Citizen science is an increasingly acknowledged approach applied in many scientific
domains, and particularly within the environmental and ecological sciences, in which non …

There is increasing availability and use of unstructured and semi‐structured citizen science
data in biodiversity research and conservation. This expansion of a rich source of 'big …

Natural history collections (NHC) provide a wealth of information that can be used to
understand the impacts of global change on biodiversity. As such, there is growing interest …

The past decade has yielded more biodiversity observations from community science than
the past century of traditional scientific collection. This rapid influx of data is promising for …

Aim Spatial sampling biases in biodiversity data arise because of complex interactions
between geography, species characteristics and human behaviour, including preferences …

Biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate, impacting ecosystem services necessary
to ensure food, water, and human health and well-being. Understanding the distribution of …

More than two million species have been described so far, but our knowledge on most taxa
remains scarce or inexistent, and the available biodiversity data is often taxonomically …

Identifying rates at which birders engage with different species can inform the impact and
efficacy of conservation outreach and the scientific use of community-collected biodiversity …

Citizen science is on the rise, with growing numbers of initiatives, participants and
increasing interest from the broader scientific community. iNaturalist is an example of a …

Protected areas are central in strategies to conserve biodiversity. Effective area-based
conservation relies on biodiversity data, but the current biodiversity knowledge base is …