Identifying, reducing, and communicating uncertainty in community science: a focus on alien species.

ABSTRACT: Community science (also often referred to as citizen science) provides a unique opportunity to address questions beyond the scope of other research methods whilst simultaneously engaging communities in the scientific process. This leads to broad educational benefits, empowers people, and can increase public awareness of societally relevant issues such as the biodiversity crisis. As such, community science has become a favourable framework for researching alien species where data on the presence, absence, abundance, phenology, and impact of species is important in informing management decisions. However, uncertainties arising at different stages can limit the interpretation of data and lead to projects failing to achieve their intended outcomes. Focusing on alien species centered community

SUBMITTER: Probert AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9579088 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature