Closing the Knowing-Doing Gap in Invasive Plant Management: Accessibility and Interdisciplinarity of Scientific Research
Closing the Knowing-Doing Gap in Invasive Plant Management: Accessibility and Interdisciplinarity of Scientific Research
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DOI：
10.1111/conl.12042
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发表时间：
2014-05-01
影响因子：
8.5
通讯作者：
Saunders, Martin
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作者：
Matzek, Virginia;Covino, Justin;Saunders, Martin
像许多保护学科一样，入侵生物学可能会受到知行合一的影响，科学研究无法为管理行动提供信息。我们调查了加州的资源管理人员，以评估与科学研究的参与，并确定研究的优先事项。我们研究了管理者获取信息的能力，对现有研究有用性的判断，产生科学信息的能力，以及未来研究的优先事项。我们发现，从业者依赖于自己的经验，在很大程度上不阅读同行评议的文献，他们认为只有适度的有用。只有不到一半的管理者进行的研究实验符合假设检验的规范，而且他们的研究结果没有被广泛传播。管理者的研究需求不仅限于应用科学，甚至基础生态学，还包括社会科学问题。研究入侵的科学家可以通过跨越学科界限，从从业者那里获取研究问题，并在可访问的场所报告结果，使他们的研究更加有用。
Like many conservation disciplines, invasion biology may suffer from a knowing-doing gap, where scientific research fails to inform management actions. We surveyed California resource managers to evaluate engagement with scientific research and to identify research priorities. We examined managers' access to information, judgment of the usefulness of existing research, ability to generate scientific information, and priorities for future research. We found that practitioners rely on their own experience, and largely do not read the peer-reviewed literature, which they regard as only moderately useful. Less than half of managers who do research carry out experiments conforming to the norms of hypothesis testing, and their results are not broadly disseminated. Managers' research needs are not restricted to applied science, or even basic ecology, but include social science questions. Scientists studying invasions can make their research more useful by crossing disciplinary boundaries, sourcing research questions from practitioners, and reporting results in accessible venues.