TY - JOUR
T1 - Trying to engage the crowd in recording invasive alien species in Europe
T2 - experiences from two smartphone applications in northwest Europe
AU - Adriaens, Tim
AU - Sutton-Croft, Michael
AU - Owen, Katy
AU - Brosens, Dimitri
AU - van Valkenburg, Johan
AU - Kilbey, Dave
AU - Groom, Quentin
AU - Ehmig, Carolin
AU - Thürkow, Florian
AU - Van Hende, Peter
AU - Schneider, Katrin
PY - 2015/3/10
Y1 - 2015/3/10
N2 - 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 databaseinteroperability. Finally, we make some recommendations for future app design.
AB - 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 databaseinteroperability. Finally, we make some recommendations for future app design.
U2 - 10.3391/mbi.2015.6.2.12
DO - 10.3391/mbi.2015.6.2.12
M3 - A1: Web of Science-article
SN - 1989-8649
VL - 6
SP - 215
EP - 225
JO - Management of Biological Invasions
JF - Management of Biological Invasions
IS - 2
ER -