Abstract. In an era of environmental crises, conservation and management strategies need a new generation of applied ecologists. Here, we stimulate the next-generation applied ecologists to acquire a pragmatic mentality of problems solvers in real contexts, using the wide arsenal of concepts, approaches and techniques available in the project management (PM) arena using a road map based on the main steps of conservation project cycle. The acquisition of the conceptual and operational framework of PM can allow the next-generation applied ecologists to take on a more important role in nature conservation strategies: from data samplers, analyzers and interpreters to suppliers of solutions and decisions driving changes in species' targets inhabiting real contexts. Since the high number of applied ecologists, this change in approach (from analytical to operational) could make the difference in conservation science. We also provided, as a conceptual framework, a set of suggestions and approaches useful to facilitate this change.

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迈向新一代有效的问题解决者和面向项目的应用生态学家

摘要。在环境危机的时代，保护和管理战略需要新一代应用生态学家。在这里，我们利用项目管理 (PM) 领域中可用的广泛概念、方法和技术，使用基于主要步骤的路线图，激励下一代应用生态学家在实际环境中获得解决问题的务实心态保护项目周期。获得 PM 的概念和操作框架可以让下一代应用生态学家在自然保护战略中扮演更重要的角色：从数据采样器、分析器和解释器到解决方案和决策的供应商，推动物种栖息地目标的变化实际情况。由于大量应用生态学家，这种方法的变化（从分析到操作）可能会改变保护科学。作为一个概念框架，我们还提供了一系列有助于促进这种变化的建议和方法。