| Category |
Text Publication |
| Reference Category |
Journals |
| DOI |
10.1002/2688-8319.12295
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Licence  |
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| Title (Primary) |
Overcoming biodiversity blindness: Secondary data in primary citizen science observations |
| Author |
Pernat, N.; Canavan, S.; Golivets, M.
; Hillaert, J.; Itescu, Y.; Jarić, I.; Mann, H.M.R.; Pipek, P.; Preda, C.; Richardson, D.M.; Teixeira, H.; Vaz, A.S.; Groom, Q. |
| Source Titel |
Ecological Solutions and Evidence |
| Year |
2024 |
| Department |
BZF |
| Volume |
5 |
| Issue |
1 |
| Page From |
e12295 |
| Language |
englisch |
| Topic |
T5 Future Landscapes |
| Keywords |
artificial intelligence; biodiversity; citizen science; community science; ecological interactions; invasion science; monitoring |
| Abstract |
- In the face of the global biodiversity crisis,
collecting comprehensive data and making the best use of existing data
are becoming increasingly important to understand patterns and drivers
of environmental and biological phenomena at different scales.
- Here we address the concept of secondary data, which
refers to additional information unintentionally captured in species
records, especially in multimedia-based citizen science reports. We
argue that secondary data can provide a wealth of ecologically relevant
information, the utilisation of which can enhance our understanding of
traits and interactions among individual organisms, populations and
biodiversity dynamics in general.
- We explore the possibilities offered by secondary
data and describe their main types and sources. An overview of research
in this field provides a synthesis of the results already achieved using
secondary data and different approaches to information extraction.
- Finally, we discuss challenges to the widespread use
of secondary data, such as biases, licensing issues, use of metadata and
lack of awareness of this trove of data due to a missing common
terminology, as well as possible solutions to overcome these barriers.
- Although the exploration and use of secondary data is
only emerging, the many opportunities identified show how these data
can enrich biodiversity research and monitoring.
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| Persistent UFZ Identifier |
https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=28729 |
Pernat, N., Canavan, S., Golivets, M., Hillaert, J., Itescu, Y., Jarić, I., Mann, H.M.R., Pipek, P., Preda, C., Richardson, D.M., Teixeira, H., Vaz, A.S., Groom, Q. (2024):
Overcoming biodiversity blindness: Secondary data in primary citizen science observations
Ecol. Solut. Evid. 5 (1), e12295 10.1002/2688-8319.12295 |
