Differential loss of components of traditional ecological knowledge following a primate extinction event.

ABSTRACT: Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), an important component of the modern conservation toolkit, is being eroded in indigenous communities around the world. However, the dynamics of TEK loss in response to ecosystem change and disruption to social-ecological systems, and patterns of variation in vulnerability and resilience of different components of TEK, remain poorly understood. The Hainan gibbon (Nomascus hainanus), a culturally significant primate, was formerly distributed across Hainan Island, China, but became extinct across most of this range within living memory and is now restricted to a single landscape, Bawangling National Nature Reserve. Gibbon-specific TEK (including folktales, natural history information and methods of gibbon exploitation) is still present in indigenous com

SUBMITTER: Turvey ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6030281 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature