EwA 2022 Bug Retrospective |
Presentation Outline-
- Data-driven natural history » Photoshoot + a Natural History story
- A little bit of science » Why, how, results – Science and participatory science have to be intentional, methodical, accessible, and usable!
- How you can help | Activity » Survey with us! An activity (EwA protocol example) to show you it’s easy ☞ Find the bug, EwA Buggy + Gardens
- Q&A
Eyes in the Field – Participatory science as an essential activity in conservation research
Why Document?
In short: To protect insects we need to know about them. Reality? Abysmal data gaps at all levels. Action! EwA is doing its share of work. |
EwA P*Science
Reminder: Science, therefore participatory science, has to be intentional, methodical, accessible, and usable!
⚠️ Caution! Beware of questionable citizen science projects.
EwA's model goes beyond contributing data to existing projects in that the community also co-creates opportunities and initiates projects when necessary. The data collected directly serves EwA's conservation projects and local and national scientific efforts. The result is a rich place-based natural history that helps understand the impact of land use and climate on urban natural habitats. This type of grassroots natural history community brings a new voice to the conservation world, one uniquely positioned to advocate on behalf of local ecosystems and complement the viewpoints of professional and governmental science.
In 2022, we were busy increasing our data inventories and strengthening the quality of our records. All studies saw an increase in the number of observations. | ||
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Also see 2022 data snippets here
EwA 2022 Arthropod Records Dashboard (*) | |||||||
EwA Sites | Fresh Pond | Horn Pond | Middlesex Fells | Growing Center | Spring St and around | ||
Species List (iNat) | Full List Global (9,247) MA All-time: Raw (2,650) - ID'd (1,680) - complex+spps (1,666) MA 2022: Raw (1,663) - ID'd (903) - complex+spps (897) | ||||||
Fresh Pond Full List 2022:
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| Fells Full List 2022:
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| Spring Full List 2022: Oka-focused/garden
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Tree Transect (CC) All-sites trends > here | Activity (all time) Composition (all time) Trends (across time) 2022 CC site report | Activity (all time) Composition (all time) Trends (across time) 2022 CC site report | Activity (all time) Composition (all time) Trends (across time) 2022 CC site report | Activity (all time) Composition (all time) Trends (across time) 2022 CC site report | NA / CC protocol is not suited for street trees’ as branches are often out of survey reach. | ||
Associations (EwA set) Examples > AT: all times | Quality standards are important to maximize data usability for science and conservation management. We strongly encourage complete observation sets to increase our crowd-sourced identification rate and strengthen the impact of our records. EwA developed a rich set of iNaturalist observation fields to create annotated datasets that support interaction network studies (including our own). In 2022, this enabled the documentation of more than 9,643 plant associations, 4,134 arthropod signs (phenology indicators), and 3,482 behavior indicators. | ||||||
Lusitania examples: False sunflower (50/105) Goldenrod genus (100/253) | Horn Pond examples: Red oaks section (105/164) Gray birch (14/15) | Fells examples: Red oaks section (91/164) White oaks section (28/56) | GC examples: Common milkweed (34/104) Anise hyssop (15/42) | Spring examples: Lance-leaved coreopsis (39/40) Swamp milkweed (46/60) | |||
Phenology (USA-NPN) | 🔎 Investigate any of the species EwA monitors via USA-NPN using Viz Tool [ https://data.usanpn.org/vis-tool/#/explore-phenological-findings;group_id=822 ] | ||||||
Interactions (EwA Buggy) Association - Pheno - Interaction | 🔎 Check 2022 EwA Buggy Pilot Data Reports: Arthropod-focused | Host-focused
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Platforms: iNat (iNaturalist); CC (Caterpillars Count!); USA-NPN (National Phenology Network); EwA Buggy | ID'd := identification confirmed | (nb1) refers to a species count; (nb1/nb2) nb2 is the total documented across sites | (*) Data retrieved: 03/21/2023 | |||||||
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