A successful model for citizen scientist involvement in building a statewide at-risk butterfly database

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 421-431

  Jue, Dean K ^a,b   Daniels, Jaret C ^c,d  

^a Florida Natural Areas Inventory   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Butterfly conservation; Butterfly monitoring; Citizen science; Database

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937765901     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: 15729753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-014-9733-6     Document Type: Article

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