Wharton Dan
Chicago Zoological Society, Brookfield, Illinois.
Zoo Biol. 2008 Nov;27(6):498-504. doi: 10.1002/zoo.20204.
The science of zoo biology and the journal of the same name are appropriately perceived as central to the issues that zoological gardens must address in managing large collections of hundreds of different species of animals. However, zoos are also cultural institutions that are seeking relevance in wildlife conservation by reaching out to their enormous audiences collectively numbered in the hundreds of millions worldwide. This article suggests that if zoos are to be effective in realizing significant conservation outcomes, they will need to engage the much broader range of sciences in developing institutionally compatible conservation agendas that do not rest on untested assumptions. Some of the research questions that zoos might ask themselves are provided as examples. Zoo Biol 27:498-504, 2008. (c) 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
动物园生物学这门学科以及同名期刊被恰当地视为动物园在管理数百种不同动物的大型动物种群时必须应对的问题的核心。然而，动物园也是文化机构，它们通过接触全球数亿的庞大受众来寻求与野生动物保护的相关性。本文指出，如果动物园要有效地实现重大的保护成果，就需要在制定与机构相适应且不依赖未经检验假设的保护议程时，引入更广泛的科学领域。文中给出了一些动物园可能会自问的研究问题作为示例。《动物园生物学》27:498 - 504，2008年。（c）2008年威利 - 利斯公司。
