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ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
卷 43, 期 4, 页码 376-380出版社
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S037689291600028X
关键词
biodiversity; conservation; identifying biodiversity; mimicry
Human perception of biological variation is an important and understudied issue in the conservation andmanagement of natural resources. Here, we took a novel approach by asking 1152 participants, primarily college biology students, to score examples of insect mimicry by the number of distinct kinds of animals they saw. Latent class analysis successfully separated participants based on their accuracy of perception as well as demographic information and opinions about biodiversity. Contrary to expectations, factors such as childhood experience (growing up in urban, suburban or rural areas) did not affect the ability to see biodiversity as much as political views (location on a spectrum from liberal to conservative) or the position that biodiversity is important for the health of the environment. We conclude that research into effective measures of biological education should consider the connection between personal views and perceptions of natural variation.
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