Linking place-based citizen science with large-scale conservation research: A case study of bird-building collisions and the role of professional scientists

Biological Conservation

Volumn 184, Issue , 2015, Pages 439-445

  Loss, Scott R ^a   Loss, Sara S ^a,c   Will, Tom ^b   Marra, Peter P ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Division of Migratory Birds   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird building collisions; Citizen science; Data intensive science; Public participation in scientific research; Window collisions

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; COLLISION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION MAKING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

AVES;

EID: 84924559473     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.02.023     Document Type: Review

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