Development of the European Ladybirds Smartphone Application: A Tool for Citizen Science

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12310%2F21%3A43903645" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12310/21:43903645 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/60077344:_____/21:00547973 RIV/00027006:_____/21:10174565

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.741854/full" target="_blank" >https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.741854/full</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.741854" target="_blank" >10.3389/fevo.2021.741854</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Development of the European Ladybirds Smartphone Application: A Tool for Citizen Science

Original language description

Wildlife observations submitted by volunteers through citizen science initiatives are increasingly used within research and policy. Ladybirds are popular and charismatic insects, with most species being relatively easy to identify from photographs. Therefore, they are considered an appropriate taxonomic group for engaging people through citizen science initiatives to contribute long-term and large-scale datasets for use in many different contexts. Building on the strengths of a mass participation citizen science survey on ladybirds in the United Kingdom, we have developed a mobile application for ladybird recording and identification across Europe. The main aims of the application are to: (1) compile distribution data for ladybird species throughout Europe, and use this to assess changes in distribution over time; (2) connect and engage people in nature and increase awareness about the diversity and ecological importance of ladybirds. In developing the application we first constructed a database including ladybird species from the United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Italy, Belgium, and Portugal with associated information on relevant morphological features (e.g., size, main color, pronotum pattern) to inform identification. Additionally, the species were assessed on the basis of probability of occurrence within each country which enables users to reduce the number of species to only those with relevance to the location of the recorder. This is amongst the first collaborative citizen science approaches aimed at involving participants across Europe in recording a group of insects. In the near future, we aim to expand the use of the application to all countries in Europe.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10616 - Entomology

Project

<a href="/en/project/LTC19011" target="_blank" >LTC19011: Citizen science data as a crucial tool for monitoring of alien invertebrate species</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

ISSN

2296-701X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

9

Issue of the periodical within the volume

NOV 12 2021

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000741767500001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85120418742