Doctoral Dissertation Research: Using Prospect Theory and Human Perceptions of Wildlife to Predict Support for Invasive Species Management.

博士论文研究：利用前景理论和人类对野生动物的看法来预测对入侵物种管理的支持。

• 批准号: 1747562
• 负责人: Sarah Anderson
• 金额: $ 1.69万
• 依托单位: University of California-Santa Barbara
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-08-15 至 2020-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1747562&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Using; Prospect

Many environmental issues are highly politicized. Invasive species impacts are an example of an environmental problem that has not become politicized. Invasive species are also one of the most important drivers of declines in global biodiversity, estimated to cost $120 billion annually in management and mitigation costs in the US, making this a salient and important issue for land and wildlife managers. Invasive species management can be particularly difficult because the public perception of risks associated with management can influence the success or failure of that action. Despite this, little is known about how to frame the management of invasive species in a way that facilitates public support.Prospect theory suggests that the public will respond more strongly to frames that communicate losses than gains. Because invasive species policy is as yet not politicized, it provides a useful test of prospect theory in the environmental arena where costs are often concentrated and benefits. By testing prospect theory across a range of species, this research can evaluate how individuals perceive risk and salience of species identity in determining the perceived need for management. This response to messaging frames may be further modulated by the perception of a species, which can, in turn, influence the success or failure of the implementation of management strategies. By accounting for species identity in our analysis of messaging frames, we can identify how species identity interacts with messaging frames to shape policy outcomes. This project helps to unite the fields of social ecology and public policy by providing novel research to understand the role of framing in the public's perception of risk associated with environmental management. We expect that mammals and other "cute" species will reduce support for management, making messaging frames more relevant to support outcomes. In contrast, we expect that messaging frames related to species that are traditionally thought of as undesirable (e.g. reptiles or amphibians) will be less relevant in determining public support. Broadly, this project can inform managers about how to frame and message about invasive species to increase public support for management.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

许多环境问题高度政治化。入侵物种的影响是尚未政治化的环境问题的一个例子。入侵物种也是全球生物多样性下降的最重要驱动因素之一，估计每年在美国造成 1200 亿美元的管理和缓解成本，这使得这成为土地和野生动物管理者面临的一个突出而重要的问题。入侵物种管理可能特别困难，因为公众对与管理相关的风险的看法可能会影响该行动的成功或失败。尽管如此，人们对如何以有利于公众支持的方式制定入侵物种管理框架知之甚少。前景理论表明，公众会对传达损失而不是收益的框架做出更强烈的反应。由于入侵物种政策尚未政治化，因此它为成本和收益往往集中的环境领域的前景理论提供了有用的检验。通过测试一系列物种的前景理论，这项研究可以评估个体在确定管理需求时如何看待风险和物种身份的显着性。这种对消息框架的反应可能会受到物种感知的进一步调节，这反过来又会影响管理策略实施的成功或失败。通过在消息框架分析中考虑物种身份，我们可以确定物种身份如何与消息框架相互作用以塑造政策结果。该项目通过提供新颖的研究来了解框架在公众对环境管理相关风险的认知中的作用，有助于将社会生态学和公共政策领域结合起来。我们预计哺乳动物和其他“可爱”物种将减少对管理的支持，使消息传递框架与支持结果更加相关。相比之下，我们预计与传统上被认为不受欢迎的物种（例如爬行动物或两栖动物）相关的消息框架在确定公众支持方面将不太相关。从广义上讲，该项目可以告知管理者如何构建和传达有关入侵物种的信息，以增加公众对管理的支持。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。