Can volunteers collect data that are comparable to professional scientists? a study of variables used in monitoring the outcomes of ecosystem rehabilitation

Environmental Management

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 969-978

  Gollan, John ^a,b   De Bruyn, Lisa Lobry ^c   Reid, Nick ^c   Wilkie, Lance ^a  

^a Australian Musuem   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benchmark; Citizen science; Cost effective; Data collection; Data credibility

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARK; CITIZEN SCIENCE; COST-EFFECTIVE; DATA COLLECTION; DATA CREDIBILITY;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ESTIMATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

DATA ACQUISITION;

BENCHMARKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; VEGETATION; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEAF DAMAGE; QUALITY CONTROL; SCIENTIST; VEGETATION; VOLUNTEER;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84867581260     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-012-9924-4     Document Type: Article

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