Top 40 Priorities for Science to Inform US Conservation and Management Policy
Top 40 Priorities for Science to Inform US Conservation and Management Policy
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DOI：
10.1525/bio.2011.61.4.9
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发表时间：
2011-04-01
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影响因子：
10.1
通讯作者：
Vedder, Amy
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作者：
Fleishman, Erica;Blockstein, David E.;Vedder, Amy
为了使研究对决策的效用最大化，特别是在财政资源有限的情况下，科学家必须为他们的努力设定优先次序。我们列出了40个高优先级的多学科研究问题，旨在为美国物种、群落和生态过程的管理提供一些最重要的当前和未来决策。这些问题是通过一个开放、包容的过程产生的，其中包括与决策者的个人访谈、科学家和政策制定者广泛征求研究需求，以及一个由负责管理和制定自然资源相关政策的科学人士参加的密集讲习班。这一过程不同于以往为保护研究设定优先次序的努力，它注重决策者和研究人员的参与。研究优先事项强调处理社会背景和探索各种政策和行动之间的权衡的重要性，以及与生态过程和功能有关的更传统的问题。
To maximize the utility of research to decisionmaking, especially given limited financial resources, scientists must set priorities for their efforts. We present a list of the top 40 high-priority, multidisciplinary research questions directed toward informing some of the most important current and future decisions about management of species, communities, and ecological processes in the United States. The questions were generated by an open, inclusive process that included personal interviews With decisionmakers, broad solicitation of research needs from scientists and policymakers, and an intensive workshop that included scientifically oriented individuals responsible for managing and developing policy related to natural resources. The process differed from previous efforts to set priorities for conservation research in its focus on the engagement of decisionmakers in addition to researchers. The research priorities emphasized the importance of addressing societal context and exploration of trade-offs among alternative policies and actions, as well as more traditional questions related to ecological processes and functions.