Citizen, science, highways, and wildlife: Using a web-based GIS to engage citizens in collecting wildlife information

Ecology and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Lee, Tracy ^a   Quinn, Michael S ^a   Duke, Danah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Citizen science; Crowsnest pass; Highways; Road ecology; Transportation; Web based GIS; Wildlife vehicle collisions

Indexed keywords

GIS; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; ROAD;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745887483     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-01681-110111     Document Type: Article

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