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4. Using Technology to Expand Our Observational Senses

verfasst von : Rafe Sagarin, Aníbal Pauchard

Erschienen in: Observation and Ecology

Verlag: Island Press/Center for Resource Economics

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Abstract

For all our unused sensory power discussed in the previous chapter, our senses are still decidedly limited, and this would restrict our ability to use an observational approach to ecology were it not for technology-facilitated expansions of our senses. This chapter is about how we can use technology to our advantage, how it can lead us astray, and how to harmonize the relationship between the biophilic observer of the natural world and the technophilic scientist who sees the world through technological sensors.

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Metadaten
Titel
Using Technology to Expand Our Observational Senses
verfasst von
Rafe Sagarin
Aníbal Pauchard
Copyright-Jahr
2012
Verlag
Island Press/Center for Resource Economics
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-230-3_5