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Citizen Science and the Urban Ecology of Birds and Butterflies - A Systematic...
Citizen science has gained widespread currency as a tool for ecological research over the\ud past decade. However, in the discipline of urban ecology, the existing contributions... -
Spatial and topical imbalances in biodiversity research
The rapid erosion of biodiversity is among the biggest challenges human society is facing. Concurrently, major efforts are in place to quantify changes in biodiversity, to... -
The emergent integrated network structure of scientific research
Scientific research is often thought of as being conducted by individuals and small teams striving for disciplinary advances. Yet as a whole, this endeavor more closely... -
Building flux capacity: Citizen scientists increase resolution of soil greenh...
Though citizen science programs have been broadly successful in diverse scientific fields, their adoption has lagged in some disciplines, including soil science and ecosystem... -
Resilience and stability of kelp forests: The importance of patch dynamics an...
Habitat forming 'ecosystem engineers' such as kelp species create complex habitats that support biodiverse and productive communities. Studies of the resilience and stability of... -
A decade of decline: Grant funding for researchers with disabilities 2008 to ...
Recent data highlights an imbalance in research grant success among groups underrepresented within the biomedical workforce, including racial/ethnic minorities and women.... -
Stakeholder perspectives on large-scale marine protected areas
Large-scale marine protected areas (LSMPAs), MPAs greater than 100,000km2, have proliferated in the past decade. However, the value of LSMPAs as conservation tools is debated,... -
Crowdsourcing: It Matters Who the Crowd Are. The Impacts of between Group Var...
Volunteered geographical information (VGI) and citizen science have become important sources data for much scientific research. In the domain of land cover, crowdsourcing can... -
Trust in scientists and rates of noncompliance with a fisheries rule in the B...
AbstractNatural resource rules exist to manage resources and the people that interact with them. These rules often fail because people do not comply with them. Decisions to... -
A citizen science approach: A detailed ecological assessment of subtropical r...
Subtropical reefs provide an important habitat for flora and fauna, and proper monitoring is required for conservation. Monitoring these exposed and submerged reefs is... -
Stirring the strategic direction of scuba diving marine Citizen Science: A su...
ABSTRACT Citizen Science (CS) strengthens the relationship between society and science through education and engagement, with win-win benefits. Marine Citizen Science (MCS) is... -
Characters matter: How narratives shape affective responses to risk communica...
Introduction Whereas scientists depend on the language of probability to relay information about hazards, risk communication may be more effective when embedding scientific... -
Aquatic macroinvertebrates stabilize gravel bed sediment: A test using silk n...
Organisms can have large effects on the physical properties of the habitats where they live. For example, measurements in laboratory stream microcosms have shown that the... -
Evidence and impact of map error on land use and land cover dynamics in Ashi ...
Previously, applications of intensity analysis (IA) on land use and land cover change (LULCC) studies have focused on deviations from uniform intensity (UI) and failed to... -
What Is Citizen Science? – A Scientometric Meta-Analysis
Context The concept of citizen science (CS) is currently referred to by many actors inside and outside science and research. Several descriptions of this purportedly new... -
Who is researching biodiversity hotspots in Eastern Europe? A case study on t...
European farmlands are vital arenas for socio-ecological sustainability because of their significant land coverage and potential for integrating food production with... -
"Anyone Know What Species This Is?" – Twitter Conversations as Embryonic Citi...
Social media like blogs, micro-blogs or social networks are increasingly being investigated and employed to detect and predict trends for not only social and physical phenomena,... -
Gbm.auto: A software tool to simplify spatial modelling and Marine Protected ...
Peer reviewed article. Citation: Dedman, S., Officer, R., Clarke, M., Reid, D. G., & Brophy, D. (2017). Gbm.auto: A software tool to simplify spatial modelling and Marine... -
The art and science of selecting graduate students in the biomedical sciences...
: The goal of this study was to investigate associations between admissions criteria and performance in Ph.D. programs at Boston University School of Medicine. The initial phase... -
Citizen scientists and university students monitor noise pollution in cities ...
Noise pollution can cause increased stress, cognitive impairment and illness in humans and decreased fitness and altered behavior in wildlife. Maps of noise pollution are used...
