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Tribute to Tinbergen: Public Engagement in Ethology
Author(s) -
Hecht Julie,
Cooper Caren B.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
ethology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.739
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1439-0310
pISSN - 0179-1613
DOI - 10.1111/eth.12199
Subject(s) - ethology , citizen science , public engagement , field (mathematics) , tribute , set (abstract data type) , sociology , behavioural sciences , public relations , engineering ethics , psychology , data science , political science , social science , computer science , biology , ecology , engineering , law , botany , mathematics , pure mathematics , programming language
Abstract Public engagement in research, called citizen science, has led to advances in a range of fields like astronomy, ornithology, and public health. While volunteers have been making and sharing observations according to protocols set by researchers in numerous disciplines, citizen science practices are less common in the field of animal behavior. We consider how citizen science might be used to address animal behavior questions at Tinbergen's four levels of analysis. We briefly review resources and methods for addressing technical issues surrounding volunteer participation—such as data quality—so that citizen science can make long‐standing contributions to the field of animal behavior.