Citizen science and biological invasions: a review

J Encarnação, MA Teodósio, P Morais - Frontiers in Environmental …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Biological invasions are among the most challenging ecological and conservation riddles of
our times. Fortunately, citizen science projects became a valuable tool to detect non …

[PDF][PDF] A review of invasive species reporting apps for citizen science and opportunities for innovation

L Howard, CB van Rees, Z Dahlquist, G Luikart… - …, 2022 - neobiota.pensoft.net
Smartphone apps have enhanced the potential for monitoring of invasive alien species (IAS)
through citizen science. They now have the capacity to massively increase the volume and …

Different facets of the same niche: Integrating citizen science and scientific survey data to predict biological invasion risk under multiple global change drivers

M Di Febbraro, L Bosso, M Fasola… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Citizen science initiatives have been increasingly used by researchers as a source of
occurrence data to model the distribution of alien species. Since citizen science presence …

Components of computational thinking in citizen science games and its contribution to reasoning for complexity through digital game-based learning: A framework …

B Alfaro-Ponce, A Patiño, J Sanabria-Z - Cogent Education, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Education has undergone many changes in teaching and learning, intensified by the
significant technological developments that have responded to the fourth industrial …

A framework to integrate innovations in invasion science for proactive management

CB van Rees, BK Hand, SC Carter… - Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Invasive alien species (IAS) are a rising threat to biodiversity, national security, and regional
economies, with impacts in the hundreds of billions of US dollars annually. Proactive or …

Citizen science can enhance strategies to detect and manage invasive forest pests and pathogens

JM Hulbert, RA Hallett, HE Roy… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Incorporating a citizen science approach into biological invasion management strategies
can enhance biosecurity. Many citizen science projects exist to strengthen the management …

Pattern to process, research to practice: remote sensing of plant invasions

J Müllerová, G Brundu, A Große-Stoltenberg… - Biological …, 2023 - Springer
Processes that drive plant invasions play out across multiple spatial and temporal scales.
Understanding individual steps along the introduction-naturalization-invasion continuum …

Citizen science can complement professional invasive plant surveys and improve estimates of suitable habitat

M Dimson, L Berio Fortini, MW Tingley… - Diversity and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Monitoring Extreme Impacts of Rugulopteryx okamurae (Dictyotales, Ochrophyta) in El Estrecho Natural Park (Biosphere Reserve). Showing Radical Changes in the …

JC García-Gómez, M Florido… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The invasive macroalga Rugulopteryx okamurae represents an unprecedented case of
bioinvasion by marine macroalgae facing the European coasts. Since the first apparition of …

 Eyes on the aliens: citizen science contributes to research, policy and management of biological invasions in Europe

V Price-Jones, PMJ Brown, T Adriaens, E Tricarico… - NeoBiota, 2022 - flore.unifi.it
Invasive alien species (IAS) are a key driver of global biodiversity loss. Reducing their
spread and impact is a target of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG target 15.8) and …