Open AccesseBird: Engaging Birders in Science and Conservation
Author(s) -
Chris M. Wood,
Brian L. Sullivan,
Marshall J. Iliff,
Daniel Fink,
Steve Kelling
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001220
Subject(s) - citizen science , biology , conservation science , data science , world wide web , ecology , computer science , biodiversity , botany
How do you successfully engage an audience in a citizen-science project? The processes developed by eBird ( www.ebird.org ), a fast-growing web-based tool that now gathers millions of bird observations per month, offers a model.
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