Mapping species distributions in 2 weeks using citizen science

Sumner, Seirian; Bevan, Peggy; Hart, Adam G.; Isaac, Nicholas J.B.

doi:10.1111/icad.12345

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“…A study demonstrated that within only two years of data gathering by citizen scientists, range size estimates (extend of occurrence and area of occupancy) were comparable to a long-term study [71]. However, during this study there might be a high prevalence of reports originated from human settlements resulting in an urban bias [4] as the present data set lacks occurrences in remote areas. Such uninhabited areas are often under-sampled in the frame of CSPs, which can lead to misinterpretation of the distribution data concerning population size, abundancy and habitat preferences [2].…”

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confidence: 46%

“…Another point of criticism of CS programs that are focusing on species distribution data are spatial biases due to uneven sampling [99]. In contrast, recent projects show that CS programs are often less spatially biased than long-term studies or global platforms utilized mainly by experts [4,98]. Furthermore, it has been shown that CSP are fast and effective tools investigating distributional ranges of elusive species.…”

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Dispersal patterns of an introduced wild bee, Megachile sculpturalis Smith, 1853 (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in European alpine countries

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Biodiversity monitoring programs are the baseline of species abundancy studies, which in case of introduced species are especially critical. Megachile sculpturalis Smith, 1853 native to Eastern-Asia, constitutes the first ever recorded wild bee species accidently introduced in Europe. Since its first discovery in 2008, M. sculpturalis has been spreading across the continent. By initiating a citizen science monitoring program, we aimed to investigate the occurrence pattern of M. sculpturalis. Within only two years after starting the project, 111 new reports from Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Austria were recorded. Comparably to other European countries, the population progressed remarkably fast from year to year expanding its area geographically but also ecologically by increasing its altitudinal range. The distribution pattern indicates human assisted jump-dispersal travelling on the major traffic routes of central Europe.

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Section: Potential Biases and Further Potential Of Cs Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

Dispersal patterns of an introduced wild bee, Megachile sculpturalis Smith, 1853 (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in European alpine countries

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“…Although the project was intended to understand wasp species distribution across the country, and to provide data to support conservation, the project was aggressively criticized for killing pollinators (Barkham, 2017). In fact, the project captured no queens, had a very limited by-catch and just 2 weeks of citizen engagement resulted in data comparable to four decades of expert sampling (Sumner, Bevan, Hart, & Isaac, 2019).…”

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Keeping invertebrate research ethical in a landscape of shifting public opinion

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Invertebrate study systems are cornerstones of biological and biomedical research, providing key insights into fields from genetics to behavioural ecology. Despite the widespread use of invertebrates in research, there are very few ethical guidelines surrounding their use. Focussing on two ethical considerations faced during invertebrate studies—collecting methods and euthanasia—we make recommendations for integrating principles of vertebrate research into invertebrate research practice. We argue, given emerging research on invertebrate cognition and shifting public perception on the use of invertebrates in research, it is vital that the scientific community revisits the ethics of invertebrate use in research. Without careful consideration and development of the ethics surrounding the use of invertebrates by the scientific community, there is a danger of losing public support. It is imperative that the public understand the significance of research that uses invertebrates and that scientists demonstrate their ethical treatment of their experimental subjects.

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“…) or the “big wasp survey” to sample wasp populations across the United Kingdom (bigwaspsurvey.org, Sumner et al. ).…”

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Evolutionary genomics can improve prediction of species’ responses to climate change

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Global climate change (GCC) increasingly threatens biodiversity through the loss of species, and the transformation of entire ecosystems. Many species are challenged by the pace of GCC because they might not be able to respond fast enough to changing biotic and abiotic conditions. Species can respond either by shifting their range, or by persisting in their local habitat. If populations persist, they can tolerate climatic changes through phenotypic plasticity, or genetically adapt to changing conditions depending on their genetic variability and census population size to allow for de novo mutations. Otherwise, populations will experience demographic collapses and species may go extinct. Current approaches to predicting species responses to GCC begin to combine ecological and evolutionary information for species distribution modelling. Including an evolutionary dimension will substantially improve species distribution projections which have not accounted for key processes such as dispersal, adaptive genetic change, demography, or species interactions. However, eco-evolutionary models require new data and methods for the estimation of a species' adaptive potential, which have so far only been available for a small number of model species. To represent global biodiversity, we need to devise large-scale data collection strategies to define the ecology and evolutionary potential of a broad range of species, especially of keystone species of ecosystems. We also need standardized and replicable modelling approaches 4 Here, we discuss different genomic approaches that can be used to investigate and predict species responses to GCC. This can serve as guidance for researchers looking for the appropriate experimental setup for their particular system. We furthermore highlight future directions for moving forward in the field and allocating available resources more effectively, to implement mitigation measures before species go extinct and ecosystems lose important functions. K E Y W O R D S : Biodiversity loss, eco-evolutionary dynamics, genomic quantitative genetics, models.

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Mapping species distributions in 2 weeks using citizen science

Cited by 35 publications

References 25 publications

Dispersal patterns of an introduced wild bee, Megachile sculpturalis Smith, 1853 (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in European alpine countries

Dispersal patterns of an introduced wild bee, Megachile sculpturalis Smith, 1853 (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in European alpine countries

Keeping invertebrate research ethical in a landscape of shifting public opinion

Evolutionary genomics can improve prediction of species’ responses to climate change

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