Observing the observers: How participants contribute data to iNaturalist and implications for biodiversity science

GJ Di Cecco, V Barve, MW Belitz, BJ Stucky… - …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The availability of citizen science data has resulted in growing applications in biodiversity
science. One widely used platform, iNaturalist, provides millions of digitally vouchered …

[HTML][HTML] The benefits of contributing to the citizen science platform iNaturalist as an identifier

CT Callaghan, T Mesaglio, JS Ascher, TM Brooks… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
As the number of observations submitted to the citizen science platform iNaturalist continues
to grow, it is increasingly important that these observations can be identified to the finest …

Recognition and completeness: two key metrics for judging the utility of citizen science data

T Mesaglio, CT Callaghan, F Samonte… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity citizen science data are being collected at unprecedented scales, and are key
for informing conservation and research. Specieslevel data typically provide the most …

[HTML][HTML] Large-bodied birds are over-represented in unstructured citizen science data

CT Callaghan, AGB Poore, M Hofmann, CJ Roberts… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Citizen science platforms are quickly accumulating hundreds of millions of biodiversity
observations around the world annually. Quantifying and correcting for the biases in citizen …

[HTML][HTML] Many cameras make light work: opportunistic photographs of rare species in iNaturalist complement structured surveys of reef fish to better understand …

CJ Roberts, A Vergés, CT Callaghan… - Biodiversity and …, 2022 - Springer
Citizen science is on the rise, with growing numbers of initiatives, participants and
increasing interest from the broader scientific community. iNaturalist is an example of a …

Using semistructured surveys to improve citizen science data for monitoring biodiversity

S Kelling, A Johnston, A Bonn, D Fink… - …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Biodiversity is being lost at an unprecedented rate, and monitoring is crucial for
understanding the causal drivers and assessing solutions. Most biodiversity monitoring data …

Outstanding challenges and future directions for biodiversity monitoring using citizen science data

A Johnston, E Matechou… - Methods in Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
There is increasing availability and use of unstructured and semistructured citizen science
data in biodiversity research and conservation. This expansion of a rich source of 'big …

[HTML][HTML] Patterns of contribution to citizen science biodiversity projects increase understanding of volunteers' recording behaviour

EH Boakes, G Gliozzo, V Seymour, M Harvey… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
The often opportunistic nature of biological recording via citizen science leads to taxonomic,
spatial and temporal biases which add uncertainty to biodiversity estimates. However, such …

Opportunistic citizen science data transform understanding of species distributions, phenology, and diversity gradients for global change research

P Soroye, N Ahmed, JT Kerr - Global change biology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Opportunistic citizen science (CS) programs allow volunteers to report species observations
from anywhere, at any time, and can assemble large volumes of historic and current data at …

Three frontiers for the future of biodiversity research using citizen science data

CT Callaghan, AGB Poore, T Mesaglio, AT Moles… - …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Citizen science is fundamentally shifting the future of biodiversity research. But although
citizen science observations are contributing an increasingly large proportion of biodiversity …