REVIEW: Questionnaires in ecology: a review of past use and recommendations for best practice

By Piran C. L. White, Nancy VAUGHAN JENNINGS, A. Renwick, N.L.H. Barker. 2005

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Economics and Econometrics

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Avian assemblage structure and domestic cat densities in urban environments (2007, background): “…data were obtained by conducting telephone and door-to-door surveys with households within each of the 30 urban BBS squares between November 2004 and November 2005; these types of surveys have been found to yield higher response rates than alternatives such as postal surveys (White et al ., 2005).”
Qualitative and quantitative effects of reintroduced beavers on stream fish (2012, methodology): “Questionnaire design Questionnaires are used increasingly as a means of collecting data in ecology (White et al. 2005), and Likert scales (Likert 1932) have been used previously to assess public perception to species reintroduction (e.”
Quantifying and comparing bumblebee nest densities in gardens and countryside habitats (2007, background): “Williams (2005) proposes that it may not be simply food plant availability, but overall niche breadth and the degree of climatic and habitat specialization that indicate the risk of decline for a species.”
Predicting the ecological consequences of environmental change: a review of the methods* (2006, background): “In principle, just asking someone what they think will be a response to a given change might appear a poor way to make ecological decisions, but in practice many of the decisions in applied ecology are based upon the opinion of others (White et al. 2005).”
Structured elicitation of expert judgments for threatened species assessment: a case study on a continental scale using email (2012, methodology): “In ecology, the elicitation of opinions via remote means is typically conducted with email or postal mail via a tra- ditional, single iteration questionnaire (e.g. White et al. 2005) or an iterative Delphi-style process (e.g. Kuhnert, Martin & Griffiths 2010).”
Habitat monitoring in Europe: a description of current practices (2008, neutral): “We are also aware of the limitations of studies based on questionnaires (White et al. 2005), therefore, we attempted to avoid overly bold statements regarding the importance of our results.”
Population control of coypu Myocastor coypus in Italy compared to eradication in UK: a cost-benefit analysis (2007, background): “The use of questionnaires as a means of collecting data in ecology has been recently criticised by White et al. (2005).”
Using local ecological knowledge to determine status and threats of the Critically Endangered Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) in Hainan, China (2016, background): “We expected most respondents to recognize wild pigs, which are reportedly common across Hainan (Kadoorie Farm & Botanic Garden, 2001-2003), so this species was included as a positive control (White et al., 2005; Turvey et al., 2015a).”
The Delphi technique in ecology and biological conservation: applications and guidelines (2015, methodology): “To our knowledge, there are no readily available guidelines for the application of the Delphi technique to ecological and conservation issues as opposed to other techniques (see Tables 1 and 2), such as questionnaires, interviews or focus group discussions (White et al. 2005; Gill et al. 2008).”
Cute, Creepy, or Crispy—How Values, Attitudes, and Norms Shape Human Behavior Toward Bats (2016, background): “…information on knowledge, values, attitudes, opinions, behaviors, facts, and other information and have been increasingly used in ecology and conservation biology to assess stakeholder opinions and perceptions of and behaviors toward species or issues of conservation concern (White et al. 2005).”
Human–Brown Bear Conflicts in Artvin, Northeastern Turkey: Encounters, Damage, and Attitudes (2008, background): “Open-ended questions have a distinct advantage over closed format questions when the primary goal is to learn behavior and attitudes of respondents (White et al. 2005).”