Knowledge and perceptions of birds of prey among local inhabitants in Chile: implications for the biological control of rodent pests

ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to understand the level of knowledge and the perceptions of a local population with a high indigenous component (38.5%) towards birds of prey in order to address wildlife conservation strategies. We determined knowledge of birds of prey and biological control of ro...

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Autores principales:	Muñoz-Pedreros,Andrés, Guerrero,Marcela, Möller,Patricia
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción 2018
Materias:	Biological control knowledge Mapuche indigenous perception raptors
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-653820180002001282019-04-02Knowledge and perceptions of birds of prey among local inhabitants in Chile: implications for the biological control of rodent pestsMuñoz-Pedreros,AndrésGuerrero,MarcelaMöller,Patricia Biological control knowledge Mapuche indigenous perception raptors ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to understand the level of knowledge and the perceptions of a local population with a high indigenous component (38.5%) towards birds of prey in order to address wildlife conservation strategies. We determined knowledge of birds of prey and biological control of rodent pests by applying a closed questionnaire; and perceptions of these species by applying a perception survey. Our study subjects were rural and urban residents in southern Chile. The results indicate low levels of knowledge about birds of prey and mainly positive perceptions, despite the presence of superstitions about raptors. These findings show the importance of socio-cultural dimensions and their implications for environmental education - which should be oriented towards changing attitudes to target species and particularly belief systems which determine attitudes. These changes are very important for raptor conservation programmes and reliance on raptors for the biological control of rodent pests.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessFacultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de ConcepciónGayana (Concepción) v.82 n.2 20182018-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-65382018000200128en10.4067/S0717-65382018000200128
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language	English
topic	Biological control knowledge Mapuche indigenous perception raptors
spellingShingle	Biological control knowledge Mapuche indigenous perception raptors Muñoz-Pedreros,Andrés Guerrero,Marcela Möller,Patricia Knowledge and perceptions of birds of prey among local inhabitants in Chile: implications for the biological control of rodent pests
description	ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to understand the level of knowledge and the perceptions of a local population with a high indigenous component (38.5%) towards birds of prey in order to address wildlife conservation strategies. We determined knowledge of birds of prey and biological control of rodent pests by applying a closed questionnaire; and perceptions of these species by applying a perception survey. Our study subjects were rural and urban residents in southern Chile. The results indicate low levels of knowledge about birds of prey and mainly positive perceptions, despite the presence of superstitions about raptors. These findings show the importance of socio-cultural dimensions and their implications for environmental education - which should be oriented towards changing attitudes to target species and particularly belief systems which determine attitudes. These changes are very important for raptor conservation programmes and reliance on raptors for the biological control of rodent pests.
author	Muñoz-Pedreros,Andrés Guerrero,Marcela Möller,Patricia
author_facet	Muñoz-Pedreros,Andrés Guerrero,Marcela Möller,Patricia
author_sort	Muñoz-Pedreros,Andrés
title	Knowledge and perceptions of birds of prey among local inhabitants in Chile: implications for the biological control of rodent pests
title_short	Knowledge and perceptions of birds of prey among local inhabitants in Chile: implications for the biological control of rodent pests
title_full	Knowledge and perceptions of birds of prey among local inhabitants in Chile: implications for the biological control of rodent pests
title_fullStr	Knowledge and perceptions of birds of prey among local inhabitants in Chile: implications for the biological control of rodent pests
title_full_unstemmed	Knowledge and perceptions of birds of prey among local inhabitants in Chile: implications for the biological control of rodent pests
title_sort	knowledge and perceptions of birds of prey among local inhabitants in chile: implications for the biological control of rodent pests
publisher	Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción
publishDate	2018
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Knowledge and perceptions of birds of prey among local inhabitants in Chile: implications for the biological control of rodent pests

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