Towards Global Volunteer Monitoring of Odonate Abundance
| Autor: | Leslie Ries, Adolfo Cordero-Rivera, Paulo De Marco, Vincent J. Kalkman, Göran Sahlén, Jason T. Bried, Albert G. Orr, Filip Harabiš, Robert A. Cannings, Colin D. Jones, Mary Ann C. Perron, Gabriella J. Kietzka, Aleš Dolný, Frank Suhling, Celeste Searles Mazzacano, Michael A. Patten, Alex Córdoba-Aguilar, Joan Ball-Damerow, Adam M. Siepielski, Roy H. A. van Grunsven, Michael J. Samways, David Halstead, Brenda J. Smith, John P. Simaika, Martin Jeanmougin, Klaas-Douwe B. Dijkstra, Les G. Underhill, Erin White, Maya Rocha-Ortega, Christopher Hassall, Leandro Juen, John C. Abbott |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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education.field_of_study
Data collection biology business.industry Population Environmental resource management Odonata biology.organism_classification Geography Anthropocene Abundance (ecology) Butterfly Citizen science Organizational structure General Agricultural and Biological Sciences education business |
| Zdroj: | BioScience. 70:914-923 |
| ISSN: | 1525-3244 0006-3568 |
| Popis: | Insects are reportedly experiencing widespread declines, but we generally have sparse data on their abundance. Correcting this shortfall will take more effort than professional entomologists alone can manage. Volunteer nature enthusiasts can greatly help to monitor the abundance of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata), iconic freshwater sentinels and one of the few nonpollinator insect groups appreciated by the public and amenable to citizen science. Although counting individual odonates is common in some locations, current data will not enable a global perspective on odonate abundance patterns and trends. Borrowing insight from butterfly monitoring efforts, we outline basic plans for a global volunteer network to count odonates, including organizational structure, advertising and recruiting, and data collection, submission, and synthesis. We hope our proposal serves as a catalyst for richer coordinated efforts to understand population trends of odonates and other insects in the Anthropocene. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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