Citizen science involves volunteers who participate in scientific research by collecting data,
monitoring sites, and even taking part in the whole process of scientific inquiry (Roy et al …

Citizen science is on the rise. Aided by the internet, the popularity and scope of citizen
science appears almost limitless. For citizens the motivation is to contribute to “real” science …

Biodiversity is essential to healthy ecosystem function, influencing productivity and
resilience to disturbance. Biodiversity loss endangers essential ecosystem services and …

Despite conservation commitments, most countries still lack large-scale biodiversity
monitoring programs to track progress toward agreed targets. Monitoring program design is …

Volunteer involvement in biological surveys is becoming common in conservation and
ecology, prompting questions on the quality of data collected in such surveys. In a …

Citizen science, broadly defined as the involvement of volunteers in research (Dickinson,
Zuckerberg & Bonter, 2010), has a long history (Silvertown, 2009). In the UK the fields of …

Marine legislation is becoming ever more complex, so new cost-effective ways of obtaining
and processing increasingly large data sets are required to support evidence-based policy …

Adaptive management is broadly recognized as critical for managing natural resources, yet
in practice it often fails to achieve intended results for two main reasons: insufficient …

Standing deadwood is an important structural component of forest ecosystems. Its
occurrence and dynamics influence both carbon fluxes and the availability of habitats for …

Volunteer-based standardized monitoring of birds has been widely implemented in Europe
and North America. In France, a breeding bird survey is running since 1989 and offers keen …