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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Janis L Dickinson; Rick Bonney; John W Fitzpatrick |
ISBN: | 9780801456749 0801456746 0801449111 9780801449116 0801464420 9780801464423 |
OCLC Number: | 925356797 |
Notes: | Originally published: 2012. |
Description: | xiv, 279 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Introduction: Why citizen science? / Janis L. Dickinson and Rick Bonney -- Part I. The practice of citizen science. Overview of citizen science / Rick Bonney and Janis L. Dickinson -- Projects and possibilities : lessons from citizen science projects (From backyard observations to continent-wide trends : lessons from the first twenty-two years of Project FeederWatch / David N. Bonter -- Monitoring monarchs : citizen science and a charismatic insect / Karen S. Oberhauser -- Neighborhood Nestwatch : mentoring citizens in the urban matrix / Peter P. Marra and Robert Reitsma -- Project BudBurst : citizen science for all seasons / Sandra Henderson, Dennis L. Ward, Kirsten K. Meymaris, Paul Alaback, and Kayri Havens) -- 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 -- Part II. Impacts of citizen science on conservation research. The opportunities and challenges of citizen science as a tool for ecological research / Caren B. Cooper, Wesley M. Hochachka, and André 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 -- Part III. Educational, social, and behavioral aspects of citizen science. 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. |
Responsibility: | edited by Janis L. Dickinson and Rick Bonney ; foreword by Richard Louv ; afterword by John W. Fitzpatrick. |
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"Not only does this research allow for extensive data collection, but it makes research relevant to the general public and provides additional teaching tools for K-12 education. This book also explores the impact of the increased use of social media on the success of citizen science projects and investigates potential future uses of social media for such projects. It incorporates the views of many subject experts, with each chapter written by those with firsthand experience of the respective topics. An extensive bibliography provides sources for further information. Summing Up: Highly recommended." -- D.L. King * Choice * "Dickinson and Bonney's volume, Citizen Science, represents an important foundation text to launch the burgeoning arena of citizen science.... This book provides the 'recipes' for all scientists to undertake an aspect of citizen science as part of their research portfolio. My overall reaction is 'Awesome!'." -- Meg Lowman * Ecology * "A timely review of recent developments, seeking to provide an overview, with relevant case studies, of the growth of large-scale citizen science projects since the late 1980s. One of the book's merits is its breadth, seeking to explore not just the practical issues of delivering robust science through volunteers but also the benefits this brings to a variety of environmental research fields and the impacts - educational, social and behavioural - it has on the participants themselves." -- Mark Eaton * Ibis * "Citizen Science succeeds in showcasing a path to knowledge that is unfamiliar to-and, at first glance, unwanted by-many professional scientists. Its well-written, wide-ranging, and accessible chapters make a compelling argument that engaging the public in scientific research is important in order to increase our environmental knowledge and build a citizenry that values and uses what sciences produces. This book inspires the professional to see the scientist in everyone and to broaden our research programs, which will stoke the fire of scientific curiosity that burns within each of us." -- John M. Merzluff * BioScience * Read more...

