iScience, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 27(1), P. 108623 - 108623
Published: Dec. 3, 2023
Invasive alien species (IAS) adversely impact biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and socio-economics. Citizen science can be an effective tool for IAS surveillance, management, research, providing large datasets over wide spatial extents long time periods, with public participants generating knowledge that supports action. We demonstrate how citizen has contributed across the biological invasion process, especially early detection distribution mapping. However, we recommend could used more assessing impacts evaluating success of management. does have limitations, explore solutions to two key challenges: ensuring data accuracy dealing uneven coverage potential recorders (which limits dataset's "fit purpose"). Greater co-development stakeholders will help us better realize its process ecosystems globally while meeting needs participants, local communities, scientists, decision-makers.
Language: Английский
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24Image‐based crop disease detection using machine learning
Plant Pathology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Sept. 27, 2024
Abstract Crop disease detection is important due to its significant impact on agricultural productivity and global food security. Traditional methods often rely labour‐intensive field surveys manual inspection, which are time‐consuming prone human error. In recent years, the advent of imaging technologies coupled with machine learning (ML) algorithms has offered a promising solution this problem, enabling rapid accurate identification crop diseases. Previous studies have demonstrated potential image‐based techniques in detecting various diseases, showcasing their ability capture subtle visual cues indicative pathogen infection or physiological stress. However, rapidly evolving, advancements sensor technology, data analytics artificial intelligence (AI) continually expanding capabilities these systems. This review paper consolidates existing literature using ML, providing comprehensive overview cutting‐edge methodologies. Synthesizing findings from diverse offers insights into effectiveness different platforms, contextual integration applicability ML across types environmental conditions. The importance lies bridge gap between research practice, offering valuable guidance researchers practitioners.
Language: Английский
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12The power of citizen science to advance fungal conservation
Conservation Letters, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 17(3)
Published: March 22, 2024
Fungal conservation is gaining momentum globally, but many challenges remain. To advance further, more data are needed on fungal diversity across space and time. Fundamental information regarding population sizes, trends, geographic ranges also critical to accurately assess the extinction risk of individual species. However, obtaining these particularly difficult for fungi due their immense diversity, complex problematic taxonomy, cryptic nature. This paper explores how citizen science (CS) projects can be lever-aged efforts. We present several examples past ongoing CS-based record monitor diversity. These include that part broad collecting schemes, those provide participants with targeted sampling methods, whereby collect environmental samples from which obtained. examine solutions such capture estimate species absences, broaden participation, improve curation, translate resulting into actionable measures. Finally, we close a call professional mycologists engage amateurs local communities, presenting framework determine whether given project would likely benefit participation by scientists.
Language: Английский
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10Opportunities for Biodiversity Conservation via Urban Ecosystem Regeneration
Diversity, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(3), P. 131 - 131
Published: Feb. 20, 2024
Conservation traditionally focuses on at-risk species and relatively intact ecosystems. As the human population our global impact have risen, many more ecosystems are at risk fewer remain, with urbanization being a major contributing factor. Cities their inhabitants here to stay, prevalence of urbanization, often in vicinity areas high conservation value, requires reconsideration value urban green spaces. Our aim is explore practical aspects such actions. Urban ecosystem regeneration will require incorporation strategies for into an overall policy. The novel paradigm regeneration, advocated here, maximizes capacity spaces support biodiversity while reducing undesirable outcomes enhancing wellbeing. potential cities exacerbate biological invasion, climate change, other ecosystem-degrading factors particular attention devising strategy spaces, made essential by predicted further spread across globe.
Language: Английский
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7Collaborative approaches to urban tree biosecurity: Stakeholder’s perceptions, actions and social networks
Urban forestry & urban greening, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 128674 - 128674
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
Language: Английский
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0Study on community knowledge and awareness of invasive species
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Feb. 19, 2025
Abstract In a globalized world, invasive species (IS) have significant ecological and socio-economic impacts, emphasizing the need for public awareness effective management. This work presents study about environmental perceptions biological invasion knowledge on both teacher non-teacher communities, using semi-structured, online questionnaire. Data demographic profiles, of impact invasions were compiled. Results revealed that teachers perceived higher impacts than non-teachers. While most respondents acknowledged high IS, exhibited levels concern. The unintentional transport IS was identified as main threat, human health concerns primary reason removal. highlights importance enhancing education in formal non-formal settings to address IS. A multidisciplinary approach is recommended raise ensure sustainable management across diverse community sectors.
Language: Английский
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0Social licence to eradicate invasive pests of trees in urban landscapes: a review to prepare for the next incursion
Urban forestry & urban greening, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 128722 - 128722
Published: Feb. 1, 2025
Language: Английский
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0Phytophthora: an underestimated threat to agriculture, forestry, and natural ecosystems in sub-Saharan Africa
Mycological Progress, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 22(11)
Published: Oct. 19, 2023
Abstract Phytophthora species are highly destructive plant pathogens and pose a significant threat to plants in various ecosystems, including agriculture, forest plantations, natural environments. In sub-Saharan Africa, total of 77 have been identified this review aims provide an overview the diversity progress research region. Numerous important studies carried out region, contributing significantly our understanding fields. However, compared global data, advancement Africa has relatively slow. This is evident from fact that some countries region yet report presence species. Thus, also highlights critical gaps, particularly concerning potential impacts climate change, suggests specific address these gaps. The utmost urgency as they not only aim safeguard iconic floral biodiversity but play crucial role enhancing economy ensuring food security.
Language: Английский
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8Quantifying How Natural History Traits Contribute to Bias in Community Science Engagement: A Case Study Using Orbweaver Spiders
Citizen Science Theory and Practice, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 9(1), P. 9 - 9
Published: April 24, 2024
Online citizen science platforms can be crucial to the scientific and regulatory community, but inherent biases based on organism traits influence likelihood of a species being reported accurately identified. We explored how orb weaving spiders impact data in iNaturalist, using invasive Jorō spider as case study. This is an outlier among orbweavers due its large size bright coloration, was most frequently species, with identifications research-grade observations. It also by less experienced users average, highlighting potential role gateway into community participation. bias towards large, flashy orbweaver suggests underrepresentation smaller, drab species. Given increasing importance open access digital biodiversity records, we encourage researchers engage more iNaturalist contribute their expertise improving quality wherever possible.
Language: Английский
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2The third invasive Anoplophora: Citizen science facilitates uncovering massive abundance of non-native A. horsfieldii (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in South Korea
Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 27(2), P. 102253 - 102253
Published: May 8, 2024
Language: Английский
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