A Vision for Global Biodiversity Monitoring With Citizen Science

Global Biodiversity Scenarios for the Year 2100

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Freshwater biodiversity: importance, threats, status and conservation challenges

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Global threats to human water security and river biodiversity

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Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines

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Consequences of changing biodiversity

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Vive la différence: plant functional diversity matters to ecosystem processes

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Parallel Declines in Pollinators and Insect-Pollinated Plants in Britain and the Netherlands

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Ecosystems and human well-being: a framework for assessment

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Citizen Science: A Developing Tool for Expanding Science Knowledge and Scientific Literacy

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eBird: A citizen-based bird observation network in the biological sciences

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Scientists' warning on invasive alien species

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Citizen science in environmental and ecological sciences

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Is the insect apocalypse upon us? How to find out

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Outstanding challenges and future directions for biodiversity monitoring using citizen science data

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Citizen science and marine conservation: a global review

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Improving big citizen science data: Moving beyond haphazard sampling

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Trends and gaps in the use of citizen science derived data as input for species distribution models: A quantitative review

Feldman, M. J., Imbeau, L., Marchand, P., Mazerolle, M., Darveau, M., & Fenton, N. (2020) · bioRxiv · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0234587 · Cited by 153

Global abundance estimates for 9,700 bird species

Callaghan, C. T., Nakagawa, S., & Cornwell, W. K. (2021) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.2023170118 · Cited by 187

Effective Biodiversity Monitoring Needs a Culture of Integration

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Developing the global potential of citizen science: Assessing opportunities that benefit people, society and the environment in East Africa

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Large-bodied birds are over-represented in unstructured citizen science data

Callaghan, C. T., Poore, A. G. B., Hofmann, M., Roberts, C. J., & Pereira, H. M. (2021) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-021-98584-7 · Cited by 166

Survey completeness of a global citizen‐science database of bird occurrence

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Plant diversity darkspots for global collection priorities

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Pollinator monitoring more than pays for itself

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Connecting Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches in Environmental Observing

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Moving Toward an Agenda on Ocean Health and Human Health in Europe

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Community Monitoring of Natural Resource Systems and the Environment

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Optimizing future biodiversity sampling by citizen scientists

Callaghan, C. T., Poore, A. G. B., Major, R. E., Rowley, J. J. L., & Cornwell, W. K. (2019) · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rspb.2019.1487 · Cited by 103

Expanding the Impact of Citizen Science

Bonney, R. E. (2021) · BioScience · doi:10.1093/biosci/biab041 · Cited by 91

The Concept, Practice, Application, and Results of Locally Based Monitoring of the Environment

Danielsen, F., Enghoff, M., Poulsen, M. K., Funder, M., Jensen, P., & Burgess, N. D. (2021) · BioScience · doi:10.1093/biosci/biab021 · Cited by 99

Citizen science is a vital partnership for invasive alien species management and research

Pocock, M. J. O., Adriaens, T., Bertolino, S., Eschen, R., Essl, F., Hulme, P. E., Jeschke, J. M., Roy, H. E., Teixeira, H., & de Groot, M. (2023) · iScience · doi:10.1016/j.isci.2023.108623 · Cited by 107

Thinking like a naturalist: Enhancing computer vision of citizen science images by harnessing contextual data

Terry, J. C. D., Roy, H. E., & August, T. A. (2020) · Methods in Ecology and Evolution · doi:10.1111/2041-210x.13335 · Cited by 92

Turning observations into biodiversity data: Broadscale spatial biases in community science

Geurts, E. M., Reynolds, J. D., & Starzomski, B. M. (2023) · Ecosphere · doi:10.1002/ecs2.4582 · Cited by 88

Marine Citizen Science: Recent Developments and Future Recommendations

Sandahl, A., & Tøttrup, A. P. (2020) · Citizen Science Theory and Practice · doi:10.5334/cstp.270 · Cited by 66

A four‐component classification of uncertainties in biological invasions: implications for management

