Contributions to publications and management plans from 7 years of citizen science: Use of a novel evaluation tool on Earthwatch-supported projects

Biological Conservation

Volumn 208, Issue , 2017, Pages 163-173

  Chandler, Mark ^a   Rullman, Stan ^a   Cousins, Jenny ^a   Esmail, Nafeesa ^a   Begin, Elise ^a   Venicx, Gitte ^a   Eisenberg, Cristina ^a   Studer, Marie ^b  

^a EARTHWATCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen science; Conservation management; Evaluation; Outcomes; Scientific publications; Volunteer monitoring

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; META-ANALYSIS; PLANNING METHOD; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; PUBLISHING;

EID: 84992313476     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.09.024     Document Type: Article

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