Tracking insect outbreaks: a case study of community-assisted moth monitoring using sex pheromone traps

• Main Authors: R. Drew Carleton (Author), Emily Owens (Author), Holly Blaquière (Author), Stéphane Bourassa (Author), Joseph J. Bowden (Author), Jean-Noël Candau (Author), Ian DeMerchant (Author), Sara Edwards (Author), Allyson Heustis (Author), Patrick M.A. James (Author), Alison M. Kanoti (Author), Chris J.K. MacQuarrie (Author), Véronique Martel (Author), Eric R.D. Moise (Author), Deepa S. Pureswaran (Author), Evan Shanks (Author), Rob C. Johns (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing, 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Insect outbreaks can cover vast geographic areas making it onerous to cost-effectively monitor populations to address management or ecological questions. Community science (or citizen science), which entails engaging the public to assist with data collection, provides a possible solution to this cha...