Ecological monitoring with citizen science: The design and implementation of schemes for recording plants in Britain and Ireland

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 505-521

  Pescott, Oliver L ^a   Walker, Kevin J ^b   Pocock, Michael J O ^a   Jitlal, Mark ^a   Outhwaite, Charlotte L ^a   Cheffings, Christine M ^c   Harris, Felicity ^d   Roy, David B ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF THE BRITISH ISLES   (United Kingdom)

^c JOINT NATURE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE   (United Kingdom)

^d Plantlife Scotland   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlas; Biological recording; Botany; Long term monitoring; Participatory monitoring; Surveillance monitoring; Volunteer surveying

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ATLAS; BIODIVERSITY; DATA SET; DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLORA; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LITERATURE REVIEW; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECORD; SURVEY; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84931087072     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12581     Document Type: Article

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