Linford Lakes NR BioBlitz by David Easton. 24 June 2016

Citizen scientists are increasingly engaged in gathering biodiversity information, but trade‐offs are often required between public engagement goals and reliable data collection. We compared population estimates for 18 widespread butterfly species derived from the first 4 years (2011–2014) of a short‐duration citizen science project (Big Butterfly Count [BBC]) with those from long‐running, standardized monitoring data collected by experienced observers (U.K. Butterfly Monitoring Scheme [UKBMS])…

Click here to read the rest of the article.: Using citizen science butterfly counts to predict species population trends – Dennis – 2017 – Conservation Biology – Wiley Online Library