Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword ix
4. Notes on Contributors xi
5. Acknowledgments xv
6. Introduction: Why Citizen Science? 1
7. Part I. The Practice of Citizen Science
8. 1. Overview of Citizen Science 15
9. 2. Projects and Possibilities: Lessons from Citizen Science Projects
10. From Backyard Observations to Continent-Wide Trends: Lessons from the First Twenty-Two Years of Project Feederwatch 27
11. Monitoring Monarchs: Citizen Science and a Charismatic Insect 35
12. Neighborhood Nestwatch: Mentoring Citizens in the Urban Matrix 43
13. Project BudBurst: Citizen Science for All Seasons 50
14. Using Bioinformatics in Citizen Science 58
15. 4. Growing the Base for Citizen Science: Recruiting and Engaging Participants 69
16. 5. What Is Our Impact?: Toward a Unified Framework for Evaluating Outcomes of Citizen Science Participation 82
17. Part II. Impacts of Citizen Science on Conservation Research
18. 6. The Opportunities and Challenges of Citizen Science as a Tool for Ecological Research 97
19. 7. Widening the Circle of Investigation: The Interface between Citizen Science and Landscape Ecology 114
20. 8. Using Data Mining to Discover Biological Patterns in Citizen Science Observations 125
21. 9. Developing a Conservation Research Program with Citizen Science 139
22. 10. Citizens, Science, and Environmental Policy: A British Perspective 150
23. Part III. Educational, Social, and Behavioral Aspects of Citizen Science
24. 11. Cognitive Considerations in the Development of Citizen Science Projects 165
25. 12. Who Poses the Question? Using Citizen Science to Help K–12 Teachers Meet the Mandate for Inquiry 179
26. 13. A Gateway to Science for All: Celebrate Urban Birds 191
27. 14. Children and Nature: Following the Trail to Environmental Attitudes and Behavior 201
28. 15. Internet-Based Social Networking and Collective Action Models of Citizen Science: Theory Meets Possibility 214
29. 16. A Role for Citizen Science in Disaster and Conflict Recovery and Resilience 226
30. Afterword 235
31. Literature Cited 241
32. Index 275