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A case of silent invasion : citizen science confirms the presence of Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) in Central America [PDF]

, 2019
Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) is a globally invasive ladybird. It has been intentionally introduced in many countries as a biological control agent, whereas it has been unintentionally released in many others.
Haelewaters, Danny, Hiller, Thomas
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Mapping species distributions: A comparison of skilled naturalist and lay citizen science recording [PDF]

, 2015
To assess the ability of traditional biological recording schemes and lay citizen science approaches to gather data on species distributions and changes therein, we examined bumblebee records from the UK’s national repository (National Biodiversity ...
A Lawrence, A Lawrence, Advaith Siddharthan, AIT Tulloch, AM Miller-Rushing, Annie Robinson, Ben Darvill, BL Sullivan, C Kremen, C Mackechnie, Chris Mellish, CL Catlin-Groves, D Goulson, D Goulson, DB Lindenmayer, DE Moerman, DEFRA, DEFRA, DS Schmeller, EH Boakes, GC Lye, GW Hopkins, HE Roy, HE Roy, Helen Anderson, J Beck, J Silvertown, JJD Greenwood, K Paul, LP Crowther, M Barbet-Massin, M Macdonald, MJO Pocock, Nirwan Sharma, NJB Isaac, R Ellis, R Ellis, René van der Wal, S Bell, S Goffredo, Stuart Roberts, UK National Ecosystem Assessment   +41 more
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Birds of the Kerala Agricultural University campus, Thrissur District, Kerala, India - an update

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2017
An updated checklist of the birds of the Kerala Agricultural University main campus is presented here.  The current checklist includes 172 species in 60 families and 17 orders.
K. Abha Manohar, Arjun Ramachandran, M.S. Syamili, E.R. Sreekumar, Nithin Mohan, J. Anjali, Abinand Reddy, P. O. Nameer   +7 more
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Comparing multiscale, presence-only habitat suitability models created with structured survey data and community science data for a rare warbler species at the southern range margin.

PLoS ONE, 2023
Golden-winged Warblers (Vermivora chrysoptera, Parulidae) are declining migrant songbirds that breed in the Great Lakes and Appalachian regions of North America. Within their breeding range, Golden-winged Warblers are found in early successional habitats
Lauren E Whitenack, Sara J Snell Taylor, Aimee Tomcho, Allen H Hurlbert   +3 more
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Bias Reduction via End-to-End Shift Learning: Application to Citizen Science

, 2018
Citizen science projects are successful at gathering rich datasets for various applications. However, the data collected by citizen scientists are often biased --- in particular, aligned more with the citizens' preferences than with scientific objectives.
Chen, Di, Gomes, Carla P.
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Best Practices for Using eBird Data v1.0

, 2020
View the book Best Practices for Using eBird Data at https://cornelllabofornithology.github.io/ebird-best-practices/
Strimas-Mackey, Matthew, Hochachka, Wesley M., Ruiz-Gutierrez, Viviana, Robinson, Orin J., Miller, Eliot T., Auer, Tom, Kelling, Steve, Fink, Daniel, Johnston, Alison   +8 more
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Citizen Science 2.0 : Data Management Principles to Harness the Power of the Crowd [PDF]

, 2011
Citizen science refers to voluntary participation by the general public in scientific endeavors. Although citizen science has a long tradition, the rise of online communities and user-generated web content has the potential to greatly expand its scope ...
A. Flanagin, A. Rorissa, A.I. Nicolaou, B.L. Sullivan, B.R. Allen, D. Gefen, D.J. Coleman, E. Hand, E. Rosch, G. Lakoff, G.L. Murphy, J. Foster-Smith, J. Parsons, J. Parsons, J. Parsons, J. Silvertown, J. Silvertown, J.J. Young, J.L. Dickinson, J.S. Bowers, K. Grill-Spector, L.S.B. Raccoon, M. Bishr, M. Goodchild, M.A. Bunge, P. Palvia, R. Agarwal, S.Y.X. Komiak, W.E.G. Aaron, Y. Wand, Y. Wand, Y.F. Wiersma   +31 more
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Integrating community science and agency‐collected monitoring data to expand monitoring capacity at large spatial scales

Ecosphere, 2023
Monitoring species to better understand their status, ecology, and management needs is a major expense for agencies tasked with biodiversity conservation. Community science data have the potential to improve monitoring for minimal cost, given appropriate
Hannah A. Sipe, Ilai N. Keren, Sarah J. Converse   +2 more
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Multi-Entity Dependence Learning with Rich Context via Conditional Variational Auto-encoder

, 2017
Multi-Entity Dependence Learning (MEDL) explores conditional correlations among multiple entities. The availability of rich contextual information requires a nimble learning scheme that tightly integrates with deep neural networks and has the ability to ...
Chen, Di, Gomes, Carla P., Tang, Luming, Xue, Yexiang   +3 more
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Conceptual Frameworks for Building Online Citizen Science Projects [PDF]

, 2016
In recent years, citizen science has grown in popularity due to a number of reasons, including the emphasis on informal learning and creativity potential associated with these initiatives.
Darlington, John, Yadav, Poonam
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