Overcoming biodiversity blindness: Secondary data in primary citizen science observations
2024
Pernat, Nadja | Canavan, Susan | Golivets, Marina | Hillaert, Jasmijn | Itescu, Yuval | Jarić, Ivan | Mann, Hjalte, M R | Pipek, Pavel | Preda, Cristina | Richardson, David, M | Teixeira, Heliana | Vaz, Ana Sofia | Groom, Quentin | Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster | Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IB / CAS) ; Czech Academy of Sciences [Prague] (CAS) | University of Galway | Helmholtz Zentrum für Umweltforschung = Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) | Research Institute of Nature and Forest | Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) | Freie Universität Berlin = Free University of Berlin | Ǧāmiʿat͏̈ Hayfā = University of Haifa | Ecologie, Société et Evolution (ex-Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution) (ESE) ; AgroParisTech-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) | Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology | Aarhus University [Aarhus] | Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University | Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Ovidius University of Constanta | Centre for Invasion Biology [Stellenbosch University] (C·I·B) ; Department of Botany and Zoology [Stellenbosch University] (SU) ; Faculty of Science [Stellenbosch University] (SU) ; Stellenbosch University (SU)-Stellenbosch University (SU)-Faculty of Science [Stellenbosch University] (SU) ; Stellenbosch University (SU)-Stellenbosch University (SU) | Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies and Department of Biology, University of Aveiro | Universidade do Porto = University of Porto | Meise Botanic Garden [Belgium] (Plantentuin)
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اظهر المزيد [+] اقل [-]إنجليزي. In the face of the global biodiversity crisis, collecting comprehensive data and making the best use of existing data are becoming increasingly important to understand patterns and drivers of environmental and biological phenomena at different scales. Here we address the concept of secondary data, which refers to additional information unintentionally captured in species records, especially in multimedia‐based citizen science reports. We argue that secondary data can provide a wealth of ecologically relevant information, the utilisation of which can enhance our understanding of traits and interactions among individual organisms, populations and biodiversity dynamics in general. We explore the possibilities offered by secondary data and describe their main types and sources. An overview of research in this field provides a synthesis of the results already achieved using secondary data and different approaches to information extraction. Finally, we discuss challenges to the widespread use of secondary data, such as biases, licensing issues, use of metadata and lack of awareness of this trove of data due to a missing common terminology, as well as possible solutions to overcome these barriers. Although the exploration and use of secondary data is only emerging, the many opportunities identified show how these data can enrich biodiversity research and monitoring.
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