Assessing human-bat interactions around a protected area in northeastern Brazil

Rego, Karlla Morganna da Costa; Zeppelini, Caio Graco; Lopez, Luiz Carlos Serramo; Alves, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega

doi:10.1186/s13002-015-0058-7

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“…Myths and folk stories have led to people lighting res in bats' caves, killing them, and even capturing them to use in supposed cures for diseases (Kamins et al, 2015;Rego et al, 2015). Fortunately, in the BAtSS scale we obtained a Myths dimension with a good level of internal consistency (Martínez-Arias et al, 2014).…”

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“…Some works approach this construct through semi-structured interviews and/or open questions, or design test questions expressly for the investigation in hand with little psychometric analysis (Aziz et al, 2017;Bhattacharjee et al, 2018;Castilla et al, 2020;Gbogbo & Kyei, 2017;Moran et al, 2015;Rego et al, 2015;Shapiro et al, 2020). Other authors have developed speci c scales, including analysis of content validity and internal consistency, mostly using Cronbach's alpha coe cient and/or principal component analysis.…”

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“…Policies for conservation management of species which are the subject of wildlife-human con icts therefore require investigation into attitudes towards these animals (Rego et al, 2015). Nevertheless, there is little literature which has explored people's attitudes towards bats, and what there is suffers from a lack of consensus in the de nition and operationalisation of the construct.…”

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Design and psychometric properties of BAtSS: A new tool to assess human attitudes towards bats.

Pérez¹,

Álvarez²,

Boso³

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Despite the benefits that bats offer the ecosystem, these animals are feared due to mythological beliefs and their association with dirt and disease. The COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated this situation, exacerbating the already habitual attacks on these creatures. Today there is an urgent need to address the human-bat conflict in order to develop conservation policies. Understanding peoples' attitudes towards bats is a key part of this process. The object of this study was to design the Bats Attitudes Standard Scale (BAtSS) and analyse its psychometric properties. We developed an initial version of the scale in which we established the content validity; we analysed the items and structure in a pilot sample. In the next phase, we analysed psychometric properties in a sample of 1639 Chilean people. The final BAtSS consists of 34 Likert-type items configured in an oblique-hierarchical structure of 4 factors (Scientistic, Positivistic, Negativistic and Myths) and 3 facets (Negativistic-Emotional, Negativistic-Behavioural and Negativistic-Cognitive). It presents adequate internal consistency and the analysis of concurrent validity confirms the capacity of the scale to discriminate between groups. Women and participants with a lower level of education are more Negativistic and less Positivistic. People with a higher level of education have a less mythological view of bats. We also analysed the items which would be more/less difficult to change under the assumptions of Item Response Theory (IRT). Finally, BAtSS is a robust tool to assess the human attitudes and could help to understand and solve human-wildlife conflicts and therefore, improving the conservation actions

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“…Bats can use human structures as perches and they are known to adapt to urban landscapes with different constructions and survive in areas occupied by people when they lose their habitat (Rego et al 2015). Despite this characteristic and bad reputation, conflicts with bats were reported by only one participant.…”

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Conflicts between humans and wild animals in and surrounding protected area (Bahia, Brazil): an ethnozoological approach

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Teixeira²,

Guanaes³

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Conflicts between humans and wildlife have been considered a huge obstacle to the management and conservation of fauna, and also lead to negative impacts for local populations. For this reason, from an ethnozoological perspective, the present work aimed to identify and analyze conflicts between farmers and the wild fauna in four communities of the Costa de ItacaréSerra Grande Environmental Protection Area, Bahia, Brazil, as well as diagnose the control measures used. The participants were selected using the snowball technique and data were collected using semistructured interviews, complemented by free listing techniques, nonspecific prompting, and reading back. Thirtyeight farmers were interviewed and they reported 45 species of wild animals, among which 23 were mammals, 17 were birds and 5 were reptiles. Conflicts were classified into five categories. Of these categories, animalcultivation and animallivestock interactions had the highest number of reported species. The farmers applied different control measures, including defensive methods, which are the most frequently used in the communities, offensive methods, and superstitious rituals. Positive interactions were also identified, in which some species are considered charismatic or recognized for their ecological role. Conflicts with wild fauna are recurrent in these communities; thus, it is necessary to guarantee social participation in the construction of effective strategies for conflict mitigation and fauna conservation.

