Benefits and challenges of collaborating with volunteers: examples from National Wildlife Roadkill Reporting Systems in Europe
Identifikátory výsledku
Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F44994575%3A_____%2F20%3AN0000022" target="_blank" >RIV/44994575:_____/20:N0000022 - isvavai.cz</a>
Výsledek na webu
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1617138119303449?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1617138119303449?via%3Dihub</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2020.125798" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.jnc.2020.125798</a>
Alternativní jazyky
Jazyk výsledku
angličtina
Název v původním jazyce
Benefits and challenges of collaborating with volunteers: examples from National Wildlife Roadkill Reporting Systems in Europe
Popis výsledku v původním jazyce
Daily, a large number of animals are killed on European roads due to collisions with vehicles. A high proportion of these events, however, are not documented, as those obliged to collect such data, only record a small proportion; the police only register collisions that lead to traffic accidents, and hunters only collect data on game wildlife. Such reports disproportionately under-records small vertebrates such as birds, small mammals, amphibians and reptiles. In the last decade, however, national wildlife roadkill reporting systems have been launched, largely working with citizen scientists to collect roadkill data on a national basis that could fill this data gap. The aim of this study is, therefore, to describe for the first time, existing projects in Europe, and the user groups that submit data to them. To give a deeper understanding of such projects, we describe exemplar scientific roadkill reporting systems that currently exist in Austria, Belgium, Czechia and the United Kingdom. We define groups of people who contribute to such citizen science activities, and report our experience and best practice with these volunteers. We conclude that volunteers contribute significantly to collecting data on species that are not typically recorded in official databases. To ensure citizen-science projects perpetuate, (I) volunteers need to be motivated by the organisers to participate on a long-term basis, (II) volunteers need support in identifying roadkill species where required, and (III) regular feedback is required on how their contribution is used to produce new scientific knowledge.
Název v anglickém jazyce
Benefits and challenges of collaborating with volunteers: examples from National Wildlife Roadkill Reporting Systems in Europe
Popis výsledku anglicky
Daily, a large number of animals are killed on European roads due to collisions with vehicles. A high proportion of these events, however, are not documented, as those obliged to collect such data, only record a small proportion; the police only register collisions that lead to traffic accidents, and hunters only collect data on game wildlife. Such reports disproportionately under-records small vertebrates such as birds, small mammals, amphibians and reptiles. In the last decade, however, national wildlife roadkill reporting systems have been launched, largely working with citizen scientists to collect roadkill data on a national basis that could fill this data gap. The aim of this study is, therefore, to describe for the first time, existing projects in Europe, and the user groups that submit data to them. To give a deeper understanding of such projects, we describe exemplar scientific roadkill reporting systems that currently exist in Austria, Belgium, Czechia and the United Kingdom. We define groups of people who contribute to such citizen science activities, and report our experience and best practice with these volunteers. We conclude that volunteers contribute significantly to collecting data on species that are not typically recorded in official databases. To ensure citizen-science projects perpetuate, (I) volunteers need to be motivated by the organisers to participate on a long-term basis, (II) volunteers need support in identifying roadkill species where required, and (III) regular feedback is required on how their contribution is used to produce new scientific knowledge.
Klasifikace
Druh
J<sub>imp</sub> - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science
CEP obor
—
OECD FORD obor
10619 - Biodiversity conservation
Návaznosti výsledku
Projekt
Výsledek vznikl pri realizaci vícero projektů. Více informací v záložce Projekty.
Návaznosti
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Ostatní
Rok uplatnění
2020
Kód důvěrnosti údajů
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Údaje specifické pro druh výsledku
Název periodika
JOURNAL FOR NATURE CONSERVATION
ISSN
1617-1381
e-ISSN
1618-1093
Svazek periodika
54
Číslo periodika v rámci svazku
1
Stát vydavatele periodika
US - Spojené státy americké
Počet stran výsledku
6
Strana od-do
1-6
Kód UT WoS článku
000531535000002
EID výsledku v databázi Scopus
2-s2.0-85078559492