Alignment of ordinal and quantitative species abundance and size indices for the detection of shifting baseline syndrome.

ABSTRACT: Loss of knowledge about historical environmental conditions and species' abundances threatens how new generations potentially perceive their environment and take action. The intergenerational shift in perceptions of environmental thresholds is a phenomenon frequently termed shifting baseline syndrome (SBS). The goals of this study were (1) to determine relationships between ordinal scores (e.g., few, many) and quantitative measures (e.g., estimates of population size) used by members of a Māori community in New Zealand to score indicators for understanding the abundance of forest resources, and (2) to then analyze these relationships according to people's age to detect the effects of SBS and the rate that this shift was occurring for each indicator. We detected consistent relationships bet

SUBMITTER: Lyver PO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8244062 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature