Contribution of citizen science towards international biodiversity monitoring

Biological Conservation

Volumn 213, Issue , 2017, Pages 280-294

  Chandler, Mark ^a   See, Linda ^b   Copas, Kyle ^c   Bonde, Astrid M Z ^d   López, Bernat Claramunt ^e   Danielsen, Finn ^d   Legind, Jan Kristoffer ^c   Masinde, Siro ^c   Miller Rushing, Abraham J ^f   Newman, Greg ^g   Rosemartin, Alyssa ^h   Turak, Eren ^i,j  

^a EARTHWATCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)   (Denmark)

^d Nordic Foundation for Development and Ecology   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f Acadia National Park   (United States)

^g Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

ⁱ OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^j AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Citizen science; Community based monitoring; Databases; Essential biodiversity variables (EBV); Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF); Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON)

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; DATABASE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GROWTH; INSECT; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; MONITORING; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REMOTE SENSING;

AUSTRALIA; INDIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AFRICA;

AVES; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 85005924109     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.09.004     Document Type: Article

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