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Title: | Mapping species richness using opportunistic samples: a case study on ground-floor bryophyte species richness in the Belgian province of Limburg | Data Creator - person: | NEYENS, Thomas Diggle, Peter FAES, Christel BEENAERTS, Natalie ARTOIS, Tom Giorgi, Emanuele |
Data Curator - person: | NEYENS, Thomas | Rights Holder - person: | NEYENS, Thomas | Publisher: | Dryad | Issue Date: | 2019 | Abstract: | In species richness studies, citizen-science surveys where participants make individual decisions regarding sampling strategies provide a cost-effective approach to collect a large amount of data. However, it is unclear to what extent the bias inherent to opportunistically collected samples may invalidate our inferences. Here, we compare spatial predictions of forest ground-floor bryophyte species richness in Limburg (Belgium), based on crowd- and expert-sourced data, where the latter are collected by adhering to a rigorous geographical randomisation and data collection protocol. We develop a log-Gaussian Cox process model to analyse the opportunistic sampling process of the crowd-sourced data and assess its sampling bias. We then fit two geostatistical Poisson models to both data-sets and compare the parameter estimates and species richness predictions. We find that the citizens had a higher propensity for locations that were close to their homes and environmentally more valuable. The estimated effects of ecological predictors and spatial species richness predictions differ strongly between the two geostatistical models. Unknown inconsistencies in the sampling process, such as unreported observer’s effort, and the lack of a hypothesis-driven study protocol can lead to the occurrence of multiple sources of sampling bias, making it difficult, if not impossible, to provide reliable inferences. | Research Discipline: | Natural sciences > Environmental sciences > Environmental science and management > Conservation and biodiversity (01070301) Natural sciences > Biological sciences > Plant biology > Plant systematics and taxonomy (01061010) |
Keywords: | Crowdsourcing;sampling bias | DOI: | 10.5061/dryad.brv15dv5r | Link to publication/dataset: | http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.brv15dv5r | Source: | Dryad. 10.5061/dryad.brv15dv5r http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.brv15dv5r | Publications related to the dataset: | 10.1038/s41598-019-55593-x | License: | Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal (CC0-1.0) | Access Rights: | Open Access | Category: | DS | Type: | Dataset |
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