«The coupling
of citizen science approaches with global collaborations among researchers will provide the scale of information required to address some of the complex ecological questions that remain unanswered,» Roy says, explaining what the future holds for research related to the harlequin ladybird.
Co-author Dr Helen Roy from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology said, «This study demonstrates the value
of a citizen science approach for tracking an invasive alien species in both space and time and understanding how environmental conditions may exacerbate spread.»
Not exact matches
She calls, in particular, for the expanded use
of autonomous platforms, telepresence — i.e., allowing scientists to participate in research cruises via satellite links — and crowd - sourcing («
citizen science»)
approaches.
«One
of the hardest areas for both automated and
citizen science approaches is in the plane
of the Milky Way galaxy because there are so many stars,» Meisner said.