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The importance of cultural knowledge and scale for analysing internet search data as a proxy for public interest toward the environment

2014-11-01

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Recent analyses of Internet search behaviour conclude that the public’s interest in environmental issues is falling (McCallum and Bury, Biodiv Conserv 22:1355–1367, 2013). Ficetola (Biodiv Conserv 22:2983–2988, 2013) argued that the nature of the underpinning data processing may create an artificially declining trend, even when the absolute number of searches increases and public interest is growing. These finding...

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DOI: 10.1007/s10531-014-0767-6

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