Fig 1.
Map of Bhutan showing the study areas (Laya and Lunana geogs in Gasa district).
This map was prepared using QGIS Development Team (2020) October, QGIS Version 3.16 LTR (Hannover) Geographic Information System, Open-Source Geospatial Foundation Project (http://qgis.osgeo.org) and was not taken from another source.
Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents in the two study sites—Laya and Lunana.
Table 2.
List of income sources and list that are highly impacted by climate change as mentioned by two highland communities of Gasa District.
Fig 2.
Choices of economic activities listed by the farmers to sustain their livelihood in the face of climate change.
Table 3.
Agreement on climate changes and impacts observed.
Table 4.
Agreement on the availability of new species of insects that bite humans and livestock that were not present in the past.
Table 5.
Most common names of vectors/insects listed by interviewees in study areas (n = 20 participants).
The original (Dzongkha) name given by the respondent, the corresponding putative name in English (based on taxonomical and translation), the frequency and average rank of citation, and the salience Sutrop Index (see text; (Pennec et al., 2014) [37].
Fig 3.