Latombe, G., Canavan, S., Hirsch, H., Hui, C., Kumschick, S., Nsikani, M. M., Potgieter, L. J., Robinson, T. B., Saul, W., Turner, S., et al. (2019) · Ecosphere · doi:10.1002/ecs2.2669 · Cited by 63

How citizen scientists contribute to monitor protected areas thanks to automatic plant identification tools

Bonnet, P., Joly, A., Faton, J., Brown, S., Kimiti, D. W., Deneu, B., Servajean, M., Affouard, A., Lombardo, J., Mary, L. J., et al. (2020) · Ecological Solutions and Evidence · doi:10.1002/2688-8319.12023 · Cited by 59

An action framework for the participatory assessment of nature-based solutions in cities

van der Jagt, A., Buijs, A. E., Dobbs, C., van Lierop, M., Pauleit, S., Randrup, T. B., & Wild, T. (2022) · AMBIO · doi:10.1007/s13280-022-01772-6 · Cited by 55

More than a Bit of Fun: The Multiple Outcomes of a Bioblitz

Meeus, S., Silva‐Rocha, I., Adriaens, T., BROWN, P. M. J., Chartosia, N., López, B. C., Martinou, A. F., Pocock, M. J. O., Preda, C., Roy, H. E., et al. (2023) · BioScience · doi:10.1093/biosci/biac100 · Cited by 55

Citizen science data accurately predicts expert-derived species richness at a continental scale when sampling thresholds are met

Callaghan, C. T., Roberts, J. D., Poore, A. G. B., Alford, R. A., Cogger, H., & Rowley, J. J. L. (2020) · Biodiversity and Conservation · doi:10.1007/s10531-020-01937-3 · Cited by 57

The FrogID dataset: expert-validated occurrence records of Australia’s frogs collected by citizen scientists

Rowley, J. J. L., & Callaghan, C. T. (2020) · ZooKeys · doi:10.3897/zookeys.912.38253 · Cited by 48

How citizen scientists can enrich freshwater science as contributors, collaborators, and co-creators

Thornhill, I., Loiselle, S., Clymans, W., & van Noordwijk, C. G. E. (2019) · Freshwater Science · doi:10.1086/703378 · Cited by 45

Remote sensing for monitoring rangeland condition: Current status and development of methods

Retallack, A. E., Finlayson, G. R., Ostendorf, B., Clarke, K. D., & Lewis, M. M. (2023) · Environmental and Sustainability Indicators · doi:10.1016/j.indic.2023.100285 · Cited by 47

Systematic challenges and opportunities in insect monitoring: a Global South perspective

Herrera, M. S., Forero, D., Calor, A. R., Romero, G. Q., Riyaz, M., Callisto, M., Roque, F. D. O., Elme-Tumpay, A., Khan, M. K., Faria, A. P. J., et al. (2024) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rstb.2023.0102 · Cited by 42

Sticky Pi is a high-frequency smart trap that enables the study of insect circadian activity under natural conditions

Geissmann, Q., Abram, P. K., Wu, D., Haney, C. H., & Carrillo, J. (2022) · PLoS Biology · doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3001689 · Cited by 45

Conservation birding: A quantitative conceptual framework for prioritizing citizen science observations

Callaghan, C. T., Watson, J. E. M., Lyons, M., Cornwell, W. K., & Fuller, R. A. (2020) · Biological Conservation · doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108912 · Cited by 42

Perspective: sustainability challenges, opportunities and solutions for long-term ecosystem observations

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Increasing biodiversity knowledge through social media: A case study from tropical Bangladesh

Chowdhury, S., Aich, U., Rokonuzzaman, M., Alam, S., Das, P., Siddika, A., Ahmed, S., Labi, M. M., Marco, M. D., Fuller, R. A., et al. (2023) · BioScience · doi:10.1093/biosci/biad042 · Cited by 40

Revealing biases in insect observations: A comparative analysis between academic and citizen science data

