Using iNaturalist to Contribute Your Nature Observations to Science
Vol. 2019 No. 4, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Vol. 2019 No. 4

Using iNaturalist to Contribute Your Nature Observations to Science: WEC413/UW458, 6/2019

Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-uw458-2019
Published 2019-08-02
Matthew Earl Boone
University of Florida
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8070-4715
Mathieu Basille
University of Florida
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9366-7127
Florida panther and kittens courtesy Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission
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Keywords

iNaturalist
citizen science
wildlife
biodiversity

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Boone, Matthew Earl, and Mathieu Basille. 2019. “Using INaturalist to Contribute Your Nature Observations to Science: WEC413 UW458, 6 2019”. EDIS 2019 (4). Gainesville, FL:5. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-uw458-2019.
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Abstract

iNaturalist is one of the most popular citizen science data portals in the world. Citizens can submit pictures of biological observations to an online data base to be reviewed by the rich online community and used for important biodiversity research around the world. Users can use the iNaturalist ap to plan community projects and bioblitzes and learn more about species identification and biodiversity. In this 5-page fact sheet, authors Matthew Earl Boone and Mathieu Basille explain how observations are vetted and used and give a step by step guide to get started! Published by the UF/IFAS Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/uw458

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