Citizen science is on the rise. Aided by the internet, the popularity and scope of citizen
science appears almost limitless. For citizens the motivation is to contribute to “real” science …

Citizen science, the involvement of volunteers in research, has increased the scale of
ecological field studies with continent-wide, centralized monitoring efforts and, more rarely …

Citizen science is a useful approach for conducting scientific research; however, an
understanding of the motivations, satisfactions, and other aspects of volunteers' psychology …

Large‐scale citizen‐science projects, such as atlases of species distribution, are an
important source of data for macroecological research, for understanding the effects of …

Long‐term systematic population monitoring data sets are rare but are essential in
identifying changes in species abundance. In contrast, community groups and natural …

Aim To identify the relationships between volunteer bird survey effort and motivations in
order to prioritize investment in future surveying activities. Location South‐west Western …

Aim To review some of the applications in ecology and conservation biogeography of
datasets derived from atlas projects. We discuss data applications and data quality issues …

People have had a long and passionate relationship, of great depth and complexity, with
birds. Beyond utilitarian uses such as providing food and feathers, birds feature in the …

Among other outcomes, volunteer surveys are useful for evaluating conservation success
and determining priorities for management actions. However, biases that can originate from …

Citizen science has gained widespread currency as a tool for ecological research over the
past decade. However, in the discipline of urban ecology, the existing contributions and …