The use of social media data is becoming increasingly widespread in ecological research
and this trend is expected to continue as social media use increases globally. Fishers share …

Freshwater recreational fisheries constitute complex adaptive social-ecological systems
where mobile anglers link spatially structured ecosystems. In this article, a general social …

Amphibian declines and extinctions are critical concerns of biologists around the world. The
estimated current rate of amphibian extinction is known, but how it compares to the …

Recreational fisheries are diverse in scale, scope, and participation worldwide, constituting
an important ecosystem service of marine and freshwater ecosystems. Management of these …

Public interest in most aspects of the environment is sharply declining relative to other
subjects, as measured by internet searches performed on Google. Changes in the search …

Abstract The Safe Operating Space (SOS) of a recreational fishery is the multidimensional
region defined by levels of harvest, angler effort, habitat, predation and other factors in which …

Web‐crawling approaches, that is, automated programs data mining the internet to obtain
information about a particular process, have recently been proposed for monitoring early …

The impact of recreational fishing on fish stocks remains largely unknown, as this is
inherently difficult to monitor, especially in areas such as the Mediterranean Sea where …

Mining of social media has been shown to be a useful tool for social and biological research
(eg tracking disease out breaks). This article outlines an accessible approach to the use of …

Monitoring public perception of conservation is essential to ensure successful conservation
outcomes. However, evaluating attitudes towards conservation projects presents daunting …