Contributions of Citizen Scientists and Habitat Volunteers to Monarch Butterfly Conservation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15327582 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eva J Lewandowski (Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, corresponding author), Karen S Oberhauser (University of Minnesota) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 55-70 |
| Publication date | 2016-11-17 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Dimensions of Wildlife (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1087-1209 • E-ISSN: 1533-158X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10871209.2017.1250293 |
| OpenAlex | W2550883358 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 29 |
Volunteers can contribute to wildlife conservation by protecting and restoring habitat, or by collecting citizen science data. Much remains unknown about how citizen scientists contribute to conservation beyond data collection, or the extent that volunteering with citizen science or habitat conservation is associated with increased participation in other forms of conservation. We surveyed citizen science and habitat volunteers from monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) programs. Both types of volunteers conducted conservation outreach and created and managed monarch habitat. Habitat volunteers were more likely to create new habitat for monarchs in urban or suburban areas, whereas citizen scientists were more likely to maintain existing habitat in rural areas. Most volunteers increased their participation in conservation after joining a formal monarch project. Our results provide information about the capacity for habitat volunteers to engage in conservation, as well as evidence of an unexplored benefit of citizen science, the creation and protection of habitat
Biology · Butterfly · Citizen science · Danaus · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Habitat · Habitat conservation · Monarch butterfly · Outreach · Political science · Wildlife · Wildlife conservation · Animal and Plant Science Education · Environmental Science · Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior · Species Distribution and Climate Change · Ecology
Analysis and Synthesis of Research on Responsible Environmental Behavior
Predicting Volunteer Commitment in Environmental Stewardship Programmes
The Science of Web Surveys
Monarchs in a Changing World
Emotions as Drivers of Wildlife Stewardship Behavior
Motivations and Benefits of Citizen Scientists Engaged in Purple Martin Migration Research
Knowledge, Action and Pro-environmental Behaviour
Mind the Gap
Network environmentalism
Environmental Volunteering
Individual- and community-level impacts of volunteer environmental monitoring
Understanding the multi-dimensional structure of pro-environmental behavior
| Citations per year | 0.75 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |