Is citizen science an open science in the case of biodiversity observations?

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 612-617

  Groom, Quentin ^a   Weatherdon, Lauren ^b   Geijzendorffer, Ilse R ^c  

^a BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

^b UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

biodiversity; citizen science; data licensing; data mobilization; data sharing; GBIF; open data; reproducibility; sustainability; volunteers

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032070816     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12767     Document Type: Note

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