Long‐term ecological research and the <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 anthropause: A window to understanding social–ecological disturbance

Gaiser, Evelyn E.; Kominoski, John S.; McKnight, Diane M.; Bahlai, Christie A.; Cheng, Chien Jui; Record, Sydne; Wollheim, W. M.; Christianson, Kyle R.; Downs, Martha R.; Hawman, Peter A.; Holbrook, Sally J.; Kumar, Abhishek; Mishra, Deepak R.; Molotch, N. P.; Primack, Richard B.; Rassweiler, Andrew; Schmitt, Russell J.; Sutter, Lori A.

doi:10.1002/ecs2.4019

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“…As it remains challenging to disentangle the factors underlying the observed yearly trend (i.e., differences in search effort, differences in reporting, or true differences in moose presence), there is a need to develop and implement monitoring methods that are capable to make robust inferences from observations (Pollock et al, 2002). To some extent, this highlights a missed opportunity to assess how the "anthropause" (Gaiser et al, 2022) affected a large herbivore at the western edge of its distribution. In Brandenburg, the construction of fences started in December 2020 and was completed in May 2022 with a total length of 255 km (Brandenburg State, 2023); Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania also constructed fences along sections of its eastern border.…”

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Opportunities and challenges for monitoring a recolonizing large herbivore using citizen science

Ostermann‐Miyashita,

Bluhm,

Dobiáš

et al. 2023

Ecology and Evolution

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Monitoring is a prerequisite for evidence‐based wildlife management and conservation planning, yet conventional monitoring approaches are often ineffective for species occurring at low densities. However, some species such as large mammals are often observed by lay people and this information can be leveraged through citizen science monitoring schemes. To ensure that such wildlife monitoring efforts provide robust inferences, assessing the quantity, quality, and potential biases of citizen science data is crucial. For Eurasian moose (Alces alces), a species currently recolonizing north‐eastern Germany and occurring in very low numbers, we applied three citizen science tools: a mail/email report system, a smartphone application, and a webpage. Among these monitoring tools, the mail/email report system yielded the greatest number of moose reports in absolute and in standardized (corrected for time effort) terms. The reported moose were predominantly identified as single, adult, male individuals, and reports occurred mostly during late summer. Overlaying citizen science data with independently generated habitat suitability and connectivity maps showed that members of the public detected moose in suitable habitats but not necessarily in movement corridors. Also, moose detections were often recorded near roads, suggestive of spatial bias in the sampling effort. Our results suggest that citizen science‐based data collection can be facilitated by brief, intuitive digital reporting systems. However, inference from the resulting data can be limited due to unquantified and possibly biased sampling effort. To overcome these challenges, we offer specific recommendations such as more structured monitoring efforts involving the public in areas likely to be roamed by moose for improving quantity, quality, and analysis of citizen science‐based data for making robust inferences.

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Section: Moose In Germanymentioning

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Opportunities and challenges for monitoring a recolonizing large herbivore using citizen science

Ostermann‐Miyashita,

Bluhm,

Dobiáš

et al. 2023

Ecology and Evolution

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“…The Covid-19 Outbreak in Indonesia was declared in early March 2020. Beyond socioeconomic impacts, the pandemic has ecological repercussions driven by the limitations on human activities 11,12 . This period of restricted human activity is called "the great pause" or anthropause phenomenon, indicating a temporary cessation of human presence 13 .…”

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Assessment of seagrass coverage on Panggang Island and Karang Congkak Island: a comparison between pre and post COVID-19 pandemic using Planetscope imagery

Gustilasessio,

Wicaksono,

Djumanto

2024

Eighth Geoinformation Science Symposium 2023: Geoinformation Science for Sustainable Planet

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Seagrass beds are ecosystems that are sensitive to anthropogenic pressures. The restrictions imposed on human activities during the Covid-19 pandemic provide a unique opportunity for coastal ecosystems to recover. This situation presents a chance to monitor seagrass ecosystems on Panggang Island and Karang Congkak Island, aiming to observe any changes in the seagrass area. The method employed to ascertain the community structure involved photo transects, which were then processed using a machine learning supervised classification approach utilizing the random forest algorithm. The classification process categorized the area into five classes: seagrass, macroalgae, coral, bare substrate, and dead coral algae. Confusion Matrix Test was chosen to assess mapping accuracy, setting an accuracy threshold of ≥ 60%. The findings reveal notable alterations in seagrass areas across both islands. Panggang Island exhibited a considerable increase in seagrass coverage by 21,05 hectares. Conversely, Karang Congkak Island experienced a decrease of 2,88 hectares in seagrass coverage. These observed changes are likely not influenced by the anthropause phenomenon but rather by natural occurrences between 2019 and 2022, including the La Niña Triple Dip phenomenon and variations in sampling time during the transition season. The Overall mapping accuracy (OA) results for

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Long‐term ecological research and the COVID‐19 anthropause: A window to understanding social–ecological disturbance

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The period of disrupted human activity caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, coined the "anthropause," altered the nature of interactions between humans and ecosystems. It is uncertain how the anthropause has changed ecosystem states, functions, and feedback to human systems through shifts in ecosystem services. Here, we used an existing disturbance framework to propose new investigation pathways for coordinated studies of distributed, long-term socialecological research to capture effects of the anthropause. Although it is still too early to comprehensively evaluate effects due to pandemic-related delays in data availability and ecological response lags, we detail three case studies

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Long‐term ecological research and the COVID‐19 anthropause: A window to understanding social–ecological disturbance

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Opportunities and challenges for monitoring a recolonizing large herbivore using citizen science

Opportunities and challenges for monitoring a recolonizing large herbivore using citizen science

Assessment of seagrass coverage on Panggang Island and Karang Congkak Island: a comparison between pre and post COVID-19 pandemic using Planetscope imagery

Long‐term ecological research and the COVID‐19 anthropause: A window to understanding social–ecological disturbance

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