Cargando…
Hiding in the dark: Local ecological knowledge about slow loris in Sarawak sheds light on relationships between human populations and wild animals
Local ecological knowledge (LEK) increases understanding of certain species and the threats they face, especially little-studied taxa for which data on distribution and conservation are often lacking. We conducted 111 semi-structured interviews in Sarawak, Malaysia, to collect local knowledge about...
Autores principales: | , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Springer US
2017
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5698378/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29213178 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10745-017-9954-x |
_version_ | 1783280750106247168 |
---|---|
author | Miard, Priscillia Nekaris, K. A. I. Ramlee, Hatta |
author_facet | Miard, Priscillia Nekaris, K. A. I. Ramlee, Hatta |
author_sort | Miard, Priscillia |
collection | PubMed |
description | Local ecological knowledge (LEK) increases understanding of certain species and the threats they face, especially little-studied taxa for which data on distribution and conservation are often lacking. We conducted 111 semi-structured interviews in Sarawak, Malaysia, to collect local knowledge about the behavior and distribution of the Philippine slow loris (Nycticebus menagensis) from two ethnic groups, the Iban and the Penan. Our study revealed that male Penan respondents, generally hunters, who frequently go into the forest were better at identifying animals from pictures. Overall, the Penan have a more detailed knowledge of slow loris behaviors, habitat, and distribution than the Iban. The two ethnic groups have different attitudes towards slow loris as the Penan hunt, eat, or keep them as pets while the Iban consider them sacred and signifiers of good luck. We advocate the use of LEK for providing complementary information to scientific methods in the study of cryptic animals. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-5698378 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2017 |
publisher | Springer US |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-56983782017-12-04 Hiding in the dark: Local ecological knowledge about slow loris in Sarawak sheds light on relationships between human populations and wild animals Miard, Priscillia Nekaris, K. A. I. Ramlee, Hatta Hum Ecol Interdiscip J Article Local ecological knowledge (LEK) increases understanding of certain species and the threats they face, especially little-studied taxa for which data on distribution and conservation are often lacking. We conducted 111 semi-structured interviews in Sarawak, Malaysia, to collect local knowledge about the behavior and distribution of the Philippine slow loris (Nycticebus menagensis) from two ethnic groups, the Iban and the Penan. Our study revealed that male Penan respondents, generally hunters, who frequently go into the forest were better at identifying animals from pictures. Overall, the Penan have a more detailed knowledge of slow loris behaviors, habitat, and distribution than the Iban. The two ethnic groups have different attitudes towards slow loris as the Penan hunt, eat, or keep them as pets while the Iban consider them sacred and signifiers of good luck. We advocate the use of LEK for providing complementary information to scientific methods in the study of cryptic animals. Springer US 2017-11-07 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5698378/ /pubmed/29213178 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10745-017-9954-x Text en © The Author(s) 2017 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
spellingShingle | Article Miard, Priscillia Nekaris, K. A. I. Ramlee, Hatta Hiding in the dark: Local ecological knowledge about slow loris in Sarawak sheds light on relationships between human populations and wild animals |
title | Hiding in the dark: Local ecological knowledge about slow loris in Sarawak sheds light on relationships between human populations and wild animals |
title_full | Hiding in the dark: Local ecological knowledge about slow loris in Sarawak sheds light on relationships between human populations and wild animals |
title_fullStr | Hiding in the dark: Local ecological knowledge about slow loris in Sarawak sheds light on relationships between human populations and wild animals |
title_full_unstemmed | Hiding in the dark: Local ecological knowledge about slow loris in Sarawak sheds light on relationships between human populations and wild animals |
title_short | Hiding in the dark: Local ecological knowledge about slow loris in Sarawak sheds light on relationships between human populations and wild animals |
title_sort | hiding in the dark: local ecological knowledge about slow loris in sarawak sheds light on relationships between human populations and wild animals |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5698378/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29213178 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10745-017-9954-x |
work_keys_str_mv | AT miardpriscillia hidinginthedarklocalecologicalknowledgeaboutslowlorisinsarawakshedslightonrelationshipsbetweenhumanpopulationsandwildanimals AT nekariskai hidinginthedarklocalecologicalknowledgeaboutslowlorisinsarawakshedslightonrelationshipsbetweenhumanpopulationsandwildanimals AT ramleehatta hidinginthedarklocalecologicalknowledgeaboutslowlorisinsarawakshedslightonrelationshipsbetweenhumanpopulationsandwildanimals |