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On the overlap between scientific and societal taxonomic attentions - insights for conservation

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Date
2019
Dewey
Economie de la terre et des ressources naturelles
Sujet
Societal attention; Charisma; Birds of prey; Primates; Carnivora; Marine mammals
Journal issue
Science of The Total Environment
Volume
648
Publication date
01-2019
Article pages
772-778
Publisher
Elsevier
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.198
URI
https://basepub.dauphine.fr/handle/123456789/18381
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Author
Jarić, Ivan
235117 Institute for Multidisciplinary Research [Belgrade] [IMSI]
Correia, Ricardo A.
225029 School of Geography and the Environment [Oxford]
496671 Institute of Biological and Health Sciences
Roberts, David L.
117950 Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology
Gessner, Jörn
Meinard, Yves
989 Laboratoire d'analyse et modélisation de systèmes pour l'aide à la décision [LAMSADE]
Courchamp, Franck
135982 Ecologie Systématique et Evolution [ESE]
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Article accepté pour publication ou publié
Abstract (EN)
Attention directed at different species by society and science is particularly relevant within the field of conservation, as societal preferences will strongly impact support for conservation initiatives and their success. Here, we assess the association between societal and research interests in four charismatic and threatened species groups, derived from a range of different online sources and social media platforms as well as scientific publications. We found a high level of concordance between scientific and societal taxonomic attention, which was consistent among assessed species groups and media sources. Results indicate that research is apparently not as disconnected from the interests of society as it is often reproached, and that societal support for current research objectives should be adequate. While the high degree of similarity between scientific and societal interest is both striking and satisfying, the dissimilarities are also interesting, as new scientific findings may constitute a constant source of novel interest for the society. In that respect, additional efforts will be necessary to draw scientific and societal focus towards less charismatic species that are in urgent need of research and conservation attention.

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