eBird: A citizen-based bird observation network in the biological sciences

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2282-2292

  Sullivan, Brian L ^a   Wood, Christopher L ^a   Iliff, Marshall J ^a   Bonney, Rick E ^a   Fink, Daniel ^a   Kelling, Steve ^a  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird observations; Citizen science; eBird; Observation network; Scale dependent analysis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; REAL TIME; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AVES;

EID: 68349141688     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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