Connecting animal and human cognition to conservation

摘要: Expanding human populations favors a few species while extinguishing and endangering many others (Maxwell et al., 2016; Pimm 2014). Understanding how animals perceive learn about dangers rewards can aid conservationists seeking to limit abundant or restore rare (Schakner Blumstein, Greggor 2014; Angeloni 2008; Fernandez-Juricic Schulte, 2016). Cognition research is informing conservation science by suggesting naive prey novel predators (Griffin 2000; Moseby 2015; Schakner 2016), the mechanisms underlying variation in tolerance of disturbance (Bostwick 2014), when natural aversions fear learning be leveraged humanely control (Nielsen Colman Norbury Lance 2010; Cross 2013). Insights into relationships between cognition adaptability suggest that behavioral inflexibility often presages rarity (Amiel 2011; Reif Sol Zhang but see Kellert, 1984). Human compassion restraint are ultimately required conserve species. Cognitive therefore further inform revealing complex inner worlds we threaten and, partnership with environmental psychologists, explore such newfound knowledge affects our empathy for other public’s actions on behalf need (Collado 2013;