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iNaturalist accelerates biodiversity research [PDF]

BioScience
Abstract Participatory citizen science is expanding, with iNaturalist emerging as one of the most widely used platforms globally. However, its application in research is often anecdotal. To evaluate the impact of how iNaturalist is contributing to biodiversity and conservation research, we conducted a systematic review of iNaturalist ...
Brittany Mason, Florencia Grattarola, Colleen Hitchcock   +2 more
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Online Crowdsourced Data from iNaturalist Can Assist Monitoring of Invasive Mosquitoes [PDF]

Insects
Invasive mosquitoes continue to spread, increasing the threat of mosquito-borne disease. Ongoing mosquito surveillance is necessary to track the introduction and establishment of these species in new areas and implement appropriate public health and ...
Benjamin Cull
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iNaturalist and Structured Mammal Surveys Reflect Similar Species Richness but Capture Different Species Pools Across the United States [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Crowd‐sourced biodiversity data, such as those housed in the iNaturalist platform, are increasingly used to monitor species distributions. Such data represent unstructured biodiversity surveys that are generally comprised of incidental observations and ...
Daniel J. Herrera, Christopher M. Schalk, Alex J. Jensen, Benjamin R. Goldstein, Brigit R. Rooney, Roland Kays, William J. McShea, Michael V. Cove   +7 more
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Evaluating the data quality of iNaturalist termite records

PLoS ONE, 2020
Citizen science (CS) contributes to the knowledge about species distributions, which is a critical foundation in the studies of invasive species, biological conservation, and response to climatic change.
Hartwig H Hochmair, Rudolf H Scheffrahn, Mathieu Basille   +2 more
exaly   +5 more sources

Community Science: Big Insights From Small Mammal Data [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Biodiversity surveys can be costly and labor‐intensive; therefore, community science databases serve as a practical resource to support survey goals. Community science datasets may be a valuable tool for easily identifiable species.
Marion Sherbourne, Meghan Ward, Meagan Stager, Shelby Cohen, Lucy vanHaaften, Thomas Burgess, Bryan Hughes, Jeff Bowman   +7 more
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Exploring the participation of young citizen scientists in scientific research: The case of iNaturalist

PLoS ONE, 2021
Online citizen science projects have broadened options for accessing science and enabled different forms of participation in scientific research for adult and young volunteers.
Maria Aristeidou, Christothea Herodotou, Heidi L Ballard   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Investigating key drivers influencing AI-based detection and identification of plants. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
In recent years, AI-driven platforms have transformed citizen science by collecting and generating valuable records of living organisms for monitoring biological data.
Andréanne Charron, Adèle Julien, Joseph R Stinziano, Marie-Claude Gagnon   +3 more
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Geographic proximity and homophily effects drive social interactions within VGI communities: an example of iNaturalist

International Journal of Digital Earth
Social interactions among online community members contributing to volunteered geographic information (VGI) are a key element and often crucial to VGI project success.
Guiming Zhang, Xi Gong, Di Zhu
exaly   +3 more sources

iNaturalist as a tool in the study of tropical molluscs

PLoS ONE, 2022
Although terrestrial gastropods are remarkably diverse, our knowledge of them is still lacking, especially for species from the Global South. As such, new tools to help researchers collect data on these organisms are very welcome.
Rafael Masson Rosa, Daniel C. Cavallari, Rodrigo B Salvador   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Contribution of the public to the modelling of the distributions of species: Occurrence and current and potential distribution of the ant Manica rubida (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

European Journal of Entomology, 2023
Maps and models of the distributions of animals and plants are important for assessing their current and future status. Such models rely on information on the environment and occurrence of species.
Patrick KRAPF
doaj   +1 more source