Do you have any guesses about whether the lives of wild terrestrial arthropods are positive or negative? Knowing this would be important to assess changes in their population size. If they are negative as predicted by the Weighted Animal Welfare Index of Charity Entrepeneurship, decreasing (increasing) the population would be better (worse) everything else equal. Of course, everything else is never equal, and this questions is quite complex (e.g. due to trophic cascades).
I understand the question is not explicitly covered by your study, but any thoughts would be welcome. Feel free to pass the question too (I read your note here).
Hi Meghan,
Do you have any guesses about whether the lives of wild terrestrial arthropods are positive or negative? Knowing this would be important to assess changes in their population size. If they are negative as predicted by the Weighted Animal Welfare Index of Charity Entrepeneurship, decreasing (increasing) the population would be better (worse) everything else equal. Of course, everything else is never equal, and this questions is quite complex (e.g. due to trophic cascades).
I understand the question is not explicitly covered by your study, but any thoughts would be welcome. Feel free to pass the question too (I read your note here).