Local abundances of terrestrial mammal and bird species around indigenous villages in Suriname

TY - JOUR

T1 - Local abundances of terrestrial mammal and bird species around indigenous villages in Suriname

AU - van Kuijk, Marijke

AU - De Jager, Monique

AU - Van Oosterhout, Martin

AU - De Laender, Leen

AU - Parahoe, Minu

N1 - 7433, AnE

PY - 2022

Y1 - 2022

N2 - Hunting is an important threat to tropical wildlife, yet many people are dependent on forest fauna for protein provisioning. We analyzed abundances of terrestrial mammal and bird species around four indigenous villages in the south of Suriname, using camera trap data and the Royle–Nichols abundance model. We hypothesized that hunting pressure increases with decreasing distance to a village and with increasing village size (expressed as cropland area). We detected 24 animal species in all villages combined, including several rare species. For 11 of the 24 species, we were able to examine if and how distance to a village and village size related to local abundances and found a positive effect of distance to village on local abundances in five species, and a negative effect of village size in one species. Because villages, and thus hunting, affect local abundances of terrestrial bird and mammal species in our study, we recommend monitoring forest fauna in areas where people are highly dependent on animals for food provisioning.

AB - Hunting is an important threat to tropical wildlife, yet many people are dependent on forest fauna for protein provisioning. We analyzed abundances of terrestrial mammal and bird species around four indigenous villages in the south of Suriname, using camera trap data and the Royle–Nichols abundance model. We hypothesized that hunting pressure increases with decreasing distance to a village and with increasing village size (expressed as cropland area). We detected 24 animal species in all villages combined, including several rare species. For 11 of the 24 species, we were able to examine if and how distance to a village and village size related to local abundances and found a positive effect of distance to village on local abundances in five species, and a negative effect of village size in one species. Because villages, and thus hunting, affect local abundances of terrestrial bird and mammal species in our study, we recommend monitoring forest fauna in areas where people are highly dependent on animals for food provisioning.

KW - camera trapping

KW - detection rates

KW - food security

KW - indigenous people

KW - subsistence hunting

U2 - 10.1111/csp2.12699

DO - 10.1111/csp2.12699

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85128404968

SN - 2578-4854

VL - 4

JO - Conservation Science and Practice

JF - Conservation Science and Practice

IS - 6

M1 - e12699

ER -