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Assessing the accuracy of free automated plant identification applications.

Published online: 11 Sep 2023

Authors: Hart, A. G. & Bosley, H. & Hooper, C. & Perry, J. & Sellors-Moore, J. & Moore, O. & Goodenough, A. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Widely available and inexpensive mobile phone applications offer users, whether professional ecologists or interested amateurs, the potential for simp...

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Towards more effective identification keys: a study of people identifying plant species characters.

Published online: 04 Jan 2023

Authors: Wäldchen, J. & Wittich, H. C. & Rzanny, M. & Fritz, A. & Mäder, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Accurate species identification is essential for ecological monitoring and biodiversity conservation. Interactive plant identification keys have been ...

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FSC Tomorrow's Biodiversity Project Evaluation Report. Summary & recommendations from the FSC Tomorrow's Biodiversity project 2013-2017.

Published online: 07 Jul 2020

Published by: UK, Field Studies Council

Authors: Burkmar, R. & Bell, C.

Content type: Reports

Tomorrow's Biodiversity was a Field Studies Council project funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation from 2013 to 2017 inclusive. A two-year developme...

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Slugs count: assessing citizen scientist engagement and development, and the accuracy of their identifications.

Published online: 16 Nov 2024

Authors: Cavadino, I. & Port, G. & Mill, A. & Clover, G. & Roy, H. E. & Jones, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

How accurately can citizen science participants identify species, and can the information they provide be used to calculate accurate estimates of spec...

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How do young identify plants? Using the drawing method to explore early ethnobotanical knowledge in Madagascar.

Published online: 09 Nov 2024

Authors: Porcher, V. & Gallois, S. & Reyes-García, V. & Raketabakoly, S. C. & Alvarez-Fernández, S. & Carrière, S. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

In small-scale societies, people learn to identify plant species during childhood. Plant recognition is an important baseline knowledge, immediately u...

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FSC tomorrow's Biodiversity the Shifting Paradigm of Biological Identification. Report for the FSC Tomorrow's Biodiversity project.

Published online: 07 Jul 2020

Published by: UK, Field Studies Council

Authors: Burkmar, R.

Content type: Reports

This report briefly reviews the impact of the computer revolution on taxonomy and systematics in general and, in particular, on biological recording i...

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FSC BioLinks consultation report: analysis of the FSC BioLinks development phase consultation from April 2016 to January 2017.

Published online: 07 Jul 2020

Published by: UK, Field Studies Council

Authors: Brown, K. D.

Content type: Reports

The Field Studies Council (FSC) has a 70-year tradition of training and resource development for taxonomic identification skills. FSC BioLinks is a ne...

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Analysis of desert plant community growth patterns with high temporal resolution satellite spectra.

Published online: 30 Jun 1997

Authors: Peters, A. J. & Eve, M. D. & Holt, E. H. & Whitford, W. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The study of a desert landscape consisting of C3 shrublands and C4 grasslands demonstrated the feasibility of mapping desertification processes on a r...

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Standards, methodology and protocols for sampling and identification of grassland fungus species: Using eDNA from soil samples.

Published online: 15 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Detheridge, A. P. & Griffith, G. W.

Content type: Reports

This report examines the factors that can influence results of metabarcoding surveys and draws upon this to make conclusions about best practice for t...

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The efficacy of DNA sequencing on samples of terrestrial invertebrates 2018/2019.

Published online: 09 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Rees, H. C. & Maddison, B. M. & Owen, J. P. & Baker, C. A. & Bishop, K. & Gough, K. C. & Webb, J. R.

Content type: Reports

This publication reports on the accuracy of DNA species identification for invertebrates, and investigates also on the reliability of the BOLD databas...

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