The role of citizen science in monitoring biodiversity in Ireland

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1237-1249

  Donnelly, Alison ^a,b   Crowe, Olivia ^c   Regan, Eugenie ^d   Begley, Sinead ^e   Caffarra, Amelia ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c BIRDWATCH IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d South East Technological University   (Ireland)

^e Sinead Begley and Associates   (Ireland)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Citizen science; Climate change; Ireland; Phenology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMAN; INSECT; IRELAND; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; QUALITY CONTROL; VOLUNTEER;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMANS; INSECTS; IRELAND; PLANTS; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH DESIGN; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 84904254292     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-013-0717-0     Document Type: Article

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