4.5 Study of local and traditional ecological knowledge

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Publications
Molnár Zs., Kelemen A., Kun R., Máté J., Sáfián, L., Biró, M. Máté A., Vadász Cs. (2020) Traditional herders modify both livestock and researcher behaviour: knowledge co-production for better management of species-rich grasslands. Journal of Applied Ecology, Early view
Ulicsni, V., Babai, D., Juhász, E., Molnár, Zs., Biró, M. (2020) Local knowledge about a newly reintroduced, rapidly spreading species (Eurasian beaver) and perception of its impact on ecosystem services. PLoS ONE 15(5): e0233506
Biró, M., Zs. Molnár, D. Babai, A. Dénes, A Fehér, S. Barta, L. Sáfián, K. Szabados, A. Kiš, L. Demeter & K. Öllerer (2019) Reviewing historical traditional knowledge for innovative conservation management: A re-evaluation of wetland grazing. Science of The Total Environment. 666: 1114–1125.
Gantuya, B., Á. Avar. D. Babai, Á. Molnár, Zs. Molnár (2019) “A herder’s duty is to think”: landscape partitioning and folk habitats of Mongolian herders in a mountain forest steppe (Khuvsugul-Murun region). J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine (2019) 15: 54

Local and traditional ecological knowledge of local farmers is studied related to two invasive plant species and a reintroduced animal species (beaver). Main objectives are to study the generation of local knowledge and to understand local perceptions of their impacts on ecosystem services.