Insects and plants: Engaging undergraduates in authentic research through citizen science

Karen Oberhauser; Gretchen Lebuhn

doi:10.1890/110274

Insects and plants: Engaging undergraduates in authentic research through citizen science

Karen Oberhauser, Gretchen Lebuhn

Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology

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Abstract

Many citizen-science programs - including the Monarch Larva Monitoring Project and the Great Sunflower Project - are managed by university researchers, and this connection has facilitated the involvement of undergraduate students in project design, data collection and management, and independent research. Here, we describe the benefits of undergraduate involvement, and encourage citizen-science coordinators and college faculty to increase the use of citizen science and citizen-science data in undergraduate training.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	318-320
Number of pages	3
Journal	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Volume	10
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1890/110274
State	Published - Aug 1 2012

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Oberhauser, K., & Lebuhn, G. (2012). Insects and plants: Engaging undergraduates in authentic research through citizen science. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 10(6), 318-320. https://doi.org/10.1890/110274

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