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Perceptions and representations of animal diversity: Where did the insects go?

2019-09-01

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Insects are everywhere: they represent 73% of the total described fauna, and, being linked to every ecosystem function, they play key roles in biodiversity resilience. However, are we humans aware of this? Through a study conducted on French students in Environmental and Human Sciences, we designed a free-associations test-based game to elucidate whether Insects were a part of animal diversity representations and...

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Literature Corpus work: a022fc60-4c6c-576a-b177-15236b73e77d
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.07.031

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