eBird: Engaging birders in science and conservation

PLoS Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Wood, Chris ^a   Sullivan, Brian ^a   Iliff, Marshall ^a   Fink, Daniel ^a   Kelling, Steve ^a  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EBIRD; EDUCATION; GAME; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; ANIMAL; BIRD; CONSUMER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FACTUAL DATABASE; GOVERNMENT; LEISURE; ONLINE SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HOBBIES; HUMANS; INTERNET; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84855178062     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001220     Document Type: Article

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