Citizen science in pollinator monitoring: Current approaches, challenges and recommendations

The current decline in pollinator abundance and diversity poses a significant threat to the natural world and the food and economic security of human societies. A major challenge faced by the scientific community in pollinator conservation is the lack of sufficient data. Citizen science has emerged as a promising avenue for addressing this issue. In this article, we present the global perspective of citizen science projects focused on pollinator monitoring. Our analysis reveals a notable underrepresentation of developing and tropical countries in citizen science-driven data generation efforts. More than 70% of the listed studies are conducted in North America (n:64), followed by Europe (n:22). Together, Europe and North America account for 98.85% (n:86) of all the projects listed. Thirty-three percent of the projects are hosted on iNaturalist. Majority of projects focus on insects as pollinators, and 52% of the projects additionally document the identity of the pollinated plant species..., , # Citizen science in pollinator monitoring: Current approaches, challenges and recommendations

Dataset DOI: [10.5061/dryad.k98sf7mmm](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.k98sf7mmm)

## Description of the data and file structure

The data contains details on citizen science projects related to pollinator monitoring collated from online sources using web-harvesting techniques. Searches were carried out using different keyword combinations including “Pollinator” AND “Project” OR “Monitoring” OR “Survey” OR “Find” OR “Search” OR “Count.” Only English-language sources were considered. The search was carried out across four platforms: Google, SciStarter, Zooniverse, and iNaturalist. Relevant projects were identified from the first 100 results of each keyword combination on each platform. Thirty-three parameters including the objectives of the project, location, methods followed, platforms used, number of participants, number of observations generated, outputs from the project such as research arti...,

当前传粉者（pollinator）的丰度与多样性持续下降，对自然生态系统以及人类社会的粮食与经济安全构成了严重威胁。传粉者保护领域的科研界面临的核心挑战之一，便是有效观测数据的匮乏。公民科学（citizen science）已成为解决这一难题的极具潜力的途径。本文梳理了全球范围内聚焦传粉者监测的公民科学项目概况，分析结果显示，在公民科学驱动的数据采集工作中，发展中国家与热带国家的参与度显著不足。纳入统计的研究中，超70%（n=64）的项目在北美开展，其次为欧洲（n=22）；欧洲与北美合计占所有收录项目的98.85%（n=86）。另有33%的项目依托iNaturalist平台运行。绝大多数项目以昆虫作为传粉者研究对象，其中52%的项目还会记录被传粉植物的物种信息……

# 传粉者监测中的公民科学：当前实践、挑战与建议
数据集DOI：[10.5061/dryad.k98sf7mmm](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.k98sf7mmm)

## 数据与文件结构说明
本数据集包含通过网络爬虫技术从在线资源中整理得到的、与传粉者监测相关的公民科学项目详情。本次检索采用多组关键词组合，包括「Pollinator」AND「Project」OR「Monitoring」OR「Survey」OR「Find」OR「Search」OR「Count」，且仅收录英文来源的资源。检索覆盖Google、SciStarter、Zooniverse及iNaturalist四大平台，针对每个关键词组合，从各平台的前100条检索结果中筛选相关项目。本数据集共收录33项参数，包括项目目标、实施地点、采用方法、依托平台、参与人数、生成的观测记录数，以及项目产出（如研究论文……）