Facebook groups as citizen science tools for plant species
monitoring

J 2021

Facebook groups as citizen science tools for plant species monitoring

MARCENO', Corrado, Josep PADULLES CUBINO, Milan CHYTRÝ, Emanuele GENDUSO, Dario SALEMI et. al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Facebook groups as citizen science tools for plant species monitoring

Autoři

MARCENO', Corrado (380 Itálie, garant, domácí), Josep PADULLES CUBINO (724 Španělsko, domácí), Milan CHYTRÝ (203 Česká republika, domácí), Emanuele GENDUSO, Dario SALEMI, Alfonso LA ROSA, Alessandro Silvestre GRISTINA, Emiliano AGRILLO, Gianmaria BONARI, Gianpietro Giusso. DEL GALDO, Vincenzo ILARDI, Flavia LANDUCCI (380 Itálie, domácí) a Riccardo GUARINO

Vydání

Journal of Applied Ecology, Hoboken, Wiley, 2021, 0021-8901

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10619 Biodiversity conservation

Stát vydavatele

Spojené státy

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 6.865

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/21:00119447

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13896

UT WoS

000651069100001

Klíčová slova anglicky

databases; European Vegetation Archive (EVA); Facebook; flora; Mediterranean; plant traits; Sicily; social network

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 12. 1. 2022 16:32, Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS.

Anotace

V originále

Social networks offer communication channels through which people share huge amounts of primary data that can be used for scientific analyses, including biodiversity research. To understand to what extent data extracted from social networks could complement data collected for scientific purposes, it is necessary to quantify the bias of such data. We analysed which plant traits increased the probability of a wild-growing plant species to be photographed and posted to a social network based on the data from an unstructured citizen science tool; a Facebook group focused on the vascular flora of Sicily (Italy). Then, we compared botanical data collected by this Facebook group members with data collected by scientists in 6,366 vegetation plots sampled across Sicily, stored in the EVA database. Our results suggested that data proceeding from the analysed Facebook group were affected by various sampling biases, which differed from the biases inherent to other types of biodiversity data such as those from vegetation plots. Facebook users recorded a higher proportion of red-listed and alien species than vegetation scientists. Therefore, social networks can provide a valuable complement to the data collected by scientists for research purposes. Synthesis and applications. Despite Facebook does not support geotagging and interface for data access and analysis, it is an invaluable source of biodiversity data that could complement those collected by professional researchers. The main advantage of data from social networks is their high dynamism, as they report large amounts of species occurrences in almost real time. Therefore, citizen science data from a Facebook group where the records are curated by expert volunteers can be used (a) for monitoring population dynamics of threatened and alien species; (b) as a source of additional data on rare species occurrences, particularly for plants that are attractive for amateur botanists, such as orchids; (c) for early warning systems of potential new invasions; and (4) for phenological studies, especially at the beginning of the flowering season.

Návaznosti

GX19-28491X, projekt VaV

Název: Centrum pro evropské vegetační syntézy (CEVS) (Akronym: CEVS)

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Centrum pro evropské vegetační syntézy (CEVS)

Citovat

MARCENO', Corrado, Josep PADULLES CUBINO, Milan CHYTRÝ, Emanuele GENDUSO, Dario SALEMI, Alfonso LA ROSA, Alessandro Silvestre GRISTINA, Emiliano AGRILLO, Gianmaria BONARI, Gianpietro Giusso. DEL GALDO, Vincenzo ILARDI, Flavia LANDUCCI a Riccardo GUARINO. Facebook groups as citizen science tools for plant species monitoring. Journal of Applied Ecology. Hoboken: Wiley, 2021, roč. 58, č. 10, s. 2018-2028. ISSN 0021-8901. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13896.

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MARCENO', Corrado, Josep PADULLES CUBINO, Milan CHYTRÝ, Emanuele GENDUSO, Dario SALEMI, Alfonso LA ROSA, Alessandro Silvestre GRISTINA, Emiliano AGRILLO, Gianmaria BONARI, Gianpietro Giusso. DEL GALDO, Vincenzo ILARDI, Flavia LANDUCCI a Riccardo GUARINO. Facebook groups as citizen science tools for plant species monitoring. \textit{Journal of Applied Ecology}. Hoboken: Wiley, 2021, roč.~58, č.~10, s.~2018-2028. ISSN~0021-8901. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13896.

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