Awareness, concern and willingness to adopt biosecure behaviours: public perceptions of invasive tree pests and pathogens in the UK.
Awareness, concern and willingness to adopt biosecure behaviours: public perceptions of invasive tree pests and pathogens in the UK.
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采取生物安全行为的意识、关注和意愿：英国公众对入侵树木害虫和病原体的看法。
DOI：
10.1007/s10530-017-1467-4
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发表时间：
2017
影响因子：
2.9
通讯作者：
Urquhart J
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作者：
Urquhart J
越来越多的入侵性树木病虫害爆发被认为是对生态系统服务和人类福祉的日益严重的威胁。与全球贸易、人员流动和气候变化有关的一些疫情引起了公众和媒体的高度关注。然而，令人惊讶的是，几乎没有证据表明公众对这些事件的关注程度，也没有证据表明公众对不断变化的疫情和所采取的管理行动的反应。本文介绍了一个在线问卷调查的结果，涉及1334名受访者的全国代表性的英国公众评估的认识，关注和愿意采取生物安全的行为。尽管揭示了低水平的认识和知识，结果表明，英国公众关心的健康的树木，森林和林地，并适度愿意采取生物安全的行为。一个关键的发现是，环境组织的成员资格和强烈的地方认同感可能会产生更高的意识和对树木病虫害的关注程度。此外，那些经常访问林地的人可能比非游客更有意识，园丁比非园丁更有可能关心。妇女，老年人的受访者，那些强烈的地方认同和依赖，环保组织的成员，林地游客和园丁最有可能表示愿意采取生物安全的行为。与作者3年前进行的一项调查结果相比，随着时间的推移，认识、关注和意愿都有所下降。
The growing incidence of invasive tree pest and disease outbreaks is recognised as an increasing threat to ecosystem services and human wellbeing. Linked to global trade, human movement and climate change, a number of outbreaks have attracted high public and media attention. However, there is surprisingly little evidence characterising the nature of public attentiveness to these events, nor how publics might respond to evolving outbreaks and the management actions taken. This paper presents findings from an online questionnaire involving 1334 respondents nationally-representative of the British public to assess awareness, concern and willingness to adopt biosecure behaviours. Despite revealing low levels of awareness and knowledge, the results indicate that the British public is concerned about the health of trees, forests and woodlands and is moderately willing to adopt biosecure behaviours. A key finding is that membership of environmental organisations and strong place identity are likely to engender higher awareness and levels of concern about tree pests and diseases. Further, those who visit woodlands regularly are likely to be more aware than non-visitors, and gardeners are more likely to be concerned than non-gardeners. Women, older respondents, those with strong place identity and dependence, members of environmental organisations, woodland visitors and gardeners were most likely to express a willingness to adopt biosecure behaviours. A comparison with findings from a survey conducted by the authors 3 years previously shows a decline over time in awareness, concern and willingness.