Identifying Barriers to Citizen Scientist Retention When Measuring Pollination Services
'Pollination Investigators' is a citizen science program designed to quantify the pollination service provided within home gardens. The goal of our initial study year was to develop and evaluate an experimental protocol using a survey to gather participant feedback. At three workshops held...
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| author | Brian Kleinke Scott Prajzner Chelsea Gordon Nicole Hoekstra Andrea Kautz Mary Gardiner |
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| description | 'Pollination Investigators' is a citizen science program designed to quantify the pollination service provided within home gardens. The goal of our initial study year was to develop and evaluate an experimental protocol using a survey to gather participant feedback. At three workshops held in the spring of 2014 we distributed sampling protocols along with eight (two of each species) sweet pepper, cucumber, tomato, and sunflower seedlings to 64 volunteers. Volunteers established the seedlings in their home garden and compared fruit weight and seed set among open pollinated flowers with flowers bagged to exclude insect visitors. At the end of the season only 14.1% of volunteers submitted any pollination services data. Using a follow-up survey, we identified the steps within our protocol that prevented volunteers from continuing with the project, and prescribe protocol revisions to improve volunteer retention when measuring garden pollination services. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-72053a388dbe4157a84fbbcb07ef71d62022-12-21T18:39:20ZengUbiquity PressCitizen Science: Theory and Practice2057-49912018-01-013110.5334/cstp.9926Identifying Barriers to Citizen Scientist Retention When Measuring Pollination ServicesBrian Kleinke0Scott Prajzner1Chelsea Gordon2Nicole Hoekstra3Andrea Kautz4Mary Gardiner5The Ohio State UniversityThe Ohio State UniversityThe Ohio State UniversityThe Ohio State UniversityThe Ohio State UniversityThe Ohio State University'Pollination Investigators' is a citizen science program designed to quantify the pollination service provided within home gardens. The goal of our initial study year was to develop and evaluate an experimental protocol using a survey to gather participant feedback. At three workshops held in the spring of 2014 we distributed sampling protocols along with eight (two of each species) sweet pepper, cucumber, tomato, and sunflower seedlings to 64 volunteers. Volunteers established the seedlings in their home garden and compared fruit weight and seed set among open pollinated flowers with flowers bagged to exclude insect visitors. At the end of the season only 14.1% of volunteers submitted any pollination services data. Using a follow-up survey, we identified the steps within our protocol that prevented volunteers from continuing with the project, and prescribe protocol revisions to improve volunteer retention when measuring garden pollination services.https://theoryandpractice.citizenscienceassociation.org/articles/99beepollinatorvolunteergardenurban agricultureecosystem servicesscience education |
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| title | Identifying Barriers to Citizen Scientist Retention When Measuring Pollination Services |
| title_full | Identifying Barriers to Citizen Scientist Retention When Measuring Pollination Services |
| title_fullStr | Identifying Barriers to Citizen Scientist Retention When Measuring Pollination Services |
| title_full_unstemmed | Identifying Barriers to Citizen Scientist Retention When Measuring Pollination Services |
| title_short | Identifying Barriers to Citizen Scientist Retention When Measuring Pollination Services |
| title_sort | identifying barriers to citizen scientist retention when measuring pollination services |
| topic | bee pollinator volunteer garden urban agriculture ecosystem services science education |
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