Abstract
Conservation Conservation actions are sometimes most pressing in areas where local people are excluded from research activities. This not only has clear ethical drawbacks but may also reduce research effectiveness. Ward-Fear et al. included Australian Aboriginal rangers in their study of training effects on cane toad avoidance in yellow spotted monitor lizards. They found that the rangers not only identified lizards at longer distances but also more readily discovered lizards that displayed shyer personalities and occupied more vegetated and shaded areas, whereas the scientists identified lizards that were bolder and more obvious. Ranger-identified lizards were also more successful at being trained to avoid toxic cane toads, likely because they behaved in more risk-averse ways. This study emphasizes the importance of cultural diversity in research teams to the quality of research outcomes. Cons. Lett. 10.1111/conl.12643 (2019).
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