Citizen science involves volunteers who participate in scientific research by collecting data,
monitoring sites, and even taking part in the whole process of scientific inquiry (Roy et al …

Enhancing the resilience of ecosystem services (ES) that underpin human well-being is
critical for meeting current and future societal needs, and requires specific governance and …

Identifying which ecological and life history traits influence a species' tolerance to
urbanization is critical to understanding the trajectory of biodiversity in an increasingly …

Monitoring of biodiversity and resource use by professional scientists is often costly and
hard to sustain, especially in develo** countries, where financial resources are limited …

The monitoring of trends in the status of species or habitats is routine in developed
countries, where it is funded by the state or large nongovernmental organizations and often …

MARTIN THIEL ET AL. of simple methodologies to the capabilities of participants. Studies for
which volunteers needed to identify many different species and estimate their abundances …

Volunteer involvement in biological surveys is becoming common in conservation and
ecology, prompting questions on the quality of data collected in such surveys. In a …

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are often implemented to conserve or restore species,
fisheries, habitats, ecosystems, and ecological functions and services; buffer against the …

The rapid global growth of conservation schemes designed to incentivize local communities
to conserve natural resources has placed new importance on biological monitoring to …

The recognition of complexity and uncertainty in natural resource management has lead to
the development of a wealth of conceptual frameworks aimed at integrated assessment and …