气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Web-based Biodiversity Citizen Science Database (assembled 2012)

CCPortal

DOI	https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.840682
	Web-based Biodiversity Citizen Science Database (assembled 2012)
	Theobald; Elinore J; Ettinger; Ailene K; Burgess; Hillary K; DeBey; Lauren B; Schmidt; Natalie; Froehlich; Halley E; Wagner; Cherie; HilleRisLambers; Janneke; Tewksbury; Josh; Harsch; Melanie A; Parrish; Julia K
发布日期	2014-12-15
数据集类型	dataset
英文简介	The collective impact of humans on biodiversity rivals mass extinction events defining Earth's history, but does our large population also present opportunities to document and contend with this crisis? We provide the first quantitative review of biodiversity-related citizen science to determine whether data collected by these projects can be, and are currently being, effectively used in biodiversity research. We find strong evidence of the potential of citizen science: within projects we sampled (n = 388), ~1.3 million volunteers participate, contributing up to US Dollar 2.5 billion in-kind annually. These projects exceed most federally-funded studies in spatial and temporal extent, and collectively they sample a breadth of taxonomic diversity. However, only 12% of the 388 projects surveyed obviously provide data to peer-reviewed scientific articles, despite the fact that a third of these projects have verifiable, standardized data that are accessible online. Factors influencing publication included project spatial scale and longevity and having publically available data, as well as one measure of scientific rigor (taxonomic identification training). Because of the low rate at which citizen science data reach publication, the large and growing citizen science movement is likely only realizing a small portion of its potential impact on the scientific research community. Strengthening connections between professional and non-professional participants in the scientific process will enable this large data resource to be better harnessed to understand and address global change impacts on biodiversity.
语种	英语
国家	国际
学科大类	气候变化
学科子类	气候变化
文献类型	数据集
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/217218
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Theobald,Elinore J,Ettinger,et al. Web-based Biodiversity Citizen Science Database (assembled 2012).2014-12-15.https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.840682.