Understanding and accurately modeling species distributions lies at the heart of many
problems in ecology, evolution, and conservation. Multiple sources of data are increasingly …

Community science (also often referred to as citizen science) provides a unique opportunity
to address questions beyond the scope of other research methods whilst simultaneously …

Owing to the huge number of species observations that can be collected by non-
professional scientists,“citizen science” has great potential to contribute to scientific …

Large‐scale biodiversity databases have great potential for quantifying long‐term trends of
species, but they also bring many methodological challenges. Spatial bias of species …

Aim Information on species' habitat associations and distributions, across a wide range of
spatial and temporal scales, is a fundamental source of ecological knowledge. However …

Aim Mounting evidence suggests that failure of species distribution models to integrate local
adaptation hinders our ability to predict distribution ranges, raising the question of whether …

Aim Recent studies suggest insect declines in parts of Europe; however, the generality of
these trends across different taxa and regions remains unclear. Standardized data are not …

Aim Citizen science is a cost‐effective potential source of invasive species occurrence data.
However, data quality issues due to unstructured sampling approaches may discourage the …

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 …

Increasing knowledge on distribution and habitat selection of coastal fish species is
essential for the management of marine environments, and can be provided through the use …