Díaz‐Calafat, J., Jaume‐Ramis, S., Soacha, K., Álvarez, A. M., & Piera, J. (2024) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0305757 · Cited by 40

Who, where, when: Observer behavior influences spatial and temporal patterns of iNaturalist participation

Dimson, M., & Gillespie, T. W. (2023) · Applied Geography · doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2023.102916 · Cited by 41

Deriving indicators of biodiversity change from unstructured community‐contributed data

Rapacciuolo, G., Young, A. N., & Johnson, R. F. (2021) · Oikos · doi:10.1111/oik.08215 · Cited by 36

Lista oficial de las aves de Colombia 2022: Adiciones, cambios taxonómicos y actualizaciones de estado

Echeverry-Gálvis, M. Á., Acevedo-Charry, O. A., Avendaño, J. E., Gómez, C., Stiles, F. G., Estela, F. A., & Cuervo, A. M. (2022) · Ornitología colombiana · doi:10.59517/oc.e548 · Cited by 43

Participatory monitoring drives biodiversity knowledge in global protected areas

Mandeville, C. P., Nilsen, E. B., Herfindal, I., & Finstad, A. G. (2023) · Communications Earth & Environment · doi:10.1038/s43247-023-00906-2 · Cited by 35

Positive relationship between bird diversity and human mental health: an analysis of repeated cross-sectional data

Methorst, J. (2024) · The Lancet Planetary Health · doi:10.1016/s2542-5196(24)00023-8 · Cited by 40

Involving citizens in monitoring the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

Danielsen, F., Ali, N., Andrianandrasana, H. T., Baquero, A. C., Basilius, U., Constantino, P. D. A. L., Despot-Belmonte, K., Frederiksen, P. O., Isaac, M., Jakobsen, P., et al. (2024) · Nature Sustainability · doi:10.1038/s41893-024-01447-y · Cited by 35

Motivation and support services in citizen science insect monitoring: A cross-country study

Richter, A., Comay, O., Svenningsen, C. S., Larsen, J. C., Hecker, S., Tøttrup, A. P., Pe’er, G., Dunn, R. R., Bonn, A., & Marselle, M. R. (2021) · Biological Conservation · doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109325 · Cited by 35

Citizen Science and the Sustainable Development Goals in Low and Middle Income Country Cities

Pateman, R. M., Tuhkanen, H., & Cinderby, S. (2021) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su13179534 · Cited by 33

Challenges, Strategies, and Impacts of Doing Citizen Science with Marginalised and Indigenous Communities: Reflections from Project Coordinators

Benyei, P., Skarlatidou, A., Argyriou, D., Hall, R., Theilade, I., Turreira-García, N., Latreche, D., Albert, A., Berger, D., Cartró-Sabaté, M., et al. (2023) · Citizen Science: Theory and Practice · doi:10.5334/cstp.514 · Cited by 40

Promoting Data Collection in Pollinator Citizen Science Projects

Bloom, E. H., & Crowder, D. W. (2020) · Citizen Science Theory and Practice · doi:10.5334/cstp.217 · Cited by 32

The city nature challenge: A global citizen science phenomenon contributing to biodiversity knowledge and informing local government practices

Palma, E., Mata, L., Cohen, K., Evans, D., Gandy, B., Gaskell, N., Hatchman, H., Mezzetti, A., Neumann, D., O'Keefe, J., et al. (2024) · BioScience · doi:10.1093/biosci/biae012 · Cited by 30

Citizens, Scientists, and Enablers: A Tripartite Model for Citizen Science Projects

Salmon, R. A., Rammell, S., Emeny, M. T., & Hartley, S. (2021) · Diversity · doi:10.3390/d13070309 · Cited by 30

Concurrent Butterfly, Bat and Small Mammal Monitoring Programmes Using Citizen Science in Catalonia (NE Spain): A Historical Review and Future Directions

Torre, I., López‐Baucells, A., Stefanescu, C., Freixas, L., Flaquer, C., Bartrina, C., Coronado, A., López‐Bosch, D., Mas, M., Míguez, S., et al. (2021) · Diversity · doi:10.3390/d13090454 · Cited by 30

