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Assessing adequacy of citizen science datasets for biodiversity monitoring

Ecology and Evolution
Tracking the state of biodiversity over time is critical to successful conservation, but conventional monitoring schemes tend to be insufficient to adequately quantify how species' abundances and distributions are changing.
Louis J. Backstrom, Corey T. Callaghan, Nicholas P. Leseberg, Chris Sanderson, Richard A. Fuller, James E. M. Watson   +5 more
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Case Studies in Advancing Community Priorities Through Museum-Community Participatory Science Partnerships

Citizen Science: Theory and Practice
Community engagement is central to both museum work and citizen science practice. However, both the museum field and the citizen science field have received calls to reexamine the purpose and function of community engagement in order to evolve from ...
Marcos Aguilar, Aretzy Amaya, Ary Amaya, Melissa Ballard, Jacob Camarillo, Yvette Casas, Max Cawley, Jenny Crayne, Gabrielle Crowe, Gabriel Cumming, Malinalli M. Diaz, Minnie Ferguson, Bertha Flores, Lila Higgins, Stepheny Hine, Axayacatzi Kuauhtzin, Carla Norwood, Angie Ong, Miguel Ordeñana, Jenni Rogan, Alice Rossignol, Jessica Sickler, Sam Tayag, Leah Valerio, Imani Vincent, Naomi Wallace   +25 more
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Home gardens contribute to conservation of the critically endangered Wollemi Pine: Evaluation of a botanic garden‐led horticultural release programme

Plants, People, Planet
Societal Impact Statement Botanic gardens play a leading role in conserving plant species worldwide. Wollemi Pine, a critically endangered species described as new to science in 1994, has been the subject of botanic garden‐led conservation efforts ...
Catherine A. Offord, Heidi C. Zimmer
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“Everyone wears mitts”: reflections on the use of metaphors in knowledge co-production in Nunavut, Canada

Arctic Science
Co-production has emerged as foundational to meaningful community-based Arctic research, placing Inuit leadership as central to knowledge creation. When founded upon strong relationships, co-production incorporates Indigenisation into research design ...
N.D. Brunet, J.S. Milton, S.-A. Thompson, M. Milton, D.A. Henri, S. Elverum   +5 more
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Extensive sampling and citizen science expand the distribution of the threatened freshwater turtle Ranacephala hogei (Mertens, 1967) [PDF]

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Ranacephala hogei is a South American freshwater turtle considered one of the 25 most endangered chelonian species in the world. Endemic to the Atlantic Forest hotspot of southeastern Brazil, the conservation status of R.
CLODOALDO L. ASSIS, RAFAEL M. VALADÃO, SÔNIA HELENA S.T. DE MENDONÇA, EVÓDIO LUIS S. PEÇANHA, HENRIQUE C. COSTA, CAMILA M. NOVAES, THIAGO F. DE BARROS, LAIO S. RODRIGUES, JOÃO LUIZ GASPARINI, RENATO N. FEIO   +9 more
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The Vascular Flora of Pisa (Tuscany, Central Italy)

Plants
We present the first vascular flora of the municipality of Pisa. The floristic inventory was built on previous literature and field observations deposited in the online database Wikiplantbase #Toscana, integrated by observations from iNaturalist.
Lorenzo Peruzzi, Brunello Pierini, Iduna Arduini, Gianni Bedini, Jacopo Franzoni   +4 more
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Recommendations for developing, documenting, and distributing data products derived from NEON data

Ecosphere
The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) provides over 180 distinct data products from 81 sites (47 terrestrial and 34 freshwater aquatic sites) within the United States and Puerto Rico. These data products include both field and remote sensing
Jeff W. Atkins, Kelly S. Aho, Xuan Chen, Andrew J. Elmore, Rich Fiorella, Wenqi Luo, Danica Lombardozzi, Claire Lunch, Leah Manak, Luis X. dePablo, Allison N. Myers‐Pigg, Sydne Record, Tong Qiu, Samuel Reed, Benjamin Ruddell, Brandon Strange, Christa L. Torrens, Kelsey Yule, Andrew D. Richardson   +18 more
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Long‐term impacts of the invasive frog Polypedates megacephalus on Taiwan's native frogs: A 16‐year community science study

Conservation Science and Practice
Invasive species pose a major threat to biodiversity worldwide, and the invasive frog Polypedates megacephalus has become a significant concern for native amphibian populations in Taiwan.
Yung‐Chih Lai, Cheng‐En Li, Wei‐Chun Cheng, Yi‐Ju Yang   +3 more
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The Feasibility and Acceptability of a Community Science Approach to Explore Infant Formula Preparation Safety in the Home

Citizen Science: Theory and Practice
Parents often seek out information about health and parenting topics, but despite this, there have been few attempts to actively engage them in the research process.
Sara Jones, Jonie Cooper, Abbie Dolling, Tara McNamara, Susan Dvorak, Vicky Sibson, Amy Brown, Emma Yhnell, Phyll Buchanan, Sharon Breward, Rebecca Ellis, Aimee Grant   +11 more
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Embracing inclusivity: the case against the term 'citizen science' [PDF]

Research Ideas and Outcomes
Participatory science and "amateur" participation in scientific data collection and work has been common for hundreds of years, but has become a more formalised field of practice in recent decades.
Christine Christian, Gilbert Gwilliam III, Matt von Konrat, June Ahn, Colleen Bailey, Daniel Dodinval, Elizabeth R. Ellwood, Kate Golembiewski, Lila Higgins, Camille Jones, Vanessa Martinez, Miguel Ordeñana, Gregory Pauly   +12 more
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