Trying to engage the crowd in recording invasive alien species in Europe: experiences from two smartphone applications in northwest Europe

Tim Adriaens; Michael  Sutton-Croft; Katy Owen; Dimitri Brosens; Johan van Valkenburg; Dave Kilbey; Quentin Groom; Carolin Ehmig; Florian  Thürkow; Peter Van Hende; Katrin Schneider

doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2015.6.2.12

Trying to engage the crowd in recording invasive alien species in Europe: experiences from two smartphone applications in northwest Europe

Tim Adriaens, Michael Sutton-Croft, Katy Owen, Dimitri Brosens, Johan van Valkenburg, Dave Kilbey, Quentin Groom, Carolin Ehmig, Florian Thürkow, Peter Van Hende, Katrin Schneider

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New technologies such as smartphone application software (apps) are increasingly used to reach a wider audience on the subject of invasive alien species (IAS) and to involve the public in recording them. In this paper we present two of the more recent smartphone applications for IAS recording in northwest Europe, the RINSE That’s Invasive! app and the KORINA app. We present an overview of available smartphone apps for IAS recording in Europe and address issues of data integration, data openness, data quality, data harmonisation and database
interoperability. Finally, we make some recommendations for future app design.

Original language	English
Journal	Management of Biological Invasions
Volume	6
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	215–225
Number of pages	11
ISSN	1989-8649
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2015.6.2.12
Publication status	Published - 10-Mar-2015

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Invasive species (nature management)
Invasive species (fauna management)
Invasive species (damage management)
Invasive species (management)
Invasive species (species diversity)
Management monitoring

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B003-ecology

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biological recording
citizen science
early warning
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smartphone
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Adriaens, T., Sutton-Croft, M., Owen, K., Brosens, D., van Valkenburg, J., Kilbey, D., Groom, Q., Ehmig, C., Thürkow, F., Van Hende, P., & Schneider, K. (2015). Trying to engage the crowd in recording invasive alien species in Europe: experiences from two smartphone applications in northwest Europe. Management of Biological Invasions, 6(2), 215–225. https://doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2015.6.2.12

Adriaens, Tim ; Sutton-Croft, Michael ; Owen, Katy ; Brosens, Dimitri ; van Valkenburg, Johan ; Kilbey, Dave ; Groom, Quentin ; Ehmig, Carolin ; Thürkow, Florian ; Van Hende, Peter ; Schneider, Katrin. / Trying to engage the crowd in recording invasive alien species in Europe : experiences from two smartphone applications in northwest Europe. In: Management of Biological Invasions. 2015 ; Vol. 6, No. 2. pp. 215–225.

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