Focal plant observations as a standardised method for pollinator monitoring: Opportunities and limitations for mass participation citizen science

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Roy, Helen E ^a   Baxter, Elizabeth ^b   Saunders, Aoine ^b   Pocock, Michael J O ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Wellcome Wolfson Building   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BUMBLEBEE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOWER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANDSCAPE; MALE; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; POLLINATOR; VOLUNTEER; ANIMAL; BEE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; RESEARCH;

ANIMALS; BEES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FLOWERS; HUMANS; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; RESEARCH; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 85020332504     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150794     Document Type: Article

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