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Drivers of species knowledge across the tree of life

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Data di Pubblicazione:
2023
Abstract:
: Knowledge of biodiversity is unevenly distributed across the Tree of Life. In the long run, such disparity in awareness unbalances our understanding of life on Earth, influencing policy decisions and the allocation of research and conservation funding. We investigated how humans accumulate knowledge of biodiversity by searching for consistent relationships between scientific (number of publications) and societal (number of views in Wikipedia) interest, and species-level morphological, ecological, and sociocultural factors. Across a random selection of 3019 species spanning 29 Phyla/Divisions, we show that sociocultural factors are the most important correlates of scientific and societal interest in biodiversity, including the fact that a species is useful or harmful to humans, has a common name, and is listed in the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List. Furthermore, large-bodied, broadly distributed, and taxonomically unique species receive more scientific and societal attention, whereas colorfulness and phylogenetic proximity to humans correlate exclusively with societal attention. These results highlight a favoritism toward limited branches of the Tree of Life, and that scientific and societal priorities in biodiversity research broadly align. This suggests that we may be missing out on key species in our research and conservation agenda simply because they are not on our cultural radar.
Tipologia CRIS:
03A-Articolo su Rivista
Keywords:
Tree of Life; biodiversity; biological conservation; ecology; iEcology; wildlife
Elenco autori:
Mammola, Stefano; Adamo, Martino; Antić, Dragan; Calevo, Jacopo; Cancellario, Tommaso; Cardoso, Pedro; Chamberlain, Dan; Chialva, Matteo; Durucan, Furkan; Fontaneto, Diego; Goncalves, Duarte; Martínez, Alejandro; Santini, Luca; Rubio-Lopez, Iñigo; Sousa, Ronaldo; Villegas-Rios, David; Verdes, Aida; Correia, Ricardo A
Autori di Ateneo:
ADAMO Martino
CHAMBERLAIN Daniel Edward
CHIALVA Matteo
Link alla scheda completa:
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1948955
Link al Full Text:
https://iris.unito.it/retrieve/handle/2318/1948955/1488882/Mammola%20et%20al%202023%20-%20Drivers%20of%20species%20knowledge%20across%20the%20tree%20of%20life.pdf
Pubblicato in:
ELIFE
Journal
Progetto:
Centro Nazionale Biodiversità - National Biodiversity Future Center
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