Centre d'Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation, CESCO, UMR7204, MNHN, CNRS, SU, France.
Centre d'Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation, CESCO, UMR7204, MNHN, CNRS, SU, France.
Curr Opin Insect Sci. 2021 Aug;46:83-87. doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2021.03.001. Epub 2021 Mar 13.
The diversity of insects is tremendous and so is the effort needed to assess it in order to better understand insect ecology as well as their role for the functioning of ecosystems. While the interest of academics and naturalists for these species has always existed, it is only recently that such interest started to reach society more generally. From insect taxonomy and distribution to the collection of large range and long scale monitoring data, the involvement of non-academics in research outputs is growing. Is this a sign of scientists not being able to meet expectations or of science getting more and more entrenched in society? We argue for the latter, highlighting the opportunities that such involvement of amateurs in insect science represent for insect conservation.
昆虫的多样性是巨大的，为了更好地了解昆虫生态学以及它们在生态系统功能中的作用，需要付出巨大的努力来评估昆虫的多样性。虽然学术界和自然学家对这些物种一直都很感兴趣，但直到最近，这种兴趣才开始更广泛地传播到社会。从昆虫分类学和分布到收集大范围和长时间的监测数据，非学术界人士越来越多地参与到研究成果中。这是科学家无法满足期望的迹象，还是科学越来越深入社会的迹象？我们认为是后者，并强调了业余昆虫学家参与昆虫科学所带来的机会，这对昆虫保护具有重要意义。
