Biological invasions are a form of global change threatening biodiversity, ecosystem
stability, and human health, and cost government agencies billions of dollars in remediation …

The human-mediated introduction of marine non-indigenous species is a centuries-if not
millennia-old phenomenon, but was only recently acknowledged as a potent driver of …

Ecological and environmental citizen‐science projects have enormous potential to advance
scientific knowledge, influence policy, and guide resource management by producing …

Members of the public participate in scientific research in many different contexts, stemming
from traditions as varied as participatory action research and citizen science. Particularly in …

Managing biological invasions relies on good global coverage of species distributions.
Accurate information on alien species distributions, obtained from international policy and …

An increase in the number of citizen science programs has prompted an examination of their
ability to provide data of sufficient quality. We tested the ability of volunteers relative to …

There has been a remarkable scientific output on the topic of how climate change is likely to
affect plant diseases. This overview addresses the need for review of this burgeoning …

Citizen science can make major contributions to informal science education by targeting
participants' attitudes and knowledge about science while changing human behavior …

Owing to the huge number of species observations that can be collected by non-
professional scientists,“citizen science” has great potential to contribute to scientific …

The distribution of marine life has been alarmingly reshaped lately and the number of non-
indigenous species and their impacts are rapidly escalating globally. Timely and accurate …