Agroecosystems and their Influence in the Development of Behavioral Adaptation in Wild Animals: Generalities and an Example from Cartago Province, Costa Rica ; Los agroecosistemas y su influencia en el desarrollo de adaptaciones conductuales en los animales silvestres: generalidades y un ejemplo en la provincia de Cartago, Costa Rica
Farming has allowed the development of communities like Sabanillas in Jiménez Municipality, in Cartago province. However, this activity has also brought the expansion of the farming border and the subsequent habitat reduction for wild animals in the region. Those animals that were not displaced have changed their behaviors to survive by using the resources in this new environment, favoring the development of behavioral adaptations in these species, and contributing to the establishment of agroecosystems. Nonetheless, farming border expansion can be bad for predator species that tend to move a... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2021 |
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Universidad Estatal a Distancia
Costa Rica Rica |
Schlagwörter: | natural resources / photographic register / QGIS / forest patchs / farmers / Sabanillas / recursos naturales / registro fotográfico / parches de bosque / productores agrícolas |
Sprache: | Spanish |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29245961 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/biocenosis/article/view/3909 |
Farming has allowed the development of communities like Sabanillas in Jiménez Municipality, in Cartago province. However, this activity has also brought the expansion of the farming border and the subsequent habitat reduction for wild animals in the region. Those animals that were not displaced have changed their behaviors to survive by using the resources in this new environment, favoring the development of behavioral adaptations in these species, and contributing to the establishment of agroecosystems. Nonetheless, farming border expansion can be bad for predator species that tend to move a lot looking for food because it is a barrier for them and reduces the number of prey available. Using technological tools to analyze, edit, and make digital maps from satellite images, as well as wild animal photos taken in the field, enables knowing crop distribution in relation to forest areas and how it affects the animal behaviors to collect data for future conservation projects. ; La agricultura estimula el desarrollo económico en comunidades como Sabanillas, en Jiménez, Cartago. Sin embargo, la actividad también permite el crecimiento de la frontera agrícola y la disminución del hábitat para los animales silvestres de la región. Algunos animales han cambiado sus hábitos para aprovechar los recursos en este nuevo entorno, favoreciendo el desarrollo de adaptaciones conductuales y estableciendo agroecosistemas. No obstante, la agricultura tiene un impacto negativo en las poblaciones de depredadores que tienden a moverse mucho para encontrar alimento, pues es un obstáculo entre ellos y sus presas. El uso de tecnología para analizar, editar y crear mapas digitales por medio de imágenes satelitales y la fotografía de la vida silvestre, permiten conocer la distribución de los cultivos con respecto a las áreas de bosque y su influencia en los animales como insumo para futuros proyectos de conservación.