife–human conflicts with the risk of disappearance of the species involved. We contrasted farmers’ perceptions with highly accurate quantitative data of an endangered vulture species, which provide ecosystem services. We combined surveys of 59 farmers with data from 48 GPS-tagged Canarian Egyptian vultures (Neophron percnopterus majorensis endemic to the Spanish Canary Islands) to disentangle factors influencing consistency between farmers’ awareness of vulture occurrence on their properties and vulture behavior. Egyptian vultures were perceived as the main providers of scavenging services and the most beneficial avian scavenger. Consistency between farmers’ perceptions (surveys) and vulture use of their farms (GPS data) was higher in the morning, in older males, and at farms with lower livestock numbers, located near vulture communal roosts, and visited more frequently by vultures. Our results underline the potential influence of modern livestock husbandry in disconnecting people from ecosystems, and how appreciation could be even lower for scarce or threatened ecosystem service providers.
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