The value of volunteer surveillance for the early detection of biological invaders.
F. van den Bosch, N. McRoberts, Y. Bourhis, S. Parnell, K. Hassall
The paper evaluates whether verifying volunteer-reported biological invader sightings is cost-effective, showing conditions under which volunteer surveillance outperforms expert-only monitoring.
bioRxiv · Jun 24, 2022Ecology