Using open access observational data for conservation action: A case study for birds

Biological Conservation

Volumn 208, Issue , 2017, Pages 5-14

  Sullivan, Brian L ^a   Phillips, Tina ^a   Dayer, Ashley A ^a   Wood, Christopher L ^a   Farnsworth, Andrew ^a   Iliff, Marshall J ^a   Davies, Ian J ^a   Wiggins, Andrea ^b   Fink, Daniel ^a   Hochachka, Wesley M ^a   Rodewald, Amanda D ^a   Rosenberg, Kenneth V ^a   Bonney, Rick ^a   Kelling, Steve ^a  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen science; Conservation action; Conservation impacts; Conservation outcomes; Data use; eBird

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; DATA SET; DATABASE; GLOBAL CHANGE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESOURCE USE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AVES;

EID: 84969245562     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.04.031     Document Type: Article

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