The eBird enterprise: An integrated approach to development and application of citizen science

Sullivan, Brian L.; Aycrigg, Jocelyn L.; Barry, Jessie H.; Bonney, Rick; Bruns, Nicholas E.; Cooper, Caren B.; Damoulas, Theo; Dhondt, André A.; Dietterich, Thomas G.; Farnsworth, Andrew; Fink, Daniel; Fitzpatrick, John W.; Fredericks, Thomas; Gerbracht, Jeff; Gomes, Carla P.; Hochachka, Wesley M.; Iliff, Marshall J.; Lagoze, Carl; Sorte, Frank A. La; Merrifield, Matthew; Morris, W. F.; Phillips, Tina; Reynolds, Mark; Rodewald, Amanda D.; Rosenberg, Kenneth V.; Trautmann, Nancy M.; Wiggins, Andrea; Winkler, David W.; Wong, Weng‐Keen; Wood, Christopher; Yu, Jun; Kelling, Steve

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2013.11.003

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“…We compiled avian occurrence information from the eBird citizen-science database [31] for the period 2002 -2014 within the region of the Western Hemisphere between 1708 to 308 W longitude and 608 S and 848 N latitude. eBird data are organized into lists of observed species (checklists) with the time and location (longitude and latitude) of the sampling event.…”

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Convergence of broad-scale migration strategies in terrestrial birds

Sorte¹,

Fink²,

Hochachka³

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Migration is a common strategy used by birds that breed in seasonal environments. Selection for greater migration efficiency is likely to be stronger for terrestrial species whose migration strategies require non-stop transoceanic crossings. If multiple species use the same transoceanic flyway, then we expect the migration strategies of these species to converge geographically towards the most optimal solution. We test this by examining population-level migration trajectories within the Western Hemisphere for 118 migratory species using occurrence information from eBird. Geographical convergence of migration strategies was evident within specific terrestrial regions where geomorphological features such as mountains or isthmuses constrained overland migration. Convergence was also evident for transoceanic migrants that crossed the Gulf of Mexico or Atlantic Ocean. Here, annual population-level movements were characterized by clockwise looped trajectories, which resulted in faster but more circuitous journeys in the spring and more direct journeys in the autumn. These findings suggest that the unique constraints and requirements associated with transoceanic migration have promoted the spatial convergence of migration strategies. The combination of seasonal atmospheric and environmental conditions that has facilitated the use of similar broad-scale migration strategies may be especially prone to disruption under climate and land-use change.

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Convergence of broad-scale migration strategies in terrestrial birds

Sorte¹,

Fink²,

Hochachka³

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“…EBVs aim to provide a set of indicators that can be monitored based on remote sensing, repeated sampling programmes, or, for instance, citizen science. Citizen science engages volunteers to gather or process data to address scientific questions, and they have already been highly useful, for example, in studying bird population trends in relation to environmental changes, because of the popularity of bird watching (Tulloch et al 2013;Sullivan et al 2014).…”

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How to integrate remotely sensed data and biodiversity for ecosystem assessments at landscape scale

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Context Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning underpins the delivery of all ecosystem services and should be accounted for in all decision-making related to the use of natural resources and areas. However, biodiversity and ecosystem services are often inadequately accounted for in land use management decisions. Objective We studied a boreal forest ecosystem by linking citizen-science bird data with detailed information on forest characteristics from airborne laser scanning (ALS). In this paper, we describe this method, and evaluate how similar kinds of biological data sets combined with remote sensing can be used for ecosystem assessments at landscape scale. Methods We analysed data for 41 boreal forest bird species and for 14 structural ALS-based forest parameters.Results The results support the use of the selected method as a basis for quantifying spatially-explicit biodiversity indicators for ecosystem assessments, while suggestions for improvements are also reported. Finally, we evaluate the capacity of those indicators to describe biodiversity-ecosystem service relationships, for example with carbon trade-offs. The results showed clear distinctions between the different species as measured, for example, by above-ground forest biomass at the observation sites. We also assess how Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article

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“…On the other hand, projects may choose to develop their own standard as one of their deliverables (e.g. the 'user-friendly' taxonomy maintained by the eBird platform; Sullivan et al, 2014). Alternatively, records can be annotated using templates for machine-readable metadata, as maintained by Wikimedia (Thomer et al, 2012).…”

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“…2; Sullivan et al, 2014). Ellwood et al (2015) point out that many current digitization projects make their data accessible to the data custodians but not to the volunteers, and that this situation hinders a truly collaborative creation and management of information.…”

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Data management aspects of public engagement with biodiversity documentation

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Technological developments open up new opportunities for collaboration between biodiversity researchers and the general public. Three exemplary case studies were reviewed from literature: digitizing museum specimens, text-mining archived expedition journals and handling environmental monitoring data. Data management principles were applied to refine the ensuing requirements. Specific requirements were found to exist in three areas: collecting data, sharing data and improving data quality. Implications for data governance and quality control are discussed.

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The eBird enterprise: An integrated approach to development and application of citizen science

Cited by 852 publications

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Convergence of broad-scale migration strategies in terrestrial birds

Convergence of broad-scale migration strategies in terrestrial birds

How to integrate remotely sensed data and biodiversity for ecosystem assessments at landscape scale

Data management aspects of public engagement with biodiversity documentation

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