Evaluating the ability of citizen scientists to identify bumblebee (Bombus) species

Steven Falk; Gemma Foster; Richard Comont; Judith Conroy; Helen Bostock; Andrew Salisbury; Dave Kilbey; James Bennett; Barbara Smith

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0218614

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Evaluating the ability of citizen scientists to identify bumblebee (Bombus) species

Steven Falk ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Steven Falk, Gemma Foster, Richard Comont

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom
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Gemma Foster ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Steven Falk, Gemma Foster, Richard Comont

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: gemma.foster@coventry.ac.uk

Affiliation The Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6268-0641

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Richard Comont ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Steven Falk, Gemma Foster, Richard Comont

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Bumblebee Conservation Trust, Eastleigh, United Kingdom
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Judith Conroy,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Validation

Affiliation The Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom
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Helen Bostock,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley, United Kingdom
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Andrew Salisbury,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley, United Kingdom
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Dave Kilbey,

Roles Data curation, Resources, Software

Affiliation Natural Apptitude, Bristol, United Kingdom
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James Bennett,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7233-6203

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Barbara Smith

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom
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Evaluating the ability of citizen scientists to identify bumblebee (Bombus) species

Steven Falk,
Gemma Foster,
Richard Comont,
Judith Conroy,
Helen Bostock,
Andrew Salisbury,
Dave Kilbey,
James Bennett,
Barbara Smith

Published: June 24, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218614

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