When bats go viral: negative framings in virological research imperil bat conservation
When bats go viral: negative framings in virological research imperil bat conservation
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DOI：
10.1111/mam.12110
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发表时间：
2018-01-01
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影响因子：
4.9
通讯作者：
Fernandez-Llamazares, Alvaro
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作者：
Lopez-Baucells, Adria;Rocha, Ricardo;Fernandez-Llamazares, Alvaro
最近在蝙蝠传播病毒研究方面的热潮吸引了全世界大量的新闻报道。对病毒学文献的系统回顾显示，在所有研究中，有一半（51%）将蝙蝠描述为公共卫生的主要关注点，而在几乎所有研究中（96%）都忽视了蝙蝠在提供生态系统服务方面的关键作用。尽管对人畜共患病的研究至关重要，但对蝙蝠的偏见可能会破坏数十年来的保护努力。我们敦促研究人员和科学传播者仔细考虑如何向公众展示研究结果对保护的影响，并尽可能强调蝙蝠的生态意义、它们可怕的保护状况以及它们对人类福祉的重要性。
The recent upsurge in bat-borne virus research has attracted substantial news coverage worldwide. A systematic review of virological literature revealed that bats were described as a major concern for public health in half of all studies (51%), and that their key role in delivering ecosystem services was disregarded in almost all studies (96%). Although research on zoonoses is of the utmost importance, biased framings of bats can undermine decades of conservation efforts. We urge researchers and science communicators to consider the conservation impacts of how research findings are presented to the public carefully, and, whenever possible, to highlight the ecological significance of bats, their dire conservation situation and their importance for human well-being.