Crowdsourcing fungal biodiversity: revision of iNaturalist observations in Northwestern Siberia
The paper presents the first analysis of crowdsourcing data of all observations of fungi (including lichens) and myxomycetes in Northwestern Siberia uploaded to iNaturalist.org to date (24.02.2022). The Introduction presents an analysis of fungal diversity crowdsourcing globally, in Russia, and in t...
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| author | Nina V. Filippova Dmitry V. Ageev Yuriy M. Basov Viktoria V. Bilous Dmitry A. Bochkov Sergey Yu. Bolshakov Galina N. Bushmakova Elena A. Butunina Evgeny A. Davydov Alexandra Yu. Esengeldenova Ilya V. Filippov Alexandra V. Filippova Sergei V. Gerasimov Lyudmila B. Kalinina Juha Kinnunen Alexander A. Korepanov Natalia N. Korotkikh Igor V. Kuzmin Sergey V. Kvashnin Alexandra I. Mingalimova Nikolay V. Nakonechnyi Ruslan N. Nurkhanov Evgeniy S. Popov Kim O. Potapov Yury A. Rebriev Anton S. Rezvyi Sofia R. Romanova Tatiana L. Strus Carl Sundström Tatiana Yu. Svetasheva Massimo Tabone Svetlana G. Tsarakhova Alexandra L. Vasina Anastasia V. Vlasenko Vyacheslav A. Vlasenko Lidia S. Yakovchenko Alexander A. Yakovlev Elena A. Zvyagina |
| author_facet | Nina V. Filippova Dmitry V. Ageev Yuriy M. Basov Viktoria V. Bilous Dmitry A. Bochkov Sergey Yu. Bolshakov Galina N. Bushmakova Elena A. Butunina Evgeny A. Davydov Alexandra Yu. Esengeldenova Ilya V. Filippov Alexandra V. Filippova Sergei V. Gerasimov Lyudmila B. Kalinina Juha Kinnunen Alexander A. Korepanov Natalia N. Korotkikh Igor V. Kuzmin Sergey V. Kvashnin Alexandra I. Mingalimova Nikolay V. Nakonechnyi Ruslan N. Nurkhanov Evgeniy S. Popov Kim O. Potapov Yury A. Rebriev Anton S. Rezvyi Sofia R. Romanova Tatiana L. Strus Carl Sundström Tatiana Yu. Svetasheva Massimo Tabone Svetlana G. Tsarakhova Alexandra L. Vasina Anastasia V. Vlasenko Vyacheslav A. Vlasenko Lidia S. Yakovchenko Alexander A. Yakovlev Elena A. Zvyagina |
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| description | The paper presents the first analysis of crowdsourcing data of all observations of fungi (including lichens) and myxomycetes in Northwestern Siberia uploaded to iNaturalist.org to date (24.02.2022). The Introduction presents an analysis of fungal diversity crowdsourcing globally, in Russia, and in the region of interest. Materials and methods describe the protocol of uploading data to iNaturalist.org, the structure of the crowdsourcing community, initiative to revise the accumulated data, procedures of data analysis, and compilation of a dataset of revised crowdsourced data. The Results present the analysis of accumulated data by several parameters: temporal, geographical and taxonomical scope, observation and identification efforts, identifiability of various taxa, species novelty and Red Data Book categories and the protection status of registered observations. The Discussion provides data on usability of crowdsourcing data for biodiversity research and conservation of fungi, including pros and contras. The Electronic Supplements to the paper include an annotated checklist of observations of protected species with information on Red Data Book categories and the protection status, and an annotated checklist of regional records of new taxa. The paper is supplemented with a dataset of about 15 000 revised and annotated records available through Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). The tradition of crowdsourcing is rooted in mycological societies around the world, including Russia. In Northwestern Siberia, a regional mycological club was established in 2018, encouraging its members to contribute observations of fungi on iNaturalist.org. A total of about 15 000 observations of fungi and myxomycetes were uploaded so far, by about 200 observers, from three administrative regions (Yamalo-Nenetsky Autonomous Okrug, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, and Tyumen Region). The geographical coverage of crowdsourcing observations remains low. However, the observation activity has increased in the last four years. The goal of this study consisted of a collaborative effort of professional mycologists invited to help with the identification of these observations and analysis of the accumulated data. As a result, all observations were reviewed by at least one expert. About half of all the observations have been identified reliably to the species level and received Research Grade status. Of those, 90 species (195 records) represented records of taxa new to their respective regions; 876 records of 53 species of protected species provide important data for conservation programmes. The other half of the observations consists of records still under-identified for various reasons: poor quality photographs, complex taxa (impossible to identify without microscopic or molecular study), or lack of experts in a particular taxonomic group. The Discussion section summarises the pros and cons of the use of crowdsourcing for the study and conservation of regional fungal diversity, and summarises the dispute on this subject among mycologists. Further research initiatives involving crowdsourcing data must focus on an increase in the quality of observations and strive to introduce the habit of collecting voucher specimens among the community of amateurs. The timely feedback from experts is also important to provide quality and the increase of personal involvement. