INVESTIGADORES
TORRES Laura Maria Del Rosario
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Familiarity with animals: the inhabitants of Ñacuñán Biosphere Reserve
Autor/es:
MORENO, CAROLINA; CAMPOS, CLAUDIA; TORRES, LAURA
Lugar:
Belém do Pará
Reunión:
Congreso; XVI Congreso Internacional de Etnobiología y XII Simposio Brasilero de Etnobiología y Etnoecología.; 2017
Institución organizadora:
Sociedad Latinoamericana de Etnobiología
Resumen:
Among the species that constitute a place?s biodiversity, some are outstanding for its inhabitants for diverse reasons, such as uses, perceptions and frequency of sightings in the areas that local people live in. Thus, the link between people and fauna materializes, and can start being studied by analyzing familiarity with the animals present in the environment. The goal of this study is showing preliminary data on the familiarity with local fauna of the people inhabiting the Ñacuñán Biosphere Reserve. We conducted structured free-list interviews and constructed significance indices (Free List Saliency Index -S-) per species, a tool that includes both the frequency and order of mention in which species are listed, with values between 1 and 0 (highest or lowest familiarity). This data is supplemented with species lists built from camera trap records and from literature sources. The preliminary results of ten interviews yielded a total list of over 100 species. Local people have high familiarity with three animals (S=[0.9,0.6]): Patagonian mara (Dolichotis patagonum), armadillo (denomination assigned to three species Zaedyus pichiy, Chaetophractusvillosus and C. vellerosus) and puma (Puma concolor). Besides, people have intermediate familiarity (S=[0.5,0.3]) with turtle (Chelonoidischilensis), southern mountain cavy (Microcavia australis and Galea musteloides), plains vizcacha (Lagostomus maximus), golden-billed saltator (Saltator aurantiirostris) and mockingbird (Mimus sp.). The S index varied between (0.3, 0.1] in animals such as: Patagonian lancehead (Bothrops ammodytoides), cow (Bostaurus), horse (Equus f.caballus), birdeater spider (Grammostola sp.), monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus), among others. In turn, we detected species not recorded either in photographs or ethnobiologically, Pecari tajacu and Herpailurus yagouaroundi.