Socio-ecological factors shape the distribution of a cultural keystone species in Malaysian Borneo.

ABSTRACT: Biophysical and socio-cultural factors have jointly shaped the distribution of global biodiversity, yet relatively few studies have quantitatively assessed the influence of social and ecological landscapes on wildlife distributions. We sought to determine whether social and ecological covariates shape the distribution of a cultural keystone species, the bearded pig (Sus barbatus). Drawing on a dataset of 295 total camera trap locations and 25,755 trap days across 18 field sites and three years in Sabah and Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, we fitted occupancy models that incorporated socio-cultural covariates and ecological covariates hypothesized to influence bearded pig occupancy. We found that all competitive occupancy models included both socio-cultural and ecological covariates. Moreover, we

SUBMITTER: Kurz DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11332217 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature