Conservation Letters (Mar 2022)
Using nonhuman culture in conservation requires careful and concerted action
- Susana Carvalho,
- Erin G. Wessling,
- Ekwoge E. Abwe,
- Katarina Almeida‐Warren,
- Mimi Arandjelovic,
- Christophe Boesch,
- Emmanuel Danquah,
- Mamadou Saliou Diallo,
- Catherine Hobaiter,
- Kimberley Hockings,
- Tatyana Humle,
- Rachel Ashegbofe Ikemeh,
- Ammie K. Kalan,
- Lydia Luncz,
- Gaku Ohashi,
- Alejandra Pascual‐Garrido,
- Alex Piel,
- Liran Samuni,
- Serge Soiret,
- Crickette Sanz,
- Kathelijne Koops
Affiliations
- Susana Carvalho
- Primate Models for Behavioural Evolution Lab, Institute of Human Sciences University of Oxford Oxford UK
- Erin G. Wessling
- Department of Human Evolutionary Biology Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts
- Ekwoge E. Abwe
- San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance San Diego California
- Katarina Almeida‐Warren
- Primate Models for Behavioural Evolution Lab, Institute of Human Sciences University of Oxford Oxford UK
- Mimi Arandjelovic
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Leipzig Germany
- Christophe Boesch
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Leipzig Germany
- Emmanuel Danquah
- Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources Department of Wildlife and Range Management Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi Ghana
- Mamadou Saliou Diallo
- Guinée Ecologie Conakry Guinea
- Catherine Hobaiter
- School of Psychology and Neuroscience University of St Andrews St Andrews UK
- Kimberley Hockings
- Centre for Ecology and Conservation University of Exeter Penryn UK
- Tatyana Humle
- Division of Human and Social Science, School of Anthropology and Conservation Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent Canterbury UK
- Rachel Ashegbofe Ikemeh
- SW/Niger Delta Forest Project, Garki Abuja Nigeria
- Ammie K. Kalan
- Department of Anthropology University of Victoria Victoria Canada
- Lydia Luncz
- Technological Primates Research Group, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Leipzig Germany
- Gaku Ohashi
- Chubu University Kasugai Aichi Japan
- Alejandra Pascual‐Garrido
- Primate Models for Behavioural Evolution Lab, Institute of Human Sciences University of Oxford Oxford UK
- Alex Piel
- Department of Anthropology University College London London UK
- Liran Samuni
- Department of Human Evolutionary Biology Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts
- Serge Soiret
- Laboratoire de Zoologie et de Biologie Animale Université Félix Houphouët‐Boigny Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire
- Crickette Sanz
- Department of Anthropology Washington University in Saint Louis Saint Louis Missouri
- Kathelijne Koops
- Ape Behaviour & Ecology Group, Department of Anthropology University of Zurich Zürich Switzerland
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12860
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 15,
no. 2
pp. n/a – n/a
Abstract
Abstract Discussions of how animal culture can aid the conservation crisis are burgeoning. As scientists and conservationists working to protect endangered species, we call for reflection on how the culture concept may be applied in practice. Here, we discuss both the potential benefits and potential shortcomings of applying the animal culture concept, and propose a set of achievable milestones that will help guide and ensure its effective integration existing conservation frameworks, such as Adaptive Management cycles or Open Standards.
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