在龙实地指南中调整观测网格
Sander Turnhout1, Willem Halffman1
1Institute for Science in Society, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Social studies of science
|July 8, 2023
概括
随着社区关注的变化,现场指南不断演变,改变了野生动物,如等的识别方式. 这项研究探讨了观测网格如何随着伦理,娱乐,工具和保护目标而改变.
科学领域:
- 科学和技术研究 (STS)
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 保护生物学 保护生物学
背景情况:
- 野生动物现场指南提供了观测网格,通过突出关键的区分特征来识别物种.
- 这些观测网格塑造了用户如何感知和与自然界互动,影响了被认为是重要的东西.
研究的目的:
- 调查野生动物现场指南中的观测网格如何随着时间的推移而变化.
- 证明不断变化的社区关注 - - 包括伦理,娱乐,工具和保护 - - 如何影响物种识别标准.
主要方法:
- 分析荷兰龙实地指南的历史发展.
- 跨学科的研究,将一个爱好者的EMIC知识与STS研究方法相结合.
主要成果:
- 用于识别的特征因观察伦理,娱乐兴趣,技术负担能力和保护优先级的变化而发生了变化.
- 这些变化不仅影响了识别实践,也影响了人们对龙生物多样性的看法.
结论:
- 观测网格是动态和社会构造的,反映了更广泛的社会价值观和关切.
- 了解这些变化对于有效的野生动物观测,识别和保护工作至关重要.
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