Citizen scientists: Unveiling motivations and characteristics influencing initial and sustained participation in an agricultural project

• Birgit Vanden Berghen ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: birgit.vandenberghen@kuleuven.be

  Affiliation Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Division of Bio-economics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9888-0429

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• Iris Vanermen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Division of Bio-economics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0077-8931

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• Liesbet Vranken

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

  Affiliation Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Division of Bio-economics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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