The benefits of contributing to the citizen science platform iNaturalist as an identifier

Corey T. Callaghan; Thomas Mesaglio; John S. Asher; Thomas M. Brooks; Analyn A. Cabras; Mark Chandler; William K. Cornwell; Indiana Cristóbal Ríos-Málaver; Even Dankowicz; Naufal Urfi Dhiya'ulhaq; Richard A. Fuller; Carlos Galindo-Real; Florencia Grattarola; Susan Hewitt; Lila Higgins; Colleen Hitchcock; Keng-Lou James Hung; Tony Iwane; Paula Kahumbu; Roger Kendrick; Samuel R. Kieschnick; Gernot Kunz; Chien C. Lee; Cheng-Tao Lin; Scott Loarie; Milton Norman Medina; Mark A.  McGrouther; Lera Miles; Shaunak Modi; Katarzyna Nowak; Rahayu Oktaviani; Brian M. Waswala Olewe; James Pagé; Silviu Petrovan; cassi saari; Carrie E. Seltzer; Alexey P. Seregin; Jon J. Sullivan; Amila P. Sumanapala; Aristide Takoukam; Jane Widness; Keith Willmott; Wolfgang Wüster; Alison N. Young

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3001843

The benefits of contributing to the citizen science platform iNaturalist as an identifier

Corey T. Callaghan
, Thomas Mesaglio
, John S. Asher
, Thomas M. Brooks
, Analyn A. Cabras
, Mark Chandler
, William K. Cornwell
, Indiana Cristóbal Ríos-Málaver
, Even Dankowicz
, Naufal Urfi Dhiya'ulhaq
, Richard A. Fuller
, Carlos Galindo-Real
, Florencia Grattarola
, Susan Hewitt
, Lila Higgins
, Colleen Hitchcock
, Keng-Lou James Hung
, Tony Iwane
, Paula Kahumbu
, Roger Kendrick

Samuel R. Kieschnick, Gernot Kunz, Chien C. Lee, Cheng-Tao Lin, Scott Loarie, Milton Norman Medina, Mark A. McGrouther, Lera Miles, Shaunak Modi, Katarzyna Nowak, Rahayu Oktaviani, Brian M. Waswala Olewe, James Pagé, Silviu Petrovan, cassi saari, Carrie E. Seltzer, Alexey P. Seregin, Jon J. Sullivan, Amila P. Sumanapala, Aristide Takoukam, Jane Widness, Keith Willmott, Wolfgang Wüster, Alison N. Young

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University of Cambridge
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
UNSW Sydney
National University of Singapore
IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature
University of Mindanao, Philippines
Earthwatch Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Independent Researcher
University of Queensland
Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad: Ciudad de Mexico
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
The University of Oklahoma
California Academy of Sciences
Wildlife Direct, Nairobi, Kenya
C & R Wildlife, Tai Po, Hong Kong
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
University of Graz
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
National Chiayi University, Taiwan
Australian Museum Research Institute, Sydney
UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge
Coastal Conservation Foundation, Mumbai
University of Warsaw
Yayasan Konservasi Ekosistem Alam Nusantara (KIARA), Indonesia
Maasai Mara University, Nairobi
Canadian Wildlife Federation
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Lincoln University, New Zealand
University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
African Marine Mammal Conservation Organization (AMMCO)
Yale University
University of Florida

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As the number of observations submitted to the citizen science platform iNaturalist continues to grow, it is increasingly important that these observations can be identified to the finest taxonomic level, maximizing their value for biodiversity research. Here, we explore the benefits of acting as an identifier on iNaturalist.

Original language	English
Article number	e3001843
Pages (from-to)	e3001843
Number of pages	6
Journal	PLoS Biology
Volume	20
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001843
Publication status	Published - 10 Nov 2022

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Callaghan, C. T., Mesaglio, T., Asher, J. S., Brooks, T. M., Cabras, A. A., Chandler, M., Cornwell, W. K., Ríos-Málaver, I. C., Dankowicz, E., Dhiya'ulhaq, N. U., Fuller, R. A., Galindo-Real, C., Grattarola, F., Hewitt, S., Higgins, L., Hitchcock, C., Hung, K.-L. J., Iwane, T., Kahumbu, P., ... Young, A. N. (2022). The benefits of contributing to the citizen science platform iNaturalist as an identifier. PLoS Biology, 20(11), e3001843. Article e3001843. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001843

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