Exotic species, Experienced, and Idealized Nature

Anne-Caroline Prévot-Julliard (1) , Joanne Clavel (2, 1) , Pauline Teillac-Deschamps (2, 1) , Romain Julliard (2, 1)

1 CERSP - Conservation des espèces, Restauration et Suivi des Populations
2 MNHN - Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle

This paper is an answer to the Caplat and Coutts forum about our previous paper “The need for flexibility in conservation practices: exotic species as an example”. We precise here why we proposed to consider exotic species as well as indigenous species in the reconnection framework in human-modified environments. One argument is that consistent and understandable arguments must be used in the communication from scientists to the public, in order not to decrease the gap between science and society.

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]; Sciences de l'environnement; Biodiversité et Ecologie; Ecologie, Environnement; Sciences de l'Homme et Société

Anne-Caroline Prévot-Julliard, Joanne Clavel, Pauline Teillac-Deschamps, Romain Julliard. Exotic species, Experienced, and Idealized Nature. Environmental Management, 2011, 48 (5), pp.882-884. ⟨10.1007/s00267-011-9748-7⟩. ⟨hal-02939555⟩