Autor: Bonney R., Cooper C.B., Dickinson J., Kelling S., Phillips T., Rosenberg K. V., Shirk J.
Klíčová slova: Citizen science, Public participation in research, Public scientific literacy
Název titulu / periodika: BioScience
Rok vydání: 2009
Vydavatel: American Institute of Biological Sciences
Obor FORD: 1.6. Biological sciences
Citizen science enlists the public in collecting large quantities of data across an array of habitats and locations over long spans of time. Citizen science projects have been remarkably successful in advancing scientific knowledge, and contributions from citizen scientists now provide a vast quantity of data about species occurrence and distribution around the world. Most citizen science projects also strive to help participants learn about the organisms they are observing and to experience the process…