Citizen science and nature conservation

Key Topics in Conservation Biology 2

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 127-142

  Silvertown, Jonathan ^a   Buesching, Christina D ^b   Jacobson, Susan K ^c   Rebelo, Tony ^d  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Citizen science; Data validation; Nature conservation; Volunteer motivation; Volunteer recruitment; Volunteer training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886508530     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118520178.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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