The impacts of agricultural windbreaks on avian communities and ecosystem services provisioning in the Bellbird Biological Corridor, Costa Rica

Brownson, Katherine; Cox, Cody; Padgett-Vasquez, Steve

doi:10.1080/21683565.2020.1838029

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“…Our results demonstrated ecotourism support for wildlife conservation through incentivizing conservation efforts, which has been documented in other cases as well (Brownson et al, 2021). For example, in the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica, ecotourism has led to incentives being provided to landowners who protect their land for wildlife habitat to support ecotourism pursuits, creation of new jobs for tourism providers such as lodging, restaurants, and guiding services, and further economic benefits from tourist spending (Almeyda Zambrano et al, 2010).…”

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“…Local economic benefits of ecotourism and nature-based tourism is frequently cited by other researchers, particularly from wildlife-based ecotourism, including in Costa Rica (Troëng and Drews, 2004;Hunt et al, 2015) and other world regions (e.g., Gupta et al, 2023). Wildlife-based ecotourism supplements other income sources elsewhere in Costa Rica as well (Almeyda Zambrano et al, 2010;Hunt et al, 2015), such as for farmers (Brownson et al, 2021). Other studies have also quantified ecosystem services which boost agricultural productivity provided by wildlife and habitat conservation (Jindal et al, 2008;Townsend and Masters, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Other studies have also quantified ecosystem services which boost agricultural productivity provided by wildlife and habitat conservation (Jindal et al, 2008;Townsend and Masters, 2015). In turn, efforts to improve agricultural productivity can improve bird habitat (Brownson et al, 2021), an example of an interaction with quadrant 2 of our framework.…”

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Ecotourism, wildlife conservation, and agriculture in Costa Rica through a social-ecological systems lens

Miller

Cox

Morse

2023

Front. Sustain. Tour.

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Parks and protected areas have long been promoted for their environmental conservation benefits, opportunities for outdoor recreation and nature-based tourism, and associated economic opportunities. However, conservation biologists and ecologists are increasingly embracing the idea that achieving their conservation goals requires working outside these protected areas and within more developed agricultural lands occupied and used by people. This shift toward a systems perspective for conservation involves working within integrated social and ecological systems. Outdoor recreation and nature-based tourism operate within these same linked systems across a range of scales. Ecotourism in particular is a complex social-ecological system (SES) that relies on environmental resources such as protected areas, tourism industry elements such as lodging and transportation, and locals who obtain their livelihoods in the surrounding regions. To understand this complex system, we apply a framework for situating disciplines within an SES across scales. This framework includes two-way interactions between nested hierarchical levels of social and ecological systems. Interactions range from positive to negative, forming a four-quadrant framework. We argue that this framework is more representative of this highly complex system of ecotourism than traditional human-impact research and provides a more holistic understanding of the nature-based recreation ecosystem. We apply this SES to a case study in Costa Rica, where ecotourism has become an important source of income for residents and thus generates conservation success. Our study area comprised the upper Guacimal watershed, a regional tourism hub in northwestern Costa Rica. We apply this SES framework to interview data regarding missions, goals, and management practices from representatives of 20 government and non-government organizations active in conservation, and thus engaged in ecotourism, in the area. Applying our SES framework to the Costa Rican case study revealed the dimension of varied challenges and benefits of ecotourism for and by local conservation organizations as compared with ecotourist visitors. The framework reveals opportunities for identifying trade-offs and maximizing benefits to social and ecological systems while minimizing negative impacts. Through this framework, we also discuss how ecotourism can contribute toward conservation of unregulated lands. Considering ecotourism as an SES can enable more comprehensive decision-making around an ecotourism system.

