BioBlitzes: Citizen Science for Biodiversity coming to Florida
Vol. 2019 No. 3, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Vol. 2019 No. 3

BioBlitzes: Citizen Science for Biodiversity coming to Florida: WEC404/UW449, 6/2019

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-uw449-2019
Published 2019-06-14
Mathieu Basille
University of Florida
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9366-7127
Kathryn Stofer
University of Florida
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3659-490X
Roseate Spoonbill at the Jacksonville Zoo. UF/IFAS Photo: Josh Wickham.
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Keywords

BioBlitz
Biodiversity
Citizen science

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Basille, Mathieu, and Kathryn Stofer. 2019. “BioBlitzes: Citizen Science for Biodiversity Coming to Florida: WEC404 UW449, 6 2019”. EDIS 2019 (3). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-uw449-2019.
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Abstract

A BioBlitz is an intensive citizen-science biodiversity survey. During a short period of time, experts and volunteers conduct an intensive survey to record all species living in a designated area. BioBlitzes have been conducted all around the world, and are now commonly used to engage citizen in biodiversity inventory, tracking rare and invasive species, and increase citizen awareness towards natural resources.

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References

Lundmark, C. 2003 BioBlitz: "Getting into Backyard Biodiversity." BioScience, 53:329-329. https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[0329:BGIBB]2.0.CO;2

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