Provisioning services decline for both people and Critically Endangered wildlife in a rainforest transformation landscape
Abstract The loss and degradation of forests and other ecosystems worldwide threaten both global biodiversity and the livelihoods of people who use natural resources. Understanding how natural resource use impacts landscape provisioning services for both people and wildlife is thus critical for desi...
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| author | Katherine J. Kling Timothy M. Eppley A. Catherine Markham Patricia C. Wright Be Noel Razafindrapaoly Rajaona Delox Be Jean Rodolph Rasolofoniaina Jeanne Mathilde Randriamanetsy Pascal Elison McAntonin Andriamahaihavana Dean Gibson Delaïd Claudin Rasamisoa Josia Razafindramanana Natalie Vasey Carter W. Daniels Cortni Borgerson |
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| description | Abstract The loss and degradation of forests and other ecosystems worldwide threaten both global biodiversity and the livelihoods of people who use natural resources. Understanding how natural resource use impacts landscape provisioning services for both people and wildlife is thus critical for designing comprehensive resource management strategies. We used data from community focus groups, botanical plots and an inventory of plant species consumed by the Critically Endangered red‐ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra) to assess the availability of key provisioning services for people and endemic wildlife on the Masoala Peninsula, a rainforest transformation landscape, in northeastern Madagascar (Masoala National Park and 13 surrounding communities). We constructed Poisson regression mixed models to evaluate the impact of community factors (i.e. community population size, plot distance to community) and changes over time on the count and species richness of timber trees, medicinal plants and red‐ruffed lemur food trees within botanical plots. Over three‐quarters of all plant species could be used for at least one purpose by local communities (n = 238 species). Of the 59 V. rubra food tree species, only 15% had no reported human use. Timber and ruffed lemur food tree availability declined both with community population size and time and were predicted to be lower outside of Masoala National Park. In contrast, medicinal plant availability was not strongly predicted by any tested factors. Provisioning service availability also differed strongly across sites, suggesting that additional, untested proxies of human pressure likely also have an effect. Our results highlight the importance of evaluating natural resource availability from a community‐based perspective and by resource purpose to inform forest landscape restoration efforts that can support both people and wildlife. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b3ccc59b2791441e844e3178f933d5042024-04-03T04:30:39ZengWileyPeople and Nature2575-83142024-04-016262764510.1002/pan3.10591Provisioning services decline for both people and Critically Endangered wildlife in a rainforest transformation landscapeKatherine J. Kling0Timothy M. Eppley1A. Catherine Markham2Patricia C. Wright3Be Noel Razafindrapaoly4Rajaona Delox5Be Jean Rodolph Rasolofoniaina6Jeanne Mathilde Randriamanetsy7Pascal Elison8McAntonin Andriamahaihavana9Dean Gibson10Delaïd Claudin Rasamisoa11Josia Razafindramanana12Natalie Vasey13Carter W. Daniels14Cortni Borgerson15Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in Anthropological Sciences Stony Brook University Stony Brook New York USAConservation Science & Wildlife Health San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance San Diego California USADepartment of Anthropology Stony Brook University Stony Brook New York USAInstitute for the Conservation of Tropical Environments Stony Brook University Stony Brook New York USAMadagascar Health and Environmental Research (MAHERY) Maroantsetra Analanjirofo MadagascarMadagascar Health and Environmental Research (MAHERY) Maroantsetra Analanjirofo MadagascarMadagascar Health and Environmental Research (MAHERY) Maroantsetra Analanjirofo MadagascarMadagascar Health and Environmental Research (MAHERY) Maroantsetra Analanjirofo MadagascarMadagascar Health and Environmental Research (MAHERY) Maroantsetra Analanjirofo MadagascarConservation Science & Wildlife Health San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance San Diego California USAConservation Science & Wildlife Health San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance San Diego California USAConservation Science & Wildlife Health San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance San Diego California USAMention Anthropobiologie et Développement Durable, Faculté des Sciences Université d'Antananarivo Antananarivo MadagascarAnthropology Department Portland State University Portland Oregon USADepartment of Psychiatry Columbia University New York City New York USAMadagascar Health and Environmental Research (MAHERY) Maroantsetra Analanjirofo MadagascarAbstract The loss and degradation of forests and other ecosystems worldwide threaten both global biodiversity and the livelihoods of people who use natural resources. Understanding how natural resource use impacts landscape provisioning services for both people and wildlife is thus critical for designing comprehensive resource management strategies. We used data from community focus groups, botanical plots and an inventory of plant species consumed by the Critically Endangered red‐ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra) to assess the availability of key provisioning services for people and endemic wildlife on the Masoala Peninsula, a rainforest transformation landscape, in northeastern Madagascar (Masoala National Park and 13 surrounding communities). We constructed Poisson regression mixed models to evaluate the impact of community factors (i.e. community population size, plot distance to community) and changes over time on the count and species richness of timber trees, medicinal plants and red‐ruffed lemur food trees within botanical plots. Over three‐quarters of all plant species could be used for at least one purpose by local communities (n = 238 species). Of the 59 V. rubra food tree species, only 15% had no reported human use. Timber and ruffed lemur food tree availability declined both with community population size and time and were predicted to be lower outside of Masoala National Park. In contrast, medicinal plant availability was not strongly predicted by any tested factors. Provisioning service availability also differed strongly across sites, suggesting that additional, untested proxies of human pressure likely also have an effect. Our results highlight the importance of evaluating natural resource availability from a community‐based perspective and by resource purpose to inform forest landscape restoration efforts that can support both people and wildlife. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10591lemurMadagascarMasoala Peninsulamedicinal plantsnatural resource usenon‐timber forest products (NTFPs) |
| spellingShingle | Katherine J. Kling Timothy M. Eppley A. Catherine Markham Patricia C. Wright Be Noel Razafindrapaoly Rajaona Delox Be Jean Rodolph Rasolofoniaina Jeanne Mathilde Randriamanetsy Pascal Elison McAntonin Andriamahaihavana Dean Gibson Delaïd Claudin Rasamisoa Josia Razafindramanana Natalie Vasey Carter W. Daniels Cortni Borgerson Provisioning services decline for both people and Critically Endangered wildlife in a rainforest transformation landscape People and Nature lemur Madagascar Masoala Peninsula medicinal plants natural resource use non‐timber forest products (NTFPs) |
| title | Provisioning services decline for both people and Critically Endangered wildlife in a rainforest transformation landscape |
| title_full | Provisioning services decline for both people and Critically Endangered wildlife in a rainforest transformation landscape |
| title_fullStr | Provisioning services decline for both people and Critically Endangered wildlife in a rainforest transformation landscape |
| title_full_unstemmed | Provisioning services decline for both people and Critically Endangered wildlife in a rainforest transformation landscape |
| title_short | Provisioning services decline for both people and Critically Endangered wildlife in a rainforest transformation landscape |
| title_sort | provisioning services decline for both people and critically endangered wildlife in a rainforest transformation landscape |
| topic | lemur Madagascar Masoala Peninsula medicinal plants natural resource use non‐timber forest products (NTFPs) |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10591 |
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