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Ecotourism, wildlife conservation, and agriculture in Costa Rica through a social-ecological systems lens

Miller

Cox

Morse

2023

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“…Timor Friarbird population data was collected using the distance sampling method with transect lines [21]. Transect lines are systematically laid using a combination of Hawth's analysis tools for ArcGIS 10.2 and the Biogeographic Branch Sampling Design Tool for ArcGIS [22,23]. The research area is divided into several observation paths/transects according to the area of each landscape, with a distance between paths of 500 m and a distance between points in each observation transect of 250 m [21,24].…”

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Recent population size of Timor Friarbird and resources utilization at three landscapes in West Timor Island, Indonesia

Paga

Pudyatmoko

Faida

et al. 2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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The Timor Friarbird is an endemic species of Timor Island that plays an important role in forest ecosystems, agriculture and other natural environments in the semiarid region. Although classified as an endemic species and declining population, the bird is protected by Indonesian law. This study aims to assess the density, group size, and population distribution of Timor Friarbird and resource uses in three landscape at Western Timor. Distance sampling methods with transect lines was used to estimate population density and bird distribution. The highest estimated bird population density (3.31 ind./ha) in the Baumata landscape and lowest (0.15 ind./ha) in Bipolo. Individual sizes per group of 1-4 individuals in all landscapes. Utilization of distributed feed resources in the main area, secondary and low potency area. The distribution of species in the rainy season is higher found in low-lying, higher dry seasons in lowlands. High anthropogenic pressures and changes in dominant habitats in the low-lying west Timor Island contribute to the rate of population decline of this species thus impacting crop productivity and conservation efforts of this species in the future.

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“…The observation design for Timor Friarbird was developed using the Biogeography Branch's Sampling Design Tool for ArcGIS by the dimension of 4x3,75 km2 was observed, and grid size (500 x 250 m). This software is commonly used to determine specific measurements, including length (Brownson et al 2020;Nghikembua et al 2020).…”

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Characteristics of vegetation as determinant of Timor Friarbird (Philemon inornatus) distribution in Bipolo Lanscape of West Timor Island, Indonesia

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Abstract. Paga B, Pudyatmoko S, Faida LRW, Yuda IP, Sulaksono N. 2021. Characteristics of vegetation as determinant of Timor Friarbird (Philemon inornatus) distribution in Bipolo Landscape of West Timor Island, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 22: 2617-2635. This study aims to identify vegetation factors as determinants of the distribution of Timor Friarbird (Philemon inornatus) in Timor Island. Timor Friarbird is one of the seven endemics bird species widely distributed in Timor Island, from the eastern region of Timor Leste to western region of Indonesia. This research was conducted at Bipolo Landscape, located in Timor Island, and has diversity of tropical flora diversity surrounding its Natural Tourism Park, which provides Timor Friarbird habitat. The characteristics of vegetation ecology were obtained by sampling design through Biogeography Branch's Sampling Design Tool for ArcGIS, while land use cover type was obtained by maximum likelihood method. The structure and composition of vegetation were observed through nested plot sampling, while Timor Friarbird species were assessed using the combination of point count and line transect method. The result obtained was formulated by discriminant linear regression. The vegetation parameters influencing the presence of Timor Friarbird were tree land use cover, number of trees and their species, pole land use cover, number of poles and their species, sapling land use cover, number of saplings and their species. Timor Friarbird is more likely to be present in the land cover area of poles with a minimum number of individual trees, poles, and saplings (press value Q = 6,63 ? 7). The results of discriminant analysis obtained a new group (nine variables), used collectively as a determinant factor for the presence of Timor Friarbird in their natural habitat on Timor Island

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The impacts of agricultural windbreaks on avian communities and ecosystem services provisioning in the Bellbird Biological Corridor, Costa Rica

Cited by 4 publications

References 59 publications

Ecotourism, wildlife conservation, and agriculture in Costa Rica through a social-ecological systems lens

Ecotourism, wildlife conservation, and agriculture in Costa Rica through a social-ecological systems lens

Recent population size of Timor Friarbird and resources utilization at three landscapes in West Timor Island, Indonesia

Characteristics of vegetation as determinant of Timor Friarbird (Philemon inornatus) distribution in Bipolo Lanscape of West Timor Island, Indonesia

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