An agenda for the future of biological recording for ecological monitoring and citizen science

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 779-784

  Sutherland, William J ^a   Roy, David B ^b   Amano, Tatsuya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological Records Centre; Britain, UK; Distribution; Monitoring; Participation; Volunteer

Indexed keywords

AGENDA 21; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECORD; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84931099313     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12576     Document Type: Article

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