Citizen Science [electronic resource] : Public Participation in Environmental Research / edited by Janis L. Dickinson and Rick Bonney ; foreword by Richard Louv ; afterword by John W. Fitzpatrick.
In Citizen Science, experts from a variety of disciplines share their experiences of creating and implementing successful citizen science projects, primarily those that use massive data sets gathered by citizen scientists to better understand the impact of environmental change. This first and founda...
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: why citizen science? / Janis L. Dickinson and Rick Bonney
- Overview of citizen science / Rick Bonney and Janis L. Dickinson
- Projects and possibilities: lessons from citizen science projects
- Using bioinformatics in citizen science / Steve Kelling
- Growing the base for citizen science: recruiting and engaging participants / Miyoko Chu, Patricia Leonard, and Flisa Stevenson
- What is our impact? Toward a unified framework for evaluating outcomes of citizen science participation / Tina Phillips, Rick Bonney, and Jennifer L. Shirk
- The opportunities and challenges of citizen science as a tool for ecological research / Caren B. Cooper, Wesley M. Hochachka, and AndreĢ A. Dhondt
- Widening the circle of investigation: the interface between citizen science and landscape ecology / Benjamin Zuckerberg and Kevin McGarigal
- Using data mining to discover biological patterns in citizen science observations / Daniel Fink and Wesley M. Hochachka
- Developing a conservation research program with citizen science / Ralph S. Hames, James D. Lowe, and Kenneth V. Rosenberg
- Citizens, science, and environmental policy: a British perspective / Jeremy J.D. Greenwood
- Cognitive considerations in the development of citizen science projects / Rebecca C. Jordan [and others]
- Who poses the question? Using citizen science to help K-12 teachers meet the mandate for inquiry / Nancy M. Trautmann [and others]
- A gateway to science for all: celebrate urban birds / Karen Purcell, Cecilia Garibay, and Janis L. Dickinson
- Children and nature: following the trail to environmental attitudes and behavior / Nancy M. Wells and Kristi S. Lekies
- Internet-based social networking and collective action models of citizen science: theory meets possibility / Heather A. Triezenberg [and others]
- A role for citizen science in disaster and conflict recovery and resilience / Keith G. Tidball and Marianne E. Krasny.