Do artisanal fishers perceive declining migratory shorebird populations

Bibliographic Data

ID4716593
AuthorsLuciano Pires De Andrade (0000-0001-5818-711X, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, corresponding author), Luciano Pires Andrade, Horasa Maria Lima Silva-Andrade (Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco), Rachel Maria Lyra-Neves, Rachel Maria De Lyra Neves (0000-0002-6420-9271, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco), Ulysses Albuquerque (0000-0002-8131-8429, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco), Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque, Wallace Rodrigues Telino Júnior (0000-0002-5570-1993, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco), Wallace Rodrigues Telino-Júnior
Year2016
Volume12
Issue1
Pages16-16
Publication date2016-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1746-4269 • E-ISSN: 1746-4269
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1186/s13002-016-0087-x
PMID26939745
OpenAlexW2290544692
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited72

BackgroundThis paper discusses the results of ethno-ornithological research conducted on the local ecological knowledge (LEK) of artisanal fishers in northeast Brazil between August 2013 and October 2014.MethodsThe present study analyzed the LEK of 240 artisanal fishermen in relation to Nearctic shorebirds and the factors that may be affecting their populations. We examined whether differences occurred according to the gender and age of the local population. The research instruments included semi-structured and check-list interviews.ResultsWe found that greater knowledge of migratory birds and the areas where they occur was retained by the local men compared with the local women. Half of the male respondents stated that the birds are always in the same locations, and most of the respondents believed that changes in certain populations were caused by factors related to habitat disturbance, particularly to increases in housing construction and visitors to the island. The main practices affecting the presence of migratory birds mentioned by the locals were boat traffic and noise from bars and vessels. According to the artisanal fishermen, the population of migratory birds that use the area for foraging and resting has been reduced over time.ConclusionsChanges in the local landscape related to urbanization and tourism are most likely the primary causes underlying the reduced migratory shorebird populations as reported by local inhabitants. Thus, managing and monitoring urbanization and tourism are fundamental to increasing the success of the migration process and improving the conservation of migratory shorebird species

Biodiversity · Biology · Environmental protection · Foraging · Geography · Habitat · Ornithology · Population · Socioeconomics · Tourism · Urbanization · Avian ecology and behavior · Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies · Demography · Marine animal studies overview · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation · Ecology