Citizen science can enhance strategies to detect and manage invasive forest pests and pathogens

JM Hulbert, RA Hallett, HE Roy… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Incorporating a citizen science approach into biological invasion management strategies
can enhance biosecurity. Many citizen science projects exist to strengthen the management …

The verification of ecological citizen science data: current approaches and future possibilities

E Baker, JP Drury, J Judge, DB Roy… - … Science: Theory and …, 2021 - nora.nerc.ac.uk
Citizen science schemes enable ecological data collection over very large spatial and
temporal scales, producing datasets of high value for both pure and applied research …

Citizen science and its potential for science education

M Lüsse, F Brockhage, M Beeken… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Citizen science is an expanding field in public education and learning and can bridge the
gap between science and society. This benefits not only just citizen learning and scientific …

A new framework for urban ecology: an integration of proximate and ultimate responses to anthropogenic change

JQ Ouyang, C Isaksson, C Schmidt… - Integrative and …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
As urban areas continue to grow, understanding how species respond and adapt to urban
habitats is becoming increasingly important. Knowledge of the mechanisms behind …

Citizen science in schools: Engaging students in research on urban habitat for pollinators

ME Saunders, E Roger, WL Geary, F Meredith… - Austral …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Citizen science can play an important role in school science education. Citizen science is
particularly relevant to addressing current societal environmental sustainability challenges …

What improves students' participation in a school-based citizen science project? Through the lens of practitioners

YJ Wu, WJ Hsu - International Journal of Science Education, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
Citizen science, a growing domain that allows public participation in scientific research,
plays an increasingly significant role in formal education. Its potential to foster scientific …

Promoting ocean literacy in elementary school students through investigation activities and citizen science

D Boaventura, AT Neves, J Santos… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
To enable the process of energy transition towards carbon neutrality, it is important to
educate the community on the need for social, economic, environmental and institutional …

Citizen science initiatives increase pollinator activity in private gardens and green spaces

AS Persson, V Hederström, I Ljungkvist… - … in Sustainable Cities, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Wild insect pollinators are essential to cultivated and natural ecosystems globally. Today,
many pollinator species are declining. One reason is a general lack of flowering habitats at …

[HTML][HTML] Urban indicators for UK butterflies

EB Dennis, BJT Morgan, DB Roy, TM Brereton - Ecological Indicators, 2017 - Elsevier
Most people live in urban environments and there is a need to produce abundance indices
to assist policy and management of urban greenspaces and gardens. While regional indices …

To have your citizen science cake and eat it? Delivering research and outreach through Open Air Laboratories (OPAL)

P Lakeman-Fraser, L Gosling, AJ Moffat, SE West… - BMC ecology, 2016 - Springer
Background The vast array of citizen science projects which have blossomed over the last
decade span a spectrum of objectives from research to outreach. While some focus primarily …