Citizen science data opens multiple avenues for iridovirus research and prompts first detection of Invertebrate iridescent virus 31 in Australia

Douch, J K; Poupa, Anita

doi:10.1016/j.jip.2021.107619

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“…Behaviors that have been documented through community photographs include predator–prey interactions (Hernandez et al 2019, Priyadarshana 2021) and communal prey subduction (Forthman and Weirauch 2012), parental care of eggs (Leocádio et al 2020) and young (Giribet and Moreno-González 2021), phoretic associations (Parks 2016), oviposition and egg-laying sites (Early 2019, Heraty et al 2019), nectar robbing (Fateryga 2021), spider web decorating (Kerr 2021), and mating behavior (Matteini Palmerini 2013, Dioli and Zanetti 2019, Ament et al 2021). Other ecological and natural history discoveries include host and food records for herbivorous (Pérez Hidalgo et al 2009, Wheeler 2017b, Roets et al 2019), fungivorous (Macias et al 2019), saproxylic (Muscarella et al 2013), coprophagic (Deschodt et al 2021), parasitic (Paiero et al 2021), and predatory arthropods (Forthman and Weirauch 2012, Gordon and Weirauch 2016, Powell et al 2021), including arthropods preying on vertebrates (Nyffeler and Altig 2020, Nyffeler and Whitfield 2021), the first feeding record for a family (Skvarla et al 2016a), pollinator host records (Wilson et al 2020, Aripin et al 2021), pollinator bias across flower species (Villalona et al 2020, Catron 2021), pathogen surveys (Douch and Poupa 2021), habitat (Deschodt et al 2021) and nest site preference (Maher et al 2019, Saunders et al 2021), how flower orientation affects pollination via butterfly wings (Daniels et al 2020), and prevalence of cooperative nest founding (Sheehan et al 2015).…”

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Online community photo-sharing in entomology: a large-scale review with suggestions on best practices

Skvarla,

Fisher

2023

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

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Over the past 2 decades, digital photography has grown increasingly accessible. This has ushered in a golden age of community science, where nonspecialists share natural history observations from across the globe via digital media. Importantly, these observations are accessible to researchers, who can readily share expertise directly with the community and connect observations and observers with research projects. This has fueled a rising number of publications combining specialist and nonspecialist observations, which occasionally make national and international headlines. Entomology has embraced this trend, but the scope and impact are not clear. A review of its effect on the field is therefore warranted. Herein, we review and analyze publications that incorporated information from photographs shared on photo-sharing websites. In total, 2,123 publications that incorporated information from 77 photo-sharing websites were examined. Seven websites accounted for 66% of the publication citations. 84.6% of publications focused on data from the Holarctic ecoregion (56.2% Palearctic and 28.4% Nearctic). Forty-six arthropod orders were represented, but the Big Five—Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Hemiptera, and Diptera—accounted for 75% of all publications. We divide the publications into 28 discovery and use categories, review how community photograph data has been used within each category, and provide examples of categories utilized in nonentomology natural history fields, which we hope will provide inspiration and spur future research. We also discuss benefits and considerations when using such data—including the accuracy of identifications, inherent biases, and digital data impermanence—and suggest best practices to follow.

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Online community photo-sharing in entomology: a large-scale review with suggestions on best practices

Skvarla,

Fisher

2023

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

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Citizen science delivers high-value biosecurity surveillance and reporting capability

Roger,

Turley,

Waite

et al. 2024

Wildlife Res.

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Context Early surveillance and the detection of incursions of species of biosecurity concern are a crucial component of an effective biosecurity system. Citizen science represents an opportunity to engage communities in biosecurity, and to provide mechanisms for citizen scientists to contribute to both monitoring the spread of species already present in country, and reporting new incursions. Aims To present an example of how citizen science is being used for environmental biosecurity surveillance in Australia and showcase the value of large data services such as the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA), as a connector between citizen science and management. Methods We detail how the alert email system was set up, using a bespoke solution implemented in the R programming language. The system works by querying the ALA database for species that match lists provided by management authorities. Alerts can be sent out at national, state/territory and local government scales, as well as defined spatial areas such as national park estates. Key results Twelve months in, the top source for alerts comes from iNaturalist (a popular global biodiversity citizen-science platform), with other contributions from a set of biodiversity-reporting applications. Over a 12-month period, the alerts service has provided notifications for over 150 species, including the first public record of an invasive species in Australia. Conclusions Systems such as the Biosecurity Alerts Service, provide impact through the connection between communities and decision-making. Implications Our findings showed how the advancement of citizen science is interconnected with the advancement of research infrastructure and will ultimately lead to greater scientific and management value of citizen-science data.

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Citizen science data opens multiple avenues for iridovirus research and prompts first detection of Invertebrate iridescent virus 31 in Australia

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Online community photo-sharing in entomology: a large-scale review with suggestions on best practices

Online community photo-sharing in entomology: a large-scale review with suggestions on best practices

Citizen science delivers high-value biosecurity surveillance and reporting capability

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