Evaluating the Quality of Citizen-Scientist Data on Pollinator Communities;Evaluación de la Calidad de Datos de Comunidades de Polinizadores Tomados por Ciudadanos-Científicos

Conservation Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 607-617

  Kremen, C ^a   Ullman, K S ^b,c   Thorp, R W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoidea; Arthropod; Bee; Ecological monitoring; Floral visitor; Pollinator monitoring; Volunteer observer

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEE; DATA SET; FLOWER VISITING; FLY; HEDGEROW; POLLINATOR; POPULATION DECLINE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; VOLUNTARY APPROACH; WASP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BIODIVERSITY; FLOWER; FLY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WASP;

ANIMALS; BEES; BIODIVERSITY; DIPTERA; FLOWERS; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WASPS;

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ARTHROPODA;

EID: 79955811302     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01657.x     Document Type: Article

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