Role of digital technology in freshwater biodiversity monitoring through citizen science during COVID ‐19 pandemic

Dwivedi, A. K. (2021) · River Research and Applications · doi:10.1002/rra.3820 · Cited by 29

Citizen Science for Quantifying and Reducing Food Loss and Food Waste

Pateman, R. M., de Bruin, A., Piirsalu, E., Reynolds, C. J., Stokeld, E., & West, S. (2020) · Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems · doi:10.3389/fsufs.2020.589089 · Cited by 28

A continental measure of urbanness predicts avian response to local urbanization

Callaghan, C. T., Major, R. E., Cornwell, W. K., Poore, A. G. B., Wilshire, J. H., & Lyons, M. (2019) · Ecography · doi:10.1111/ecog.04863 · Cited by 26

Shaping the Fate of Life on Earth: The Post‐2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

Erdelen, W. R. (2020) · Global Policy · doi:10.1111/1758-5899.12773 · Cited by 26

Applying Citizen Science for Sustainable Development: Rainfall Monitoring in Western Nepal

Paul, J. D., Cieslik, K., Sah, N., Shakya, P., Parajuli, B. P., Paudel, S., Dewulf, A. R. P. J., & Buytaert, W. (2020) · Frontiers in Water · doi:10.3389/frwa.2020.581375 · Cited by 26

Adopting Citizen Science as a Tool to Enhance Monitoring for an Environment Agency

Roger, E., Turak, E., & Tegart, P. (2019) · Citizen Science Theory and Practice · doi:10.5334/cstp.231 · Cited by 26

Are traditional urban greening actions compliant with the European Greening Plans guidance?

Costadone, L., & Vierikko, K. (2023) · Urban forestry & urban greening · doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2023.128131 · Cited by 25

Participatory soil citizen science: An unexploited resource for European soil research

Mason, E., Gascuel, C., Aldrian, U., Sun, H., Miloczki, J., Götzinger, S., Burton, V. J., Rienks, F., Lonardo, S. D., & Sandén, T. (2024) · European Journal of Soil Science · doi:10.1111/ejss.13470 · Cited by 25

Enhancing Diversity Knowledge through Marine Citizen Science and Social Platforms: The Case of Hermodice carunculata (Annelida, Polychaeta)

Krželj, M., Cerrano, C., & Camillo, C. G. D. (2020) · Diversity · doi:10.3390/d12080311 · Cited by 24

Maximizing citizen scientists’ contribution to automated species recognition

Koch, W., Hogeweg, L., Nilsen, E. B., & Finstad, A. G. (2022) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-022-11257-x · Cited by 24

Establishing an ecological monitoring system for national parks in China: A theoretical framework

Jiao, W., Liu, X., & He, S. (2022) · Ecological Indicators · doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109414 · Cited by 27

Improving Online Citizen Science Platforms for Biodiversity Monitoring

Rocca, F. D., Musiani, M., Galaverni, M., & Milanesi, P. (2024) · Journal of Biogeography · doi:10.1111/jbi.15000 · Cited by 23

Nationally reported metrics can’t adequately guide transformative change in biodiversity policy

Fraixedas, S., Roslin, T. V., Antão, L. H., Pöyry, J., & Laine, A. (2022) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.2117299119 · Cited by 23

Completeness of digital accessible knowledge of the birds of western Africa: Priorities for survey

Freeman, B., & Peterson, A. T. (2019) · Ornithological Applications · doi:10.1093/condor/duz035 · Cited by 23

Automated near real-time monitoring in ecology: Status quo and ways forward

Davison, A. M., de Koning, K., Taubert, F., & Schakel, J.-K. (2025) · Ecological Informatics · doi:10.1016/j.ecoinf.2025.103157 · Cited by 26

