Natural history films raise species awareness—A big data approach

D Fernández‐Bellon, A Kane - Conservation Letters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In urbanized societies that are increasingly disconnected from nature, communicating
ecological and species awareness is crucial to revert the global environmental crisis …

The effect of COVID-19 on cross-border mobilities of people and functional border regions: the Nordic case study from Twitter data

H Wallin Aagesen, O Järv, P Gerber - Geografiska Annaler: Series …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Mobility is a global megatrend in our contemporary world as people are constantly crossing
nation-state borders for migration, tourism, work and due to mobile transnational lives. Cross …

Are social media data and survey data consistent in measuring park visitation, park satisfaction, and their influencing factors? A case study in Shanghai

S Huai, S Liu, T Zheng, T Van de Voorde - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2023 - Elsevier
Given the importance of urban parks for recreation, it is critical to understand how they are
used and perceived. Currently, relatively few studies have examined the public's activities …

Using crowdsourced spatial data from Flickr vs. PPGIS for understanding nature's contribution to people in Southern Norway

L Muñoz, VH Hausner, C Runge, G Brown… - People and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Crowdsourced data can provide spatially explicit data on the contribution of nature to
people. Spatial information is essential for effectively managing the diverse relationships …

Emerging technologies in citizen science and potential for insect monitoring

JK Sheard, T Adriaens, DE Bowler… - … of the Royal …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Emerging technologies are increasingly employed in environmental citizen science projects.
This integration offers benefits and opportunities for scientists and participants alike. Citizen …

Viewing the rare through public lenses: insights into dead calf carrying and other thanatological responses in Asian elephants using YouTube videos

SS Pokharel, N Sharma… - Royal Society open …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Documenting the behavioural repertoire of an animal species is important for understanding
that species' natural history. Many behaviours such as mating, parturition and death may be …

[HTML][HTML] Online sentiment towards iconic species

C Fink, A Hausmann, E Di Minin - Biological Conservation, 2020 - Elsevier
Studies assessing online public sentiment towards biodiversity conservation are almost non-
existent. The use of social media data and other online data sources is increasing in …

Analyzing publicly available videos about recreational fishing reveals key ecological and social insights: A case study about groupers in the Mediterranean Sea

V Sbragaglia, S Coco, RA Correia, M Coll… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract iEcology and conservation culturomics are two emerging research approaches that
rely on digital data for studying ecological patterns and human-nature interactions. We …

[HTML][HTML] From online texts to Landscape Character Assessment: Collecting and analysing first-person landscape perception computationally

O Koblet, RS Purves - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2020 - Elsevier
Inspired by the narrative nature of Landscape Character Assessment (LCA), we present a
complete workflow to (i) build a collection of almost 7000 online texts capturing first-person …

What is “big data” and how should we use it? The role of large datasets, secondary data, and associated analysis techniques in outdoor recreation research

DT Dagan, EJ Wilkins - Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 2023 - Elsevier
With researchers increasingly interested in big data research, this conceptual paper
describes how large datasets, secondary data, and associated analysis techniques can be …