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| Title |
Human attitudes towards herpetofauna: The influence of folklore and negative values on the conservation of amphibians and reptiles in Portugal
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, February 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1746-4269-8-8 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Luis MP Ceríaco |
| Abstract |
Human values and folklore of wildlife strongly influence the effectiveness of conservation efforts. These values and folklore may also vary with certain demographic characteristics such as gender, age, or education. Reptiles and amphibians are among the least appreciated of vertebrates and are victims of many negative values and wrong ideas resulting from the direct interpretation of folklore. We try to demonstrate how these values and folklore can affect the way people relate to them and also the possible conservation impacts on these animals. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 14 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 29% |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 7% |
| Australia | 1 | 7% |
| France | 1 | 7% |
| Italy | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 5 | 36% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 12 | 86% |
| Scientists | 2 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 330 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 4 | 1% |
| Brazil | 3 | <1% |
| India | 2 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 318 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 58 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 58 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 35 | 11% |
| Researcher | 31 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 17 | 5% |
| Other | 60 | 18% |
| Unknown | 71 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 131 | 40% |
| Environmental Science | 58 | 18% |
| Social Sciences | 10 | 3% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 9 | 3% |
| Unspecified | 9 | 3% |
| Other | 36 | 11% |
| Unknown | 77 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 23. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 January 2024.
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