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Is the knowledge about the wild birds influenced by the socioeconomic conditions of the human populations?

2020; Linguagem: Inglês

10.15451/ec2020-05-9.14-1-19

2238-4782

Surane da Silva Nogueira Santos, Cláudia Sofia Guerreiro Martins, Flávia de Campos Martins,

Species Distribution and Climate Change

The human populations of the Brazilian semiarid region interact strongly with the avifauna throughout the entire occupation of its territory.These interactions were established in a context of adverse edaphoclimatic conditions that limited crop production and socioeconomic welfare, making the uses of birds as food and income frequent excuses to label them as important subsistence resources.It is relevant to know whether such interactions today are still influenced by socioeconomic factors and in what way.Semistructured questionnaires were applied to 105 residents, 45 men and 60 women, in rural communities of Casa Nova, Bahia state.Correlation analysis and regression models were performed to verify how the socioeconomic variables 'gender', 'age', 'education', 'monthly income' and 'residence time' of respondents explain the variation in the number of known species and the acknowledgement of the ecological importance of the birds.There were 840 bird citations, corresponding to 60 species.A correlation between age, income, residence time in the region and the number of species mentioned arouse, but there was no correlation with the acknowledgement of the ecological importance of the species.Men cited significantly more bird species than women.The results also indicate a low level of knowledge about bird species among younger populations.Socioeconomic factors strongly influence people's knowledge of bird species in their region.Exposure to wild birds and experience with it, gender, education and income together influence the knowledge about the diversity of this group.