Citizen science in environmental and ecological sciences

D Fraisl, G Hager, B Bedessem, M Gold… - Nature reviews …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Citizen science is an increasingly acknowledged approach applied in many scientific
domains, and particularly within the environmental and ecological sciences, in which non …

[کتاب][B] A review of the population and conservation status of British mammals

F Mathews, LM Kubasiewicz, J Gurnell, CA Harrower… - 2018‏ - nora.nerc.ac.uk
A report by the Mammal Society under contract to Natural England, Natural Resources
Wales and Scottish Natural Heritage. We present the first comprehensive review of the …

[HTML][HTML] LCM2021–the UK land cover map 2021

CG Marston, AW O'Neil, RD Morton… - Earth System …, 2023‏ - essd.copernicus.org
Land cover is a key environmental variable, underpinning widespread environmental
research and decision making. The UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH) has …

Guidance on estimation of wild boar population abundance and density: methods, challenges, possibilities

Enetwild Consortium, O Keuling… - EFSA Supporting …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this guidance is to assess the accuracy and reliability of the methods for
estimation of density (ie population size per area unit) and relative abundance (ie relative …

Analysing livestock network data for infectious disease control: an argument for routine data collection in emerging economies

GL Chaters, PCD Johnson… - … of the Royal …, 2019‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Livestock movements are an important mechanism of infectious disease transmission.
Where these are well recorded, network analysis tools have been used to successfully …

Large‐scale mammal monitoring: The potential of a citizen science camera‐trap** project in the United Kingdom

PY Hsing, RA Hill, GC Smith, S Bradley… - Ecological Solutions …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
In light of global biodiversity loss, there is an increasing need for large‐scale wildlife
monitoring. This is difficult for mammals, since they can be elusive and nocturnal. In the …

Predicting hedgehog mortality risks on British roads using habitat suitability modelling

PGR Wright, FG Coomber, CC Bellamy, SE Perkins… - PeerJ, 2020‏ - peerj.com
Road vehicle collisions are likely to be an important contributory factor in the decline of the
European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) in Britain. Here, a collaborative roadkill dataset …

Application of the Random Encounter Model in citizen science projects to monitor animal densities

J Schaus, A Uzal, LK Gentle, PJ Baker… - Remote Sensing in …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abundance and density are vital metrics for assessing a species' conservation status and for
develo** effective management strategies. Remote‐sensing cameras are being used …

[HTML][HTML] Quantification of the animal tuberculosis multi-host community offers insights for control

N Santos, C Richomme, T Nunes, J Vicente, PC Alves… - Pathogens, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Animal tuberculosis (TB) is a multi-host zoonotic disease whose prevalence in cattle herds
in Europe has been increasing, despite a huge investment in eradication. The composition …

Economical crowdsourcing for camera trap image classification

PY Hsing, S Bradley, VT Kent, RA Hill… - Remote Sensing in …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Camera trap** is widely used to monitor mammalian wildlife but creates large image
datasets that must be classified. In response, there is a trend towards crowdsourcing image …