Project NestWatch

巢穴观察计划

• 批准号: 0540185
• 负责人: Richard Bonney
• 金额: $ 174.04万
• 依托单位: Cornell Univ - State: AWDS MADE PRIOR MAY 2010
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-03-01 至 2012-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0540185&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Project; NestWatch

Cornell University, in collaboration with Seavoss Associates, Inc. and the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC), is requesting funding to support two citizen science projects and related research. "Project Nestwatch" will include "Virtual Nestwatch," an online exhibit and data collection project that enables individuals to participate in data collection from their home computers. "National Nest Registry," the second project, is field-based and focused on species that participants may find in their backyard or local community. A subset of the National Nestwatch participants will engage in team-based observations supported by ornithologists from the Smithsonian Institution as part of SERCs Neighborhood Nestwatch program. Finally, a quasi-experimental research component will examine the effectiveness of virtual field-based and guided field-based participation exemplified in the Virtual and National Nestwatch projects. The research component will include 100 subjects per treatment. The impacts are identified as increasing public understanding of bird biology, ecology, life cycles, environmental issues and the research process while encouraging careers in science. It is also anticipated that this project will create collaborative online learning communities. The strategic impacts include the development and testing of a new online citizen science model and the resulting research and evaluation findings. Deliverables include ten online exhibits in real-time, a stored repertoire of over 50 archived Nest Box Cam attempts or data sets, online instructions and tutorials, and a data entry system. SERCs Neighborhood Nestwatch participants will work directly with scientists to capture, measure, color-band and record data on such common species as house finches, American robins, phoebes, cardinals, bluebirds, tree swallows and wrens. It is estimated that this project will reach over 45,000 individuals through on-line, independent field-based and mentored experiences.

康奈尔大学与Seavoss Associates，Inc.史密森环境研究中心（SERC）正在申请资金支持两个公民科学项目和相关研究。 “Project Nestwatch”将包括“Virtual Nestwatch”，这是一个在线展览和数据收集项目，使个人能够通过家用计算机参与数据收集。 第二个项目是“国家鸟巢登记处”，该项目以实地为基础，重点关注参与者可能在自家后院或当地社区发现的物种。 作为SERC邻里巢居观察计划的一部分，国家巢居观察参与者的一部分将在史密森尼学会鸟类学家的支持下进行团队观察。 最后，一个准实验性的研究部分将审查虚拟和国家巢观察项目中的虚拟实地参与和指导实地参与的有效性。 研究部分将包括每种治疗100例受试者。 这些影响被确定为增加公众对鸟类生物学，生态学，生命周期，环境问题和研究过程的了解，同时鼓励科学事业。 预计该项目还将创建协作性在线学习社区。 战略影响包括开发和测试一个新的在线公民科学模式以及由此产生的研究和评价结果。 可供选择的内容包括10个实时在线展品，超过50个存档的Nest Box Cam尝试或数据集的存储曲目，在线说明和教程，以及数据输入系统。SERC邻里巢观察的参与者将直接与科学家合作，捕捉、测量、色带和记录常见物种的数据，如家雀、美国知更鸟、菲比、红雀、蓝知更鸟、树燕和弗伦斯。 据估计，这一项目将通过在线、独立的实地和有指导的经验惠及45 000多人。