Lights, Camera…Citizen Science: Assessing the Effectiveness of Smartphone-Based Video Training in Invasive Plant Identification
The rapid growth and increasing popularity of smartphone technology is putting sophisticated data-collection tools in the hands of more and more citizens. This has exciting implications for the expanding field of citizen science. With smartphone-based applications (apps), it is now increasingly practical to remotely acquire high quality citizen-submitted data at ...
Collection, Development and Delivery of Forest Integrated Pest Management Images Via CD-ROM
Evolving multimedia computer technology including the World Wide Web (WWW) provides exciting possibilities for information transfer and delivery. However, current communication capabilities can limit effective transfer of information via the WWW, particularly materials that contain high-quality, large file size color images. Limitations on image transfer is of particular concern when ...
Data and Knowledge Preservation
Data and knowledge preservation is a constant struggle against the advance of time and the focus on the present and future. Historically, knowledge was passed from person-to-person in what is now referred to as oral or traditional knowledge. Even in present day, this is still practiced in many fields as ...
Confirmed Distribution and Occurrence of Megacopta cribraria (F.) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Plataspidae) in the Southeastern United States
Megacopta cribraria (F) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Plataspidae) was first discovered in North America in 9 counties in northeastern Georgia (USA) in October 2009. By the end of 2012, surveys conducted in Georgia and neighboring states confirmed that the insect had spread into 383 additional counties in the southeastern U.S., including the ...