Extinction of experience among ecologists

2025/01/09 by Masashi Soga, Kevin J. Gaston · 6 voices · 7 citations
Environmental Science · Decision Sciences · #Species Distribution and Climate Change #Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration #Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education

paper · doi:10.1016/j.tree.2024.12.010

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Discussions

• Really important read about the extinction of experience among ecologists - and the barriers to doing fieldwork - both in teaching & research. @kevinjgaston.bsky.social Likely to hinder our efforts to [bsky, 85 points, 4 comments]
• 👉 Widespread decline in fieldwork-based research and education is bad news for biodiversity, conservation, and future generations of scientists 😢. "Extinction of experience among ecologists" doi.or [bsky, 9 points, 0 comments]
• Indeed a great read with important points why #fieldwork and field experience are essential for ecologists, and what could be done to preserve its place in #ecology teaching and research. doi.org/10.1 [bsky, 5 points, 0 comments]
• Interesting discussion of causes and consequences of a decline in fieldwork-based research and education in ecology (also relevant to evolution) doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... [bsky, 2 points, 0 comments]
• Interesting discussion of causes and consequences of a decline in fieldwork-based research and education in ecology (also relevant to evolution) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2024.12.010 #FieldWork # [bsky, 2 points, 0 comments]
• Extinction of experience among ecologists doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... @scinews.bsky.social @esci.eu @chronicle.com @phdvoice.bsky.social @academiclife.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social @mikrobioko [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]