Mapping species distributions: A comparison of skilled naturalist and lay citizen science recording

Ambio

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 584-600

  van der Wal, René ^a   Anderson, Helen ^a,b   Robinson, Annie ^a   Sharma, Nirwan ^a   Mellish, Chris ^a   Roberts, Stuart ^c   Darvill, Ben ^d   Siddharthan, Advaith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c Bees   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BeeWatch; Biological recording; Bumblebees; Citizen science; National Biodiversity Network; Species distribution

Indexed keywords

BEE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MAPPING; NATIONAL PLANNING; POPULATION DENSITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL RECORD;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BOMBUS HYPNORUM; BOMBUS PASCUORUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; BEE; BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BEES; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84945307753     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: 16547209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-015-0709-x     Document Type: Article

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