Citizen Science: Public Participation in Environmental Research

Published by Cornell University Press 2015

Citizen Science

Public Participation in Environmental Research

Edited by: Janis L. Dickinson and Richard E. Bonney
Afterword by: John W. Fitzpatrick
Preface by: Richard Louv

https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801463952

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About this book

In Citizen Science, experts from a variety of disciplines share their experiences of creating and implementing successful citizen science projects, primarily those that use massive data sets gathered by citizen scientists.

Author / Editor information

Janis L. Dickinson is Professor of Natural Resources at Cornell University and Arthur A. Allen Director of Citizen Science at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Rick Bonney is Director of Program Development and Evaluation at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Richard Louv is the author of Last Child in the Woods and The Nature Principle. John W. Fitzpatrick is the Louis Agassiz Fuertes Director of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University.

Reviews

D.L. King:

Not only does this research allow for extensive data collection, but it makes research relevant to the general public and provides additional teaching tools for K-12 education. This book also explores the impact of the increased use of social media on the success of citizen science projects and investigates potential future uses of social media for such projects. It incorporates the views of many subject experts, with each chapter written by those with firsthand experience of the respective topics. An extensive bibliography provides sources for further information. Summing Up: Highly recommended.

Meg Lowman:

Dickinson and Bonney's volume, Citizen Science, represents an important foundation text to launch the burgeoning arena of citizen science.... This book provides the 'recipes' for all scientists to undertake an aspect of citizen science as part of their research portfolio. My overall reaction is 'Awesome!'.

Mark Eaton:

A timely review of recent developments, seeking to provide an overview, with relevant case studies, of the growth of large-scale citizen science projects since the late 1980s. One of the book's merits is its breadth, seeking to explore not just the practical issues of delivering robust science through volunteers but also the benefits this brings to a variety of environmental research fields and the impacts – educational, social and behavioural – it has on the participants themselves.

John M. Merzluff:

Citizen Science succeeds in showcasing a path to knowledge that is unfamiliar to—and, at first glance, unwanted by—many professional scientists. Its well-written, wide-ranging, and accessible chapters make a compelling argument that engaging the public in scientific research is important in order to increase our environmental knowledge and build a citizenry that values and uses what sciences produces. This book inspires the professional to see the scientist in everyone and to broaden our research programs, which will stoke the fire of scientific curiosity that burns within each of us.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Foreword Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xv
Introduction: Why Citizen Science? Janis L. Dickinson and Rick Bonney Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. The Practice of Citizen Science
1. Overview of Citizen Science Rick Bonney and Janis L. Dickinson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
2. Projects and Possibilities: Lessons from Citizen Science Projects
From Backyard Observations to Continent-Wide Trends: Lessons from the First Twenty-Two Years of Project Feederwatch David N. Bonter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
Monitoring Monarchs: Citizen Science and a Charismatic Insect Karen S. Oberhauser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
Neighborhood Nestwatch: Mentoring Citizens in the Urban Matrix Peter P. Marra and Robert Reitsma Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
Project BudBurst: Citizen Science for All Seasons Sandra Henderson, Dennis L. Ward, Kirsten K. Meymaris, Paul Alaback and Kayri Havens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
Using Bioinformatics in Citizen Science Steve Kelling Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
4. Growing the Base for Citizen Science: Recruiting and Engaging Participants Miyoko Chu, Patricia Leonard and Flisa Stevenson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
5. What Is Our Impact?: Toward a Unified Framework for Evaluating Outcomes of Citizen Science Participation Tina Phillips, Rick Bonney and Jennifer L. Shirk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
Part II. Impacts of Citizen Science on Conservation Research
6. The Opportunities and Challenges of Citizen Science as a Tool for Ecological Research Caren B. Cooper, Wesley M. Hochachka and André A. Dhondt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
7. Widening the Circle of Investigation: The Interface between Citizen Science and Landscape Ecology Benjamin Zuckerberg and Kevin Mcgarigal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
8. Using Data Mining to Discover Biological Patterns in Citizen Science Observations Daniel Fink and Wesley M. Hochachka Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
9. Developing a Conservation Research Program with Citizen Science Ralph S. Hames, James D. Lowe and Kenneth V. Rosenberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
10. Citizens, Science, and Environmental Policy: A British Perspective Jeremy J.D. Greenwood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	150
Part III. Educational, Social, and Behavioral Aspects of Citizen Science
11. Cognitive Considerations in the Development of Citizen Science Projects Rebecca C. Jordan, Joan G. Ehrenfeld, Steven A. Gray, Wesley R. Brooks, David V. Howe and Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
12. Who Poses the Question? Using Citizen Science to Help K–12 Teachers Meet the Mandate for Inquiry Nancy M. Trautmann, Jennifer L. Shirk and Marianne E. Krasny Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
13. A Gateway to Science for All: Celebrate Urban Birds Karen Purcell, Cecilia Garibay and Janis L. Dickinson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
14. Children and Nature: Following the Trail to Environmental Attitudes and Behavior Nancy M. Wells and Kristi S. Lekies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
15. Internet-Based Social Networking and Collective Action Models of Citizen Science: Theory Meets Possibility Heather A. Triezenberg, Barbara A. Knuth, Y. Connie Yuan and Janis L. Dickinson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	214
16. A Role for Citizen Science in Disaster and Conflict Recovery and Resilience Keith G. Tidball and Marianne E. Krasny Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	226
Afterword John W. Fitzpatrick Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Literature Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275

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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 304
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 40
- Coloured Illustrations: 6
- Images: 29
- Other: 5 halftones, 1 line figure, 6 tables, 28 charts/graphs
Keywords: Public observation; social science; biodiversity; public projects; public experimentation; environmental change; climate change; nature watching

eBook

Published: April 7, 2012
ISBN: 9780801463952