Assessing Citizen Contributions to Butterfly Monitoring in Two Large Cities

Conservation Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 557-564

  Matteson, K C ^a   Taron, D J ^b   Minor, E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen monitors; Citizen sensors; Lepidoptera; Sampling effort; Species accumulation; Urban biodiversity; Volunteer efficiency

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; CITIZENSHIP; DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METROPOLITAN AREA; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SAMPLING; SENSOR; SPECIES POOL; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; CHICAGO; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; NEW YORK CITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 84861197451     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01825.x     Document Type: Article

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