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Citizen science is a vital partnership for invasive alien species management and research.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Survey of scientific production on bio-inputs in Northern and Northeastern Brazil (2010-2025): A focus on plant growth-promoting microorganisms in legumes and grasses.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2026Pooled it
- The spread of non-native species.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2026Review
- Effective Data Collection Approaches for Citizen Science in Biodiversity Research.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Overcoming barriers to build partnerships for managing plant invasions under global change.Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · 2026Article
- Citizen science powers wetland restoration.Environmental science and ecotechnology · 2026Review
- Investigating key drivers influencing AI-based detection and identification of plants.PloS one · 2026Article
- Citizen Science Quickly Reveals the Argentine Ant Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868) Distribution in an Invaded Urban Area and Provides Unexpected Findings.Neotropical entomology · 2025Article
- The Westernmost Record of the Scyphomedusa Cassiopea andromeda (Forskål, 1775) in the Mediterranean: Marine Citizen Science Contributions to Invasive Species Detection and Monitoring.Environmental management · 2025Article
- Climate change may increase the suitable habitats for invasive freshwater cichlids in a Neotropical basin.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The Role of Community Science in DNA-Based Biodiversity Monitoring.Molecular ecology · 2025Review
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- Multiple source locations and long-distance dispersal explain the rapid spread of a recent amphibian invasion.Heredity · 2025Article
- Balancing Monitoring and Management in the Adaptive Management of an Invasive Species.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Does a citizen science project describe the biogeography of exoticIMA fungus · 2025Article
- Yeast diversity in traditional fermented foods of ethnic minorities in China, with the descriptions of four new yeast species.IMA fungus · 2025Article
- Population Dynamics of the Exotic FlatwormEcology and evolution · 2025Article
- Emerging technologies in citizen science and potential for insect monitoring.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2024Article
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Abstract
Invasive alien species (IAS) adversely impact biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and socio-economics. Citizen science can be an effective tool for IAS surveillance, management, and research, providing large datasets over wide spatial extents and long time periods, with public participants generating knowledge that supports action. We demonstrate how citizen science has contributed knowledge across the biological invasion process, especially for early detection and distribution mapping. However, we recommend that citizen science could be used more for assessing impacts and evaluating the success of IAS management. Citizen science does have limitations, and we explore solutions to two key challenges: ensuring data accuracy and dealing with uneven spatial coverage of potential recorders (which limits the dataset's "fit for purpose"). Greater co-development of citizen science with public stakeholders will help us better realize its potential across the biological invasion process and across ecosystems globally while meeting the needs of participants, local communities, scientists, and decision-makers.
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