ReviewBioscience2023
More than a Bit of Fun: The Multiple Outcomes of a Bioblitz.
Review in Bioscience, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 12 papers.
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Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed.
- Anthropogenic accessibility and observer inequality dictate spatial biodiversity patterns in Malaysia.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The City Nature Challenge as an urban BioBlitz: evaluating Citizen Science contributions to biodiversity monitoring in Berlin.BMC ecology and evolution · 2026Article
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- The Biodiversity of Peter I Island-The Most Remote Island in the World.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Global community science data on mammals underreport small and diurnal species.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2025Article
- Past and Present in the Ecological Connectivity of Protected Areas Through Land Cover and Graph-Based Metrics.Environmental management · 2025Article
- Biodiversity insights from BioBlitz Surveys on Terceira Island, Azores.Biodiversity data journal · 2025Article
- Emerging technologies in citizen science and potential for insect monitoring.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2024Article
- Using citizen science data for predicting the timing of ecological phenomena across regions.Bioscience · 2024Article
- Citizen science is a vital partnership for invasive alien species management and research.iScience · 2024Review
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- Citizen Science and Monitoring Forest Pests: a Beneficial Alliance?Current forestry reports · 2023Review
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
12 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Bioblitzes are a popular approach to engage people and collect biodiversity data. Despite this, few studies have actually evaluated the multiple outcomes of bioblitz activities. We used a systematic review, an analysis of data from more than 1000 bioblitzes, and a detailed analysis of one specific bioblitz to inform our inquiry. We evaluated five possible bioblitz outcomes, which were creating a species inventory, engaging people in biological recording, enhancing learning about nature, discovering a species new to an area, and promoting an organization. We conclude that bioblitzes are diverse but overall effective at their aims and have advantages over unstructured biodiversity recording. We demonstrate for the first time that bioblitzes increase the recording activity of the participants for several months after the event. In addition, we provide evidence that bioblitzes are effective at bringing people and organizations together to build communities of professionals and amateurs, critical for conserving and protecting biodiversity.
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