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“…The order Chiroptera is the second most speciose order of mammals, with over 1300 species known worldwide, and 178 known for Brazil (Fenton & Simmons, 2014;Nogueira et al, 2014). Bats are also known for their ecologic versatility, exploring every non-parasitic trophic strategy, as well as hematophagy (Rego, Zeppelini, Lopez, & Alves, 2015), contributing with ecological services such as seed dispersal, pollination and insect population control (Aguiar & Antonini, 2008;Stevens, Willig, & Fox, 2004).…”

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<b>Bat assemblage of Guaribas Biological Reserve, an Atlantic forest conservation unit in North-eastern Brazil: Results of a two-stage long-term survey

Zeppelini

Jerônimo

Rego

et al. 2016

Acta Sci. Biol. Sci.

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ABSTRACT.Inventories are the basis of every work with biodiversity, with increased importance due to the current environmental crisis. Bats are one of the most diverse groups of mammals, with high ecologic versatility and are good bioindicators to monitor environmental impacts. We performed a two-stage survey at an Atlantic Forest reserve in the State of Paraíba, the first stage registering 187 individuals of 24 species and the second stage, 1073 individuals of 11 species; the second stage's richness being a subset of the first as pointed by the Mann-Whitney test. The second stage was more efficient in accumulating individuals, while the first accumulated species more efficiently. The diversity estimation (Chao 1) pointed that the survey was efficient in registering 93.75% of the species richness predicted for the area, and that diversity estimators are more reliable to evaluate sampling efficiency than methods based in number of captures. The inventory survey registered over 42% of the species richness registered for the State of Paraíba, as well as included a new register, Natalus stramineus, pointing that the bat richness for the state is yet to be sufficiently studied.Keywords: Chiroptera, inventory, diversity estimation, species richness, Natalus stramineus.Assembleia de morcegos da Reserva Biológica de Guaribas, uma unidade de conservação da Mata Atlântica no Nordeste do Brasil: resultados de um estudo de longa duração em duas etapas RESUMO. Inventários são a base de qualquer trabalho com biodiversidade, com sua importância exacerbada dada a crise ambiental atual. Morcegos são um dos grupos de mamíferos mais diversos, com alta versatilidade ecológica, e se apresentam como bons bioindicadores para monitorar impactos ambientais. O presente trabalho é um inventário de morcegos em longo prazo, dividido em duas etapas, numa reserva biológica de Floresta Atlântica no Estado da Paraíba, Brasil. A primeira etapa capturou 187 indivíduos de 24 espécies, o segundo registrou 1073 indivíduos de 11 espécies, sendo a diversidade deste um subgrupo da diversidade do primeiro, como apontado pelo teste de Mann-Whitney. O segundo estágio foi mais eficaz em acumular indivíduos, enquanto o primeiro acumulou espécies mais eficientemente. O estimador de diversidade Chao 1 apontou que o inventário foi eficiente em registrar 93,75% da riqueza de espécies prevista para a área, e que estimadores de diversidade são mais confiáveis para avaliar suficiência amostral que métodos baseados em número mínimo de capturas. O inventário registrou cerca de 42% da riqueza de espécies conhecida para o Estado da Paraíba, assim como incluiu um novo registro, Natalus stramineus, ressaltando que a riqueza de espécies de morcegos no estado está por ser suficientemente estudada.Palavras-chave: Chiroptera, inventário, estimativa de diversidade, riqueza de espécies, Natalus stramineus.

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Assessing human-bat interactions around a protected area in northeastern Brazil

Cited by 25 publications

References 40 publications

Design and psychometric properties of BAtSS: A new tool to assess human attitudes towards bats.

Design and psychometric properties of BAtSS: A new tool to assess human attitudes towards bats.

Conflicts between humans and wild animals in and surrounding protected area (Bahia, Brazil): an ethnozoological approach

<b>Bat assemblage of Guaribas Biological Reserve, an Atlantic forest conservation unit in North-eastern Brazil: Results of a two-stage long-term survey

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