Can Observation Skills of Citizen Scientists Be Estimated Using Species Accumulation Curves?

Volunteers are increasingly being recruited into citizen science projects to collect observations for scientific studies. An additional goal of these projects is to engage and educate these volunteers. Thus, there are few barriers to participation resulting in volunteer observers with varying abilit...

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Main Authors: Steve Kelling, Alison Johnston, Wesley M Hochachka, Marshall Iliff, Daniel Fink, Jeff Gerbracht, Carl Lagoze, Frank A La Sorte, Travis Moore, Andrea Wiggins, Weng-Keen Wong, Chris Wood, Jun Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4599805?pdf=render