Was Henry David Thoreau a Good Naturalist? An Approach for Assessing Data from Historical Natural History Records
Was Henry David Thoreau a Good Naturalist? An Approach for Assessing Data from Historical Natural History Records
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亨利·大卫·梭罗是一位优秀的博物学家吗?
DOI:
10.1093/biosci/biac063
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发表时间:
2022
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影响因子:
10.1
通讯作者:
Miller, Tara K
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作者:
Primack, Richard B;Miller-Rushing, Abraham J;Miller, Tara K
Ecologists are increasingly combining historical observations made by naturalists with modern observations to detect the ecological effects of climate change. This use of historical observations raises the following question: How do we know that historical data are appropriate to use to answer current ecological questions? In the present article, we address this question for environmental philosopher Henry David Thoreau, author ofWalden. Should we trust his observations? We qualitatively and quantitatively evaluate Thoreau's observations using a three-step framework: We assess the rigor, accuracy, and utility of his observations to investigate changes in plants and animals over time. We conclude that Thoreau was an accurate observer of nature and a reliable scientist. More importantly, we describe how this simple three-step approach could be used to assess the accuracy of other scientists and naturalists.
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3.6
作者:
Ellwood, Elizabeth R.;Primack, Richard B.;HilleRisLambers, Janneke
通讯作者:
HilleRisLambers, Janneke
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6.6
作者:
Gotelli, Nicholas J.;Booher, Douglas B.;Primack, Richard B.
通讯作者:
Primack, Richard B.
影响因子:
2.8
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通讯作者:
L. Baeten
影响因子:
3
作者:
M. Vellend;Carissa D Brown;H. Kharouba;J. L. McCune;I. Myers
通讯作者:
I. Myers
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发表时间:
2017
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作者:
Lucas S. Stegman;R. Primack;Amanda S. Gallinat;T. Lloyd;Elizabeth R. Ellwood
通讯作者:
Elizabeth R. Ellwood