کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5742827 1617860 2017 9 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Are we selecting appropriate metrics to assess human impacts on biodiversity?
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
آیا ما معیارهای مناسب برای ارزیابی اثرات انسان بر تنوع زیستی را انتخاب می کنیم؟
کلمات کلیدی
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک علوم دامی و جانورشناسی
چکیده انگلیسی

Biased and subjective choices of metrics to be used in ecological studies could lead researchers to reach misleading conclusions regarding patterns of biodiversity response to human disturbances. Nevertheless, little attention has been given to the choices of variables in the majority of studies published to date. Here, we used the literature concerning land use change effects on dung beetles to assess the extent to which variables commonly employed in ecological studies correspond to those deemed to be most important by researchers of the same studies. Specifically, we examined both biodiversity (response) and environmental (explanatory) metrics from a comprehensive literature review and compared their use with their relative importance, according to a survey of the authors of the studies. Our results highlight marked disparities between researchers opinion expressed in our survey and their choice of variables in published papers. We suggest that these disparities are due to the high costs of sampling and processing some variables, logistical constraints and different perceptions of importance amongst researchers. We highlight the importance of these issues for our understanding of the biodiversity consequences of land use change, and highlight some recommendations for alleviating this issue.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Basic and Applied Ecology - Volume 21, June 2017, Pages 85-93
نویسندگان
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