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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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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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Natural Resources Wales (NRW), Sue Byrne.

Published online: 08 Dec 2024

Published by: UK, Natural Resources Wales

Content type: Conference slides

This presentation outlines the objectives, methodologies, and innovative techniques employed in freshwater and marine environmental monitoring. The pr...

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Field Studies Guidance Note: Grid References for Biological Recording [version 2].

Published online: 06 Jan 2023

Published by: UK, Field Studies Council

Authors: Bell, C. & Brown, K. D. & Watts, O.

Content type: Educational material

This report is a guide for grid references for biological recording. A grid reference specifies a square of land, indicating a location through a seri...

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Two basic methodological choices in wildland vegetation inventories: their consequences and implications.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Shute, D. A. & West, N. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In designing inventories of wildland vegetation, 2 of the many basic methodological choices are whether data are collected, reduced and stored in disc...

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A benthic substrate classification method for seabed images using deep learning: application to management of deep-sea coral reefs.

Published online: 23 Dec 2023

Authors: Jackett, C. & Althaus, F. & Maguire, K. & Farazi, M. & Scoulding, B. & Untiedt, C. & Ryan, T. & Shanks, P. & Brodie, P. & Williams, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Protecting deep-sea coral-based vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) from human impacts, particularly bottom trawling, is a major conservation challeng...

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Incorporating distance constraints into species distribution models.

Published online: 23 Apr 2008

Authors: Allouche, O. & Steinitz, O. & Rotem, D. & Rosenfeld, A. & Kadmon, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Species distribution models (SDM) are increasingly applied as predictive tools for purposes of conservation planning and management. Such models rely ...

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NatureScot Research Report 1297 - Developing tools for monitoring lichens & other sessile organisms.

Published online: 21 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Bhatti, N. R. & Cornulier, T. & Mitchell, R. J. & Potts, J. M. & Britton, A. J. & Woodin, S. J. & Genney, D. R.

Content type: Reports

This report discusses the use of occupancy modeling to improve the accuracy of species population estimates, focusing on lichens as a case study. It h...

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NatureScot Research Report 1325 - Review of high-resolution remote sensing methods to monitor peatland restoration efficacy on actively eroding blanket bogs.

Published online: 24 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Burnham, B. S. & Cousins, J. & Burley, B. & Campbell, D. & Cadman, D.

Content type: Reports

This report explores high-resolution remote sensing methods to monitor peatland restoration, particularly on actively eroding blanket bogs, as part of...

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Incorporating expert opinion and fine-scale vegetation mapping into statistical models of faunal distribution.

Published online: 15 Aug 2001

Authors: Pearce, J. L. & Cherry, K. & Drielsma, M. & Ferrier, S. & Whish, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Abiotic environmental predictors and broad-scale vegetation have been used widely to model the regional distributions of faunal species within foreste...

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