Citizen-science projects engage volunteers to gather or process data to address scientific
questions. But citizen-science projects vary in their ability to contribute usefully for science …

Worldwide, decision-makers and nongovernment organizations are increasing their use of
citizen volunteers to enhance their ability to monitor and manage natural resources, track …

Citizen science has a long history in the ecological sciences and has made substantial
contributions to science, education, and society. Developments in information technology …

Citizen science enlists the public in collecting large quantities of data across an array of
habitats and locations over long spans of time. Citizen science projects have been …

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 …

Ecological extinction caused by overfishing precedes all other pervasive human disturbance
to coastal ecosystems, including pollution, degradation of water quality, and anthropogenic …

Disease has caused striking declines in wildlife and threatens numerous species with
extinction. Theory suggests that the ecology and density‐dependence of transmission …

Aim We investigated the effects of disease on the local abundances and distributions of
species at continental scales by examining the impacts of white‐nose syndrome, an …

Human activities, such as mining, forestry, and agriculture, strongly influence processes in
natural systems. Because conservation has focused on managing and protecting wildlands …

Humans provide supplemental food to wildlife under many contexts, ranging from
professional feeding areas for game species to backyard bird feeders. Such resources …