Leveraging conservation action with open‐source hardware

Hill, A. P., Davies, A. J., Prince, P., Snaddon, J. L., Doncaster, C. P., & Rogers, A. (2019) · Conservation Letters · doi:10.1111/conl.12661 · Cited by 21

Opinions of citizen scientists on open access to UK butterfly and moth occurrence data

Fox, R., Bourn, N. A. D., Dennis, E. B., Heafield, R. T., Maclean, I. M. D., & Wilson, R. J. (2019) · Biodiversity and Conservation · doi:10.1007/s10531-019-01824-6 · Cited by 21

Large biodiversity datasets conform to Benford's law: Implications for assessing sampling heterogeneity

Szabo, J. K., Forti, L. R., & Callaghan, C. T. (2023) · Biological Conservation · doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2023.109982 · Cited by 20

The role of citizen science in biodiversity monitoring: when invasive species and insects meet

Marchante, E., López‐Núñez, F. A., Duarte, L. N., & Marchante, H. (2023) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-323-99918-2.00011-2 · Cited by 20

Inequality persists in a large citizen science programme despite increased participation through ICT innovations

Jönsson, M. T., Kasperowski, D., Coulson, S. J., Nilsson, J., Bína, P., Kullenberg, C., Hagen, N., van der Wal, R., & Peterson, J. (2023) · AMBIO · doi:10.1007/s13280-023-01917-1 · Cited by 31

Open Access Research Infrastructures are Critical for Improving the Accessibility and Utility of Citizen Science: A Case Study of Australia’s National Biodiversity Infrastructure, the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA)

Roger, E., Kellie, D., Slatyer, C., Brenton, P., Torresan, O., Wallis, E. J., & Zerger, A. (2023) · Citizen Science Theory and Practice · doi:10.5334/cstp.564 · Cited by 18

A Method for Conveying Confidence in iNaturalist Observations: A Case Study Using Non‐Native Marine Species

Ackland, S. J., Richardson, D. M., & Robinson, T. B. (2024) · Ecology and Evolution · doi:10.1002/ece3.70376 · Cited by 18

Towards a real-time tracking of an expanding alien bee species in Southeast Europe through citizen science and floral host monitoring

Dubaić, J. B., Lanner, J., Rohrbach, C., Meimberg, H., Wyatt, F., Čačija, M., Galešić, M. A., Ješovnik, A., Samurović, K., Plećaš, M., et al. (2022) · Environmental Research Communications · doi:10.1088/2515-7620/ac8398 · Cited by 18

Boosting biodiversity monitoring using smartphone-driven, rapidly accumulating community-sourced data

Atsumi, K., Nishida, Y., Ushio, M., Nishi, H., Genroku, T., & Fujiki, S. (2024) · eLife · doi:10.7554/elife.93694 · Cited by 16

Students as citizen scientists: project-based learning through the iNaturalist platform could provide useful biodiversity data

Forti, L. R. (2023) · Biodiversity · doi:10.1080/14888386.2023.2174595 · Cited by 16

Not all who wander are lost: Trail bias in community science

Geurts, E. M., Reynolds, J. D., & Starzomski, B. M. (2023) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0287150 · Cited by 20

sUAS-Based Citizen Science Studies in Geography

Bunting, E., Theuerkauf, E. J., & Rabins, L. (2022) · Geotechnologies and the environment · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-01976-0_3 · Cited by 15

Citizen science mitigates the lack of distributional data on Nigerian birds

Tende, T., Iniunam, I. A., Ivande, S. T., Awoyemi, A. G., Danmallam, B. A., Ringim, A. S., Bako, L. A., Ramzy, F. J., Kazeh, N. W., Izang, A., et al. (2024) · Ecology and Evolution · doi:10.1002/ece3.11280 · Cited by 14

The power to detect regional declines in common bird populations using continental monitoring data

Baker, D. J., Clarke, R. H., & McGeoch, M. A. (2019) · Ecological Applications · doi:10.1002/eap.1918 · Cited by 15

Exploring the potential of extreme citizen science with Danish high school students using environmental DNA for marine monitoring

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