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Is species diversity of various crop "pest taxa" proportionate to efforts paid to their research? A scientometric analysis in the Czech Republic - short note

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  • Václav STEJSKAL

    (Crop Research Institute, Division of Crop Protection and Plant Health, Prague, Czech Republic)

  • Alois HONĚK

    (Crop Research Institute, Division of Crop Protection and Plant Health, Prague, Czech Republic)

Abstract

Taxonomical bias for the intensity of research in natural sciences is well documented but less data exists for crop protection, weed and phytopathology sciences. Here we test a hypothesis predicting a positive relationship between the number of pests recorded in various taxa ("pest-taxa") in the Czech Republic, their economic importance and numbers of persons engaged in research of crop protection, weed, and phytopathology. In contrast, we established an imbalance in the distribution of manpower and the number of pest species. The most counterintuitive result of this study was that the number of scientists was weakly inversely related to the average economic importance of particular taxa.

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  • Václav STEJSKAL & Alois HONĚK, 2015. "Is species diversity of various crop "pest taxa" proportionate to efforts paid to their research? A scientometric analysis in the Czech Republic - short note," Plant Protection Science, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 51(4), pages 191-194.
    • Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlpps:v:51:y:2015:i:4:id:24-2015-pps
    DOI: 10.17221/24/2015-PPS
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    1. Vaclav STEJSKAL & Radek AULICKY & Zuzana KUCEROVA, 2014. "Pest control strategies and damage potential of seed-infesting pests in the Czech stores - a review," Plant Protection Science, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 50(4), pages 165-173.
    2. Robert M May, 2011. "Why Worry about How Many Species and Their Loss?," Working Papers id:4467, eSocialSciences.
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