Physical Attractiveness of an Animal Species as a Decision Factor for its Preservation

By Anna Gunnthorsdottir. 2001

223 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Sensory Systems, Social Psychology

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In Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

1. D. Barré
2. Denis Couvet
3. S. Clayton
4. Agathe Colléony
5. J. Ballouard
6. G. Provost
7. Tigga Kingston
8. X. Bonnet

In Sensory Systems

1. Tigga Kingston
2. F. Cirulli
3. M. Borgi

In Social Psychology

1. D. Barré
2. S. Clayton
3. J. Ballouard
4. G. Provost
5. Tigga Kingston
6. X. Bonnet
7. F. Cirulli
8. M. Borgi

Citations in the corpus

• Attitudes toward Animals among Kindergarten Children: Species Preferences (2015, background): “…and Burghardt 1988; Plous 1993; Serpell 2004; Batt 2009). humans also tend to prefer animals that they perceive as aesthetically appealing or “cute” (Gunnthorsdottir 2001; Stokes 2007; Knight 2008; archer and monton 2011). moreover, animals that are recognized as useful or beneficial to humans…”
• Birds as tourism flagship species: a case study of tropical islands (2009, background): “This builds-on on the work of Gunnthorsdottir (2001) who tested the effect of physical attractiveness of species on the WTP for their conservation through the use of images.”
• Human preferences for species conservation: Animal charisma trumps endangered status (2017, background): “…that have explored the value given to species, all of them, to our knowledge, have relied on participants' self-reported hypothetical species choices or intentions to support a program (Gunnthorsdottir, 2001; Tisdell et al., 2006), rather than on their actual behaviour (i.e. real money invested).”
• Influence of a Field Trip on the Attitude of Schoolchildren toward Unpopular Organisms: An Experience with Snakes (2012, background): “This bias might be the consequence of the general support of people for the protection of aesthetics, large or humanlike species (Ward et al., 1998; Gunnthorsdottir, 2001; Tisdell et al., 2006; Maresova and Frynta, 2007; Martı́n-López et al., 2007).”
• Cute, Creepy, or Crispy—How Values, Attitudes, and Norms Shape Human Behavior Toward Bats (2016, background): “Public support for species’ conservation is strongly influenced by human perceptions, predominantly the esthetic appeal of the species (Gunnthorsdottir 2001; Stokes 2007), its similarity to humans (Kellert 1996; Batt 2009), and perceived threat to humans (Knight 2008; Kellert 1996).”