Hunted predators: Charisma confounds

Hunted predators: Charisma confounds.

IN THEIR PERSPECTIVE “When the hunter becomes the hunted” (19 June, p. 1312), R. Woodroffe and S. M. Redpath rightly pointed out that a social consensus, in addition to scientific evidence, is critical to effectively control species deemed overabundant, such as some predators, because social conflicts over the need for control undermine management decisions. We stress here that social acceptabi...

Ecologically justified charisma: preservation of top predators delivers biodiversity conservation

FABRIZIO SERGIO ,*† IAN NEWTON,‡ LUIGI MARCHESI† and PAOLO PEDRINI† *Department of Applied Biology, Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Avda. María Luisa s/n, Pabellón del Perú, 41013 Seville, Spain; †Raptor Conservation Research Unit, Trento Museum of Natural Sciences, Via Calepina 14, 38100 Trento, Italy; and ‡Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Monks Wood, Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon, Cambridges...

Drilled, slammed, peeled and crushed: marine predators hunted for shells at the Langenboom locality (the Netherlands)

Confounds In

Despite a substantial research literature on the influence of dimensions and exercises in assessment centers (ACs), the relative impact of these two sources of variance continues to raise uncertainties because of confounding. With confounded effects, it is not possible to establish the degree to which any one effect, including those related to exercises and dimensions, influences AC ratings. In...

Charisma and Moral Reasoning

Charisma is morally problematic insofar as it replaces followers’ capacity to engage in genuine moral reasoning. When followers defer to charismatic leaders and act in ways that are morally wrong they are not only blameworthy for wrongdoing but for failing in their deliberative obligations. Even when followers defer to charismatic leaders and do the right thing, their action is less praiseworth...