Numerous studies have shown a positive impact of nature on psychological restoration and
on well-being, which, in turn, are related to life satisfaction. Previous studies were place …

While monitoring is essential for effective conservation, obtaining occurrence data is often
challenging, time consuming and expensive. The Brazilian Atlantic Forest has a high …

Citizen science has the potential to increase the efficiency of scientific data collection.
However, such initiatives often focus on unique taxa for each record, not necessarily …

Citizen science is the interaction of the non-academic community in scientific studies, often
extended to collaborative platforms. We analyzed 168 photographs shared in a Brazilian …

Recreationists differ in their engagement, specialization and involvement in their leisure
activity. Recreation specialization can be seen as a continuum from the novice to the highly …

Birdwatching is an increasing nature-related activity, with an important influence on data
collection of citizen science programs. Initial involvement into a leisure activity is an …

Open science approaches enable and facilitate the investigation of many scientific questions
in bioacoustics, such as studies on the temporal and spatial evolution of song, as in vocal …

Simple Summary Citizen science refers to the participation of citizens in scientific research,
and such participation has been increasing the knowledge about aspects of birds around …

Simple Summary Studies of widely distributed species often are problematic as such
research usually needs to engage a lot of time, a large team of field workers, and big …

The swallow-tailed hummingbird Eupetomena macroura is a synanthropic species currently
in range expansion through southern Brazil. Although common, little is known about its …