Emerging technologies for biological recording

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 731-749

  August, Tom ^a   Harvey, Martin ^b   Lightfoot, Paula ^c   Kilbey, David ^d   Papadopoulos, Timos ^e   Jepson, Paul ^e  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c National Forum for Biological Recording   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological recording; Citizen science; Data capture; Technology

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; INFORMATION SYSTEM; QUALITY CONTROL; RECORD; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84931076637     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12534     Document Type: Article

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