The value of local ecological knowledge to guide tree species selection in tropical dry forest restoration
Forest restoration projects involving active planting should prioritize species that are useful to local communities, while also considering species' threat status and resistance to local stress factors, but scientific knowledge on these criteria is scarce, especially in understudied tropical ecosys...
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| author | Fremout, Tobias Gutiérrez Miranda, Claudia Elena Briers, Siebe Marcelo Peña, José Luis Cueva Ortiz, Eduardo Giovanni Linares-Palomino, Reynaldo La Torre-Cuadros, María de los Ángeles Chang-Ruíz, Janette Cristina Villegas Gómez, Tania Libertad Acosta-Flota, Arantza Helen Plouvier, Dominiek Atkinson, Rachel Charcape-Ravelo, Manuel Aguirre-Mendoza, Zhofre Muys, Bart Thomas, Evert |
| author_browse | Aguirre-Mendoza, Zhofre Atkinson, Rachel Briers, Siebe Chang-Ruíz, Janette Cristina Charcape-Ravelo, Manuel Cueva Ortiz, Eduardo Giovanni Fremout, Tobias Gutiérrez Miranda, Claudia Elena La Torre-Cuadros, María de los Ángeles Libertad Acosta-Flota, Arantza Helen Linares-Palomino, Reynaldo Marcelo Peña, José Luis Muys, Bart Plouvier, Dominiek Thomas, Evert Villegas Gómez, Tania |
| author_facet | Fremout, Tobias Gutiérrez Miranda, Claudia Elena Briers, Siebe Marcelo Peña, José Luis Cueva Ortiz, Eduardo Giovanni Linares-Palomino, Reynaldo La Torre-Cuadros, María de los Ángeles Chang-Ruíz, Janette Cristina Villegas Gómez, Tania Libertad Acosta-Flota, Arantza Helen Plouvier, Dominiek Atkinson, Rachel Charcape-Ravelo, Manuel Aguirre-Mendoza, Zhofre Muys, Bart Thomas, Evert |
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| description | Forest restoration projects involving active planting should prioritize species that are useful to local communities, while also considering species' threat status and resistance to local stress factors, but scientific knowledge on these criteria is scarce, especially in understudied tropical ecosystems. We hypothesized that local ecological knowledge can help to fill this gap. Through interviews with 47 local experts and 197 randomly selected households in 8 rural communities of the tropical dry forests of northwestern Peru and southern Ecuador, we identified the species perceived as most useful, most threatened, and most resistant to local stress factors. To better understand the studied local ecological knowledge, we also explored the following research questions and their implications for species selection decisions: (1) How does species' potential usefulness compare to their active use? (2) How does species' perceived threat status relate to their usefulness? (3) Does local knowledge on species' resistance to local stress factors corroborate scientific knowledge? We found large differences between the potential and active use of species and illustrate how data on both can yield useful insights. Furthermore, we found that species' perceived threat status was mainly linked to their usefulness for construction wood, and that the vast majority of local perceptions on species' threat status and stress resistance coincided with scientific knowledge. Our findings illustrate the large potential of local ecological knowledge for improving species selection strategies and thereby increasing the success of forest restoration efforts worldwide. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1111182025-11-11T19:02:09Z The value of local ecological knowledge to guide tree species selection in tropical dry forest restoration Fremout, Tobias Gutiérrez Miranda, Claudia Elena Briers, Siebe Marcelo Peña, José Luis Cueva Ortiz, Eduardo Giovanni Linares-Palomino, Reynaldo La Torre-Cuadros, María de los Ángeles Chang-Ruíz, Janette Cristina Villegas Gómez, Tania Libertad Acosta-Flota, Arantza Helen Plouvier, Dominiek Atkinson, Rachel Charcape-Ravelo, Manuel Aguirre-Mendoza, Zhofre Muys, Bart Thomas, Evert restoration tropical forests stress ecosystem services choice of species restauración bosque tropical estres Forest restoration projects involving active planting should prioritize species that are useful to local communities, while also considering species' threat status and resistance to local stress factors, but scientific knowledge on these criteria is scarce, especially in understudied tropical ecosystems. We hypothesized that local ecological knowledge can help to fill this gap. Through interviews with 47 local experts and 197 randomly selected households in 8 rural communities of the tropical dry forests of northwestern Peru and southern Ecuador, we identified the species perceived as most useful, most threatened, and most resistant to local stress factors. To better understand the studied local ecological knowledge, we also explored the following research questions and their implications for species selection decisions: (1) How does species' potential usefulness compare to their active use? (2) How does species' perceived threat status relate to their usefulness? (3) Does local knowledge on species' resistance to local stress factors corroborate scientific knowledge? We found large differences between the potential and active use of species and illustrate how data on both can yield useful insights. Furthermore, we found that species' perceived threat status was mainly linked to their usefulness for construction wood, and that the vast majority of local perceptions on species' threat status and stress resistance coincided with scientific knowledge. Our findings illustrate the large potential of local ecological knowledge for improving species selection strategies and thereby increasing the success of forest restoration efforts worldwide. 2021-05 2021-02-02T15:36:48Z 2021-02-02T15:36:48Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111118 en Open Access application/pdf Wiley Fremout, T.; Gutierrez-Miranda, C.E.; Briers, S.; Marcelo-Peña, J.L.; Cueva-Ortiz, E.; Linares-Palomino, R.; La Torre-Cuadros, M. de los Á.; Chang-Ruíz, J.C.; Villegas-Gómez, T.; Libertad Acosta-Flota, A.H.; Plouvier, D.; Atkinson, R.; Charcape-Ravelo, M.; Aguirre-Mendoza, Z.; Muys, B.; Thomas, E. (2021) The value of local ecological knowledge to guide tree species selection in tropical dry forest restoration. Restoration Ecology First published (12 January 2021) ISSN: 1442-7001 |
| spellingShingle | restoration tropical forests stress ecosystem services choice of species restauración bosque tropical estres Fremout, Tobias Gutiérrez Miranda, Claudia Elena Briers, Siebe Marcelo Peña, José Luis Cueva Ortiz, Eduardo Giovanni Linares-Palomino, Reynaldo La Torre-Cuadros, María de los Ángeles Chang-Ruíz, Janette Cristina Villegas Gómez, Tania Libertad Acosta-Flota, Arantza Helen Plouvier, Dominiek Atkinson, Rachel Charcape-Ravelo, Manuel Aguirre-Mendoza, Zhofre Muys, Bart Thomas, Evert The value of local ecological knowledge to guide tree species selection in tropical dry forest restoration |
| title | The value of local ecological knowledge to guide tree species selection in tropical dry forest restoration |
| title_full | The value of local ecological knowledge to guide tree species selection in tropical dry forest restoration |
| title_fullStr | The value of local ecological knowledge to guide tree species selection in tropical dry forest restoration |
| title_full_unstemmed | The value of local ecological knowledge to guide tree species selection in tropical dry forest restoration |
| title_short | The value of local ecological knowledge to guide tree species selection in tropical dry forest restoration |
| title_sort | value of local ecological knowledge to guide tree species selection in tropical dry forest restoration |
| topic | restoration tropical forests stress ecosystem services choice of species restauración bosque tropical estres |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111118 |
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