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

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985939%3A_____%2F22%3A00562975" target="_blank" >RIV/67985939:_____/22:00562975 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-022-02858-8" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-022-02858-8</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-022-02858-8" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10530-022-02858-8</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

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

Original language description

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 science projects, we identified key research questions and the relevant uncertainties that arise during the process of developing the study design, for example, when collecting the data and during the statistical analyses. Additionally, we assessed uncertainties from a linguistic perspective, and how the communication stages among project coordinators, participants and other stakeholders can alter the way in which information may be interpreted. We discuss existing methods for reducing uncertainty and suggest further solutions to improve data reliability. Further, we make suggestions to reduce the uncertainties that emerge at each project step and provide guidance and recommendations that can be readily applied in practice. Reducing uncertainties is essential and necessary to strengthen the scientific and community outcomes of community science, which is of particular importance to ensure the success of projects aimed at detecting novel alien species and monitoring their dynamics across space and time.

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

10619 - Biodiversity conservation

Project

<a href="/en/project/SS02030018" target="_blank" >SS02030018: Center for Landscape and Biodiversity</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Biological Invasions

ISSN

1387-3547

e-ISSN

1573-1464

Volume of the periodical

24

Issue of the periodical within the volume

11

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

27

Pages from-to

3395-3421

UT code for WoS article

000847268600001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85137219367