Virginia Matzek|Justin Covino|Jennifer L. Funk|Martin Saunders
Closing the Knowing–Doing Gap in Invasive Plant Management: Accessibility and Interdisciplinarity of Scientific Research
Santa Clara University|Santa Clara University|Chapman University|Santa Clara University
abstract like many conservation disciplines invasion biology may suffer knowingdoing gap scientific research fails inform management actions surveyed california resource managers evaluate engagement scientific research identify research priorities examined managers access information judgment usefulness existing research ability generate scientific information priorities future research found practitioners rely experience largely read peerreviewed literature regard moderately useful less half managers research carry experiments conforming norms hypothesis testing results broadly disseminated managers research needs restricted applied science even basic ecology include social science questions scientists studying invasions make research useful crossing disciplinary boundaries sourcing research questions practitioners reporting results accessible venues