Assessing the value of the Garden Moth Scheme citizen science dataset: how does light trap type affect catch?
Assessing the value of the Garden Moth Scheme citizen science dataset: how does light trap type affect catch?
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DOI：
10.1111/eea.12038
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发表时间：
2013-03-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Young, Heather
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作者：
Bates, Adam J.;Sadler, Jon P.;Young, Heather
如果做得好，公民科学项目可以收集比专业研究人员更大规模和范围的数据集。这项研究使用了花园蛾计划（GMS）在英国收集的数据。参与者每年至少运行26周的花园灯光陷阱，并完成花园问卷，详细说明花园栖息地和附近的景观特征。我们使用数据探索和广义线性模型（GLM），以调查数据是否可以用来产生可靠的研究结果，测试蛾灯诱捕器类型对蛾捕获的影响。罗宾逊陷阱，然后斯金纳陷阱，然后希斯陷阱被发现捕捉最高丰度和多样性的蛾。汞蒸气灯泡，然后混合灯泡，然后光化灯泡收集了最丰富和多样性的飞蛾。GMS数据集可用于生成有用和可靠的研究结果，并可用于未来调查蛾类组合的时间和空间趋势。根据国际法，汞蒸气灯泡的使用将在未来几年逐步淘汰，从而改变蛾群的采样方式。不同灯泡类型的相对功效的信息将有助于这些变化后的长期蛾数据集的分析。
Done well, citizen science projects can gather datasets of a size and scope far larger than would be possible using professional researchers. This study uses data gathered in Britain by the Garden Moth Scheme (GMS). Participants run garden light traps for at least 26weeks a year and complete garden questionnaires detailing garden habitat and nearby landscape features. We used data exploration and generalised linear modelling (GLM) to investigate whether the data can be used to generate reliable research findings, testing the effect of moth light trap type on moth catch. Robinson traps, then Skinner traps, then Heath traps were found to catch the highest abundance and diversity of moths. Mercury vapour bulbs, then blended light bulbs, then actinic bulbs collected the highest abundance and diversity of moths. The GMS dataset can be used to generate useful and reliable research findings, and can be used in the future to investigate temporal and spatial trends in moth assemblage. Under international law, the use of mercury vapour bulbs will be phased out in coming years, leading to changes in the way moth assemblages are sampled. Information on the relative efficacy of different bulb types will aid the analysis of long-term moth datasets after these changes.