Integrating regulatory surveys and citizen science to map outbreaks of forest diseases: acute oak decline in England and Wales

Nathan Brown, Frank van den Bosch, Stephen Parnell, Sandra Denman — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 18:00:32 +0000

Abstract: The number of emerging tree diseases has increased rapidly in recent times, with severe environmental and economic consequences. Systematic regulatory surveys to detect and establish the distribution of pests are crucial for successful management efforts, but resource-intensive and costly. Volunteers who identify potential invasive species can form an important early warning network in tree...

data integration; early warning network; data quality; tree health; tree disease – Citizen Science Today

Integrating regulatory surveys and citizen science to map outbreaks of forest diseases: acute oak decline in England and Wales