Who is the expert? Evaluating local ecological knowledge for assessing wildlife presence in the Peruvian Amazon

Amazonian wildlife population studies often employ conventional biological survey methods to assess species presence but a growing number of are making use local ecological knowledge (LEK) household surveys. Despite concerns in the scientific community over accuracy and precision LEK, scant research date compares data from with gathered An important question among scientists is who should be approached when collecting for inventories, both accurate ethical concerns. In this article, we report on LEK surveys inventories based collected along Napo River Peru using 10 land transect surveys, 5 river 487 camera trap days, 37 Our findings indicate that comparison methods, they may outperform certain aquatic, ephemeral, cryptic terrestrial species. We find no statistical differences households defined by participation hunting, leadership, or primary livelihood strategy. Community members recommend first solicit leaders then hunters. Through retrospection, can reveal how changes through time remote, data-poor tropical forests. Use recommended as useful complement other attention ethically collaboration communities.