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Citizen Science as a Tool for Mosquito Control
- Source :
- Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 33:241-245
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- The American Mosquito Control Association, 2017.
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Abstract
- In this paper, we share our findings from a 2-year citizen science program called Mosquito Stoppers. This pest-oriented citizen science project is part of a larger coupled natural-human systems project seeking to understand the fundamental drivers of mosquito population density and spatial variability in potential exposure to mosquito-borne pathogens in a matrix of human construction, urban renewal, and individual behaviors. Focusing on residents in West Baltimore, participants were recruited through neighborhood workshops and festivals. Citizen scientists participated in yard surveys of potential mosquito habitat and in evaluating mosquito nuisance. We found that citizen scientists, with minimal education and training, were able to accurately collect data that reflect trends found in a comparable researcher-generated database.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Mosquito Control
education
030231 tropical medicine
Mosquito population
Biology
010603 evolutionary biology
01 natural sciences
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
parasitic diseases
Citizen science
Public engagement
Environmental planning
health care economics and organizations
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Ecology
Data Collection
fungi
Community Participation
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
General Medicine
Yard
Mosquito control
Insect Science
Baltimore
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19436270 and 8756971X
- Volume :
- 33
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ac31fe29b37c768c926314e3078539b9