Trends in scientific publication on ethnozoology: Brazilâ€™s highlight in international science

Oliveira, Aline Mamede Vidica; Hannibal, Wellington

doi:10.6008/cbpc2179-6858.2021.001.0055

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“…The growing in articles on bushmeat consumption and trade observed in recent years in our search is not surprising. Considering that in recent decades we have seen the insertion of new graduate programs in the country, the entry of new researchers, an increase in the number of newspapers that will certainly increase the Ethnozoological publications in the Brazil [ 41 , 56 , 58 , 59 ]. Also, the increase of researchers with specific training in the fields of Ethnobiology and Ethnozoology and the existence of links between Brazilian researchers and from other international countries make Brazil a reference in this field in the Latin American context [ 56 , 58 – 60 ].…”

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Use of wild vertebrates for consumption and bushmeat trade in Brazil: a review

Aragão Silva,

dos Santos Soares,

Ferreira

et al. 2023

J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine

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Background Bushmeat is a resource exploited by thousands of people around the world, especially in tropical and neotropical regions, constituting an important source of protein and income. But what is known, so far, about the consumption and trade of wild vertebrate meat (hereinafter “bushmeat”) in a megadiverse country like Brazil? This question was answered through a systematic survey of publications on the consumption and trade of wild vertebrate meat made in Brazil between 2011 and 2021. Methods We selected 63 scientific articles available on “Google Scholar,” “Science Direct,” “Scopus,” “ Web of Science” and “Portal de Periódico da CAPES.” The articles were categorized as: exclusive to (1) consumption or (2) bushmeat trade, totals of 54 and three articles, respectively; both (3) consumption and trade bushmeat, totaling six articles. We applied a nonparametric Spearman's correlation analysis to verify the association between the number of papers and the species richness of wild vertebrates cited for consumption by Brazilian state. Results The results revealed that the publications were concentrated in the Northeast (36), North (26) and Southeast (1) regions, distributed across 16 states of the federation. These data reinforce the need for more researches in states and other regions of the country. Our research hypothesis was confirmed, since the richness of species cited for meat consumption was positively associated with the amount of work carried out by the states of the federation. We identified a total of 321 species of wild vertebrates mentioned in the categories involving the consumption of bushmeat. We had a greater bird species richness mentioned for consumption (170) to the detriment of mammals (107), reptiles (40) and amphibians (4). Furthermore, in the articles involving the bushmeat trade categories we had 57 species of vertebrates mentioned, with mammals being the most representative in terms of species richness (29), to the detriment of birds (20) and reptiles (8). These data reinforce that birds and mammals have been the groups most used both for consumption and trade in bushmeat in the country's regions, and it is necessary to mitigate the hunting exploitation of these groups. We recorded that socioeconomic, biological, environmental and sociocultural factors were the most cited predictors of the consumption and trade of bushmeat in the articles. We identified that the bushmeat trade chain is dynamic and ramified, made up of several actors, including specialized and diversified hunters, intermediaries, market sellers, market vendors, restaurant owners and final customers. Public markets and open-air fairs were the most cited places for buying and selling wild meat in commerce. Conclusions In general, our results indicate that we have made significant advances in publications on the consumption and trade of bushmeat in Brazil over the last few years. However, we highlight the need to better understand the patterns of consumption and trade of bushmeat in different regions of the country, as well as the factors associated with the dynamics of the trade chain and uses of wildlife by local communities. We emphasized that a multidimensional understanding of hunting activities is important to face socio-ecological problems and improve the conservation of target species which have continually been explored for uses by populations in different regions of the world.

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Use of wild vertebrates for consumption and bushmeat trade in Brazil: a review

Aragão Silva,

dos Santos Soares,

Ferreira

et al. 2023

J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine

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“…Scientometrics examines aspects of information and communication using quantitative and qualitative indicators to study scientific production (Santos & Kobashi 2009). This allows evaluate the performance or trends in knowledge production between researchers, groups, universities or nations (Oliveira & Lopes 2021). For example, the scientometric analysis may include gender, academic formation, or academic experience.…”

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“…The causes of this gap are diverse, such as the decrease in the time invested in research by females due to motherhood and socially imposed gender roles, less financial support for research (Abramo et al 2009, Borsuk et al 2009, Larivière et al 2013, Lopes & Lopes 2022, Prpiû 2002, or socio-historical causes due to the hegemonic structure of scientific production (Krause 2016). Although studies have shown the gender gap expressed in the number of researchers and project funding (Ferrari et al 2018, Oliveira et al 2021, Salerno et al 2019, Zandonà 2022, little is known about the differences in scientific production between males and females in the Biodiversity and Ecology research (Mcmanus et al 2020, Zandonà 2022.…”

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Scientific production in biodiversity: the gender gap continues in Brazilian universities

LEÓN,

ROMERO,

GAREY

et al. 2023

An. Acad. Bras. Ciênc.

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Scientometrics enables us to comprehend the interests and trends in scientific knowledge production and dissemination. In this study, we evaluate the effects of gender, academic experience, location of residence, and graduate program score on the quantity of published articles, the number of citations and the H-index of researchers belonging to Brazilian graduate programs in Biodiversity. Variables related to the researchers were measured, and the relevance in explaining scientific production was examined using hierarchical models. In graduate programs, there were more men than females. The number of articles as first author and the H-index increase progressively through the researchers' career, while the number of citations increases at the beginning of their careers, stabilizing between 10 and 20 years, and increasing again after 30 years of career. We concluded that gender, academic experience, and graduate program score were the most important variables in explaining the scientific production of graduate programs in Biodiversity in Brazil.

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Trends in scientific publication on ethnozoology: Brazilâ€™s highlight in international science

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Use of wild vertebrates for consumption and bushmeat trade in Brazil: a review

Use of wild vertebrates for consumption and bushmeat trade in Brazil: a review

Scientific production in biodiversity: the gender gap continues in Brazilian universities

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