Things We Like: Human Preferences among Similar Organisms and Implications for Conservation
Things We Like: Human Preferences among Similar Organisms and Implications for Conservation
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DOI：
10.1007/s10745-006-9056-7
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发表时间：
2007-04
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2
通讯作者：
D. Stokes
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作者：
D. Stokes
人类的偏好将越来越多地决定许多物种的生存前景。然而，除了少数以调查为基础的研究不同类群之间的偏好，人类物种的偏好很少受到关注。我确定了人类的审美偏好之间的一个相对同质的群体，企鹅，从所有最近出版的代表性，全面的，流行的书籍的照片的企鹅（n= 4本书; 304张照片）。代表视觉上可区分的企鹅类型，测量的总照片面积，是高度倾斜和排名是高度一致的书籍，这表明大和普遍持有的审美情趣的差异。多元回归分析表明，暖色的量是唯一显着的代表性的决定因素，和暖色是高度相关的（r2= 0.96）与企鹅类型的平均代表性。身体大小和幼态形式，被发现影响人类偏好其他动物的特征，并不显着，这表明人类物种偏好的基础因物种类型而异。这项研究的结果表明，人类的审美偏好区分物种之间的细微差别，可能是基于小的功能。自然资源保护主义者必须警惕潜在的美学反应影响保护工作。
Human preferences will increasingly determine many species’ prospects for survival. However, aside from a small number of survey-based studies of preference among disparate taxa, human species preferences have received little attention. I determined human aesthetic preferences among a relatively homogenous group, the penguins, from representation in all recently published, comprehensive, popular books of photographs of penguins (n= 4 books; 304 photographs). Representation of visually distinguishable types of penguins, measured by total photograph area, was highly skewed and rankings were highly concordant across books, suggesting large and commonly held differences in aesthetic appeal. Multiple regression analysis indicated that amount of warm color was the only significant determinant of representation, and warm color was highly correlated (r2= 0.96) with mean representation of the penguin types. Body size and neotenic form, traits found to influence human preferences among other animals, were not significant, suggesting that the bases of human species preferences differ by species type. The results of this study indicate that human aesthetic preferences discriminate finely among species and may be based on minor features. Conservationists must be vigilant to the potential for aesthetic responses to influence conservation efforts.