Citizen science project on urban canids provides different results from camera traps but generates interest and revenue

As urbanization increases, wildlife increasingly encounters people. Coyotes (Canis latrans) and red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) are two canid species that have readily adapted to urban environments. Citizen science has emerged as a low-cost method of collecting data on urban-adapted species that can benefit management agencies but may provide different results than traditional methods. We analyzed data collected by citizen scientists and via motion-triggered camera traps to see how each related to the anthropogenic features of distance to roads, building density, and median household income and the natural feature of distance to water. We also investigated the potential benefits of advertising the citizen science project on social media. We used occupancy models to analyze data from a grid of 67 cameras across Wichita, Kansas, USA, from March 2023 to February 2024. We used generalized linear models to evaluate data collected simultaneously from a website we created and advertised on social me..., Data on red foxes, coyotes, and human activity patterns were collected from a public website where people could report sightings and from camera traps., , # Citizen science project on urban canids provides different results from camera traps but generates interest and revenue

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.d51c5b0ck](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.d51c5b0ck)

## Description of the data and file structure

Here are CSV files with the data used in “*Citizen science project on urban canids provides different results from camera traps but generates interest and revenue*.” Most of the files are data collected by camera traps with two exceptions: “AdDataByDay.csv” and “sightingsCorrected.csv”.

### Files and variables

## **File: AdDataByDay.csv**

**Description:** This is data on how well the advertisements performed in terms of reach and return on investment. Each row represents one day.

### **Variables**

* Date: Date of Ad data
* Amount spent (USD): the amount of money in USD spent by the general public on the KDWP website after clicking on our advertisements each day.
* Purchases conversion value: the amount of money in USD the KDWP spent...