🐦Do some birds have #PrettyPrivilege? New paper! 💫We show that ~half the variation in research effort on 293 bird species in US+Canada is explained by just 3 factors: 1)visual appeal, 2)range size, & 3)# of universities w/in ranges. Here’s what we did: 🧵https://t.co/hGu8xYYb4x
A new analysis of more than 27,000 ornithology papers confirmed a troubling bias: Beautiful birds were the subject of three times more scientific research than plainer species. That's alarming for ornithology and conservation. https://t.co/I82HQYvPnW
🆕 Excellent piece by Rebecca Heisman out now via @audubonsociety about our new paper (https://t.co/jwxsWN29dl)!
We show that visually appealing, accessible, familiar birds were studied more than drab, distant, inaccessible species. 🐦
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A new analysis of more than 27,000 ornithology papers confirmed a troubling bias: Beautiful birds were the subject of three times more scientific research than plainer species. That's alarming for ornithology and conservation. https://t.co/I82HQYvPnW
Six-decade research bias towards fancy and familiar bird species | Proceedings B
https://t.co/KYcRDwgub9
"Publication trends explained by aesthetic salience (visual appeal), range size (familiarity) and the number of universities within ranges (accessibility)."
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Check out this important and thought-provoking new paper with real-world consequences for ecological knowledge and bird conservation! So impressed with @grayvireo for this one!
🐦Do some birds have #PrettyPrivilege? New paper! 💫We show that ~half the variation in research effort on 293 bird species in US+Canada is explained by just 3 factors: 1)visual appeal, 2)range size, & 3)# of universities w/in ranges. Here’s what we did: 🧵https://t.co/hGu8xYYb4x
w/ awesome coauthors Josh Otten, Annie Lindsay, Donald Miles (@LizardProf), & Henry Streby! ✨
Just published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B @RSocPublishing@royalsociety
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So, are you considering your next study system/species? Don’t forget to check your subconscious bias…what are we missing out on by only studying colorful/boldly patterned and geographically convenient species across the tree of life? Don't forget about the drab&distant species!
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