The role of automated feedback in training and retaining biological recorders for citizen science


Autoria(s): van der Wal, René; Sharma, Nirwan; Mellish, Chris; Robinson, Anne-Marie; Siddharthan, Advaith
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03/06/2016

03/06/2016

01/06/2016

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12

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van der Wal , R , Sharma , N , Mellish , C , Robinson , A-M & Siddharthan , A 2016 , ' The role of automated feedback in training and retaining biological recorders for citizen science ' Conservation Biology , vol 30 , no. 3 , pp. 550-561 . , 10.1111/cobi.12705

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Scopus: 84964721035

http://hdl.handle.net/2164/6067

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12705

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eng

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Conservation Biology

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© 2016 The Authors. Conservation Biology published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of Society for Conservation Biology. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Palavras-Chave #Biological recording #Bumblebee identification #Natural language generation #Training #Volunteer motivation and retention #QH301 Biology #Ecology #Nature and Landscape Conservation #Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics #Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) #EP/G066051/1 #QH301
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Journal article

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University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences, Biological Sciences

University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen Centre For Environmental Sustainability

University of Aberdeen, University of Aberdeen

University of Aberdeen, Natural & Computing Sciences, Computing Science

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© 2016 The Authors. Conservation Biology published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of Society for Conservation Biology. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Acknowledgments The authors thank H. H. Nguyen for his early development work on the BeeWatch interface; E. O'Mahony, I. Pearce, and R. Comont for identifying numerous photographed bumblebees; B. Darvill, D. Ewing, and G. Perkins for enabling our partnership with the Bumblebee Conservation Trust; and S. Blake for his investments in developing the NLG feedback. The study was part of the Digital Conservation project of dot.rural, the University of Aberdeen's Digital Economy Research Hub, funded by RCUK (grant reference EP/G066051/1).

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