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Improving microbial phylogeny with citizen science within a mass-market video game
Citizen science video games are designed primarily for users already inclined to contribute to science, which severely limits their accessibility for...
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Discovering urban nature: citizen science and biodiversity on a university campus
Preserving biodiversity is a paramount global concern and, in this regard, monitoring urban biodiversity has increasingly taken on a significant...
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Citizen science plant observations encode global trait patterns
Global maps of plant functional traits are essential for studying the dynamics of the terrestrial biosphere, yet the spatial distribution of trait...
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“Ready! Set! Lichen!”: a citizen-science campaign for lichens, against the odds of success
Citizen science has successfully contributed lichen records to air pollution assessments and for detecting biodiversity hotspots, while its potential...
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Rescuing Botany: using citizen-science and mobile apps in the classroom and beyond
Biodiversity is declining due to the impact of human activities. However, public awareness of the biodiversity crisis is low, particularly for...
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Resolving disputed subspecies distribution limits, and revealing intraspecific intergradation, in the Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus using citizen science and museum data
Contact zones with hybridization are documented for several Palearctic bird taxa. However, their extent is still poorly understood in many cases,...
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Citizen Science for Social Decision-Making: Avoiding Missteps and Unlocking Potentials
Citizen science that is involving the public in scientific inquiry has increased with an expected use in social decision-making as a democratized...
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Using remote-sensing and citizen-science data to assess urban biodiversity for sustainable cityscapes: the case study of Athens, Greece
ContextUrban biodiversity is an important and growing research area as cities continue to expand and human populations concentrate in urban centers....
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Spatial distribution of the greater rhea, Rhea americana (Linnaeus, 1758), in Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil: citizen-science data, probabilistic map**, and comparison with expert knowledge
The popularization of citizen-science platforms has increased the amount of data available in a fine spatial and temporal resolution, which can be...
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Lipkea ruspoliana Vogt, 1886 (Cnidaria: Staurozoa) in Portugal: the contribution of citizen science to range extension and taxonomic discussion of rare species
Citizen science online platforms are increasingly making important sources of biological information available at the click of a button, allowing the...
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Unravelling the migratory patterns of the rufous-tailed attila within the Neotropics using citizen science and traditional data sources
Citizen science data is a useful tool for the study of bird migration, especially in the tropics, where more traditional sources of biological data...
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Balance by Compromise and Negotiation: Does a Citizen-led Shoreline Regulatory Process Achieve Environmental Policy Outcomes?
This study examines the process of shoreline regulation through the citizen-led permitting process by local wetlands boards in Virginia, focusing on...
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Using citizen science for early detection of tree pests and diseases: perceptions of professional and public participants
Early detection of new tree pests and diseases is a vital element of national strategies to prevent their establishment and spread into a country or...
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Citizen Science
For a long time, science was something for people who acquired special knowledge and applied it to answer a wide variety of questions. However, the...
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Citizen science reveals current distribution, predicted habitat suitability and resource requirements of the introduced African Carder Bee Pseudoanthidium (Immanthidium) repetitum in Australia
The introduction of non-native bee species is a major driver of ecosystem change resulting in the spread of non-native weeds, alterations to...
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Historical and citizen-reported data show shifts in bumblebee phenology over the last century in Sweden
Bumblebees are a key taxon contributing to the provision of crop pollination and ecosystem functioning. However, land use and climate change are two...
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Combining citizen science and recreational hunters to monitor exotic ungulates and native wildlife in a protected area of northeastern Argentina
Monitoring wildlife population trends is essential for resource management and invasive species control, but monitoring data are hard to acquire....
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An update on the distribution of the coypu, Myocastor coypus, in Asia and Africa through published literature, citizen-science and online platforms
The coypu, Myocastor coypus, has been introduced worldwide for fur farming and is widely recognized as one of the most invasive alien mammals of the...
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The role of passive surveillance and citizen science in plant health
The early detection of plant pests and diseases is vital to the success of any eradication or control programme, but the resources for surveillance...
