Validating mammal monitoring methods and assessing the performance of volunteers in wildlife conservation—“Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodies ?”

By C. Newman, C. Buesching, David W. Macdonald. 2003

205 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/26497dd74f5579d5f903625d2d8a486b06c6fee2

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In Ecological Modeling

1. Jon E. Swenson
2. P. Taberlet
3. E. Bellemain
4. J. Kindberg
5. G. Ericsson
6. C. Miquel
7. Krista G. Hilchey
8. P. Racey

In Ecology

1. Jon E. Swenson
2. P. Taberlet
3. E. Bellemain
4. J. Kindberg
5. G. Ericsson
6. C. Miquel
7. K. Haysom
8. Krista G. Hilchey

In Global and Planetary Change

1. Krista G. Hilchey
2. Jon E. Swenson
3. P. Taberlet
4. E. Bellemain
5. C. Miquel
6. J. Kindberg
7. C. Conrad

Citations in the corpus

• The value of monitoring wildlife roadkill (2020, unknown): “Distribution data for species that are elusive (e.g. nocturnal) or in low densities can be difficult to collect (Kindberg et al. 2009), and such data have traditionally been collected through targeted surveys (e.g. Newman et al. 2003), which may only cover a given area, or time frame.”
• Estimating population size and trends of the Swedish brown bear Ursus arctos population (2011, background): “Another important advantage of using volunteers is that involving them in the monitoring process increases their knowledge and understanding of the procedures (Newman et al. 2003).”
• A review of citizen science and community-based environmental monitoring: issues and opportunities (2011, background): “1997), and some have found through validation and calibration that volunteers collect data comparable to professional researchers (with limitations) (Newman et al. 2003; Foster-Smith and Evans 2003; Fore et al. 2001).”
• Beyond scarcity: citizen science programmes as useful tools for conservation biogeography (2010, unknown): “Additionally, although based on time-saving techniques (without specialist training), data from citizen scientists and from specialists often yield similar results (Newman et al., 2003; Schmeller et al., 2009).”
• Citizen science reveals trends in bat populations: The National Bat Monitoring Programme in Great Britain (2015, background): “Training of volunteers and use of standardised methods have been identified as crucial to the success of volunteer surveys (Newman et al., 2003; Magurran et al., 2010).”