Lights, camera⋯citizen science: Assessing the effectiveness of smartphone-based video training in invasive plant identification

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Starr, Jared ^a   Schweik, Charles M ^a   Bush, Nathan ^a   Fletcher, Lena ^a   Finn, Jack ^a   Fish, Jennifer ^b   Bargeron, Charles T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Service Forestry Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDER; ALNUS FRANGULA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEAGNUS UMBELLATA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; LONICERA; MOBILE PHONE; NONHUMAN; OLIVE; PLANT IDENTIFICATION; POLYGONUM CUSPIDATUM; ROSA MULTIFLORA; ROSE; SMARTPHONE; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING; CLASSIFICATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LIGHT; PLANT;

CELL PHONES; HUMANS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LIGHT; PLANTS;

EID: 84910666339     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111433     Document Type: Article

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