Diversity, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 17(1), С. 71 - 71

Опубликована: Янв. 19, 2025

Plants are an essential component of ecosystems; however, their significance is frequently underestimated, resulting in less effective conservation efforts. One approach to address plant blindness (PB) or awareness disparity (PAD) establish connections between plants and animals, as animals inherently attract more human attention. In this study, we employed online questionnaire manipulate visual materials featuring flowers alone, accompanied by pollinators, pollinators isolation. We assessed participants’ willingness protect (WTP) the perceived attractiveness both pollinators. Our findings revealed that presented alone received higher WTP scores than plants. Moreover, association enhanced Conversely, were consistently attractive irrespective whether displayed alongside The was significantly correlated with WTP. Notably, colourful such Selasphorus rufus, Vestiaria coccinea, Danaus plexippus positively influenced plants, while remaining five species (predominantly invertebrates) did not exhibit a similar effect. propose establishing connection visually appealing can help mitigate PB/PAD. These should be utilised umbrella enhance attention interest pollination processes biology.

Язык: Английский