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f1f0e47cd7014f10b92581f1978d6d9e2023-01-15T06:09:25ZengFund for Support and Development of Protected Areas "Bear Land"Nature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука2500-008X2022-05-017Suppl.1647810.24189/ncr.2022.023Crowdsourcing fungal biodiversity: revision of iNaturalist observations in Northwestern SiberiaNina V. Filippova0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9506-0991Dmitry V. Ageev1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0485-1908Yuriy M. Basov2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2161-3001Viktoria V. Bilous3Dmitry A. Bochkov4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0337-8389Sergey Yu. Bolshakov5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6208-7792Galina N. Bushmakova6Elena A. Butunina7https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1803-2962Evgeny A. Davydov8https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2316-8506Alexandra Yu. Esengeldenova9Ilya V. Filippov10https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3639-553XAlexandra V. Filippova11https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2117-1258Sergei V. Gerasimov12Lyudmila B. Kalinina13https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7809-8891Juha Kinnunen14Alexander A. Korepanov15Natalia N. Korotkikh16https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4782-2979Igor V. Kuzmin17https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6824-4015Sergey V. Kvashnin18Alexandra I. Mingalimova19Nikolay V. Nakonechnyi20https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4437-5667Ruslan N. Nurkhanov21https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2338-6455Evgeniy S. Popov22https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8599-3117Kim O. Potapov23https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5103-1021Yury A. Rebriev24https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5156-8593Anton S. Rezvyi25https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4694-0861Sofia R. Romanova26Tatiana L. Strus27https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5384-5558Carl Sundström28Tatiana Yu. Svetasheva29https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8968-9518Massimo Tabone30Svetlana G. Tsarakhova31Alexandra L. Vasina32Anastasia V. Vlasenko33https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4342-4482Vyacheslav A. Vlasenko34https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5928-0041Lidia S. Yakovchenko35https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4342-7771Alexander A. Yakovlev36https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1841-4047Elena A. Zvyagina37https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-4847Yugra State UniversityLLC «SIGNATEC»LLC «IPIGAZ-SEVER»Kinder Garden No18 «Ulybka» in the Khanty-Mansiysk townLomonosov Moscow State UniversityYugra State University; Komarov Botanical Institute of RASMalaya Sosva State Nature ReserveKondinskie Ozera Natural ParkCentral Siberian Botanical Garden, Siberian Branch of RAS; Altai State UniversityKondinskie Ozera Natural ParkYugra State UniversityKemerovo State UniversityBashkirian Republican Children’ Ecological and Biological CenterKomarov Botanical Institute of RAS; Polistovsky State Nature ReserveUniversity of HelsinkiIndependent ResearcherKondinskie Ozera Natural ParkTyumen State UniversityLLC «GEO-VEKTOR»Yugra State UniversitySurgut State UniversityIndependent ResearcherKomarov Botanical Institute of RASKazan Federal UniversitySouthern Scientific Center of RASMuseum of Nature and Man in the Khanty-Mansiysk townIndependent ResearcherIndependent ResearcherINTERACT International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the ArcticTula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical UniversityMuseum of Natural History of the MediterraneanIndependent ResearcherMalaya Sosva State Nature ReserveCentral Siberian Botanical Garden, Siberian Branch of RASCentral Siberian Botanical Garden, Siberian Branch of RASCentral Siberian Botanical Garden, Siberian Branch of RASIndependent ResearcherYugra State University; Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityThe paper presents the first analysis of crowdsourcing data of all observations of fungi (including lichens) and myxomycetes in Northwestern Siberia uploaded to iNaturalist.org to date (24.02.2022). The Introduction presents an analysis of fungal diversity crowdsourcing globally, in Russia, and in the region of interest. Materials and methods describe the protocol of uploading data to iNaturalist.org, the structure of the crowdsourcing community, initiative to revise the accumulated data, procedures of data analysis, and compilation of a dataset of revised crowdsourced data. The Results present the analysis of accumulated data by several parameters: temporal, geographical and taxonomical scope, observation and identification efforts, identifiability of various taxa, species novelty and Red Data Book categories and the protection status of registered observations. The Discussion provides data on usability of crowdsourcing data for biodiversity research and conservation of fungi, including pros and contras. The Electronic Supplements to the paper include an annotated checklist of observations of protected species with information on Red Data Book categories and the protection status, and an annotated checklist of regional records of new taxa. The paper is supplemented with a dataset of about 15 000 revised and annotated records available through Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). The tradition of crowdsourcing is rooted in mycological societies around the world, including Russia. In Northwestern Siberia, a regional mycological club was established in 2018, encouraging its members to contribute observations of fungi on iNaturalist.org. A total of about 15 000 observations of fungi and myxomycetes were uploaded so far, by about 200 observers, from three administrative regions (Yamalo-Nenetsky Autonomous Okrug, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, and Tyumen Region). The geographical coverage of crowdsourcing observations remains low. However, the observation activity has increased in the last four years. The goal of this study consisted of a collaborative effort of professional mycologists invited to help with the identification of these observations and analysis of the accumulated data. As a result, all observations were reviewed by at least one expert. About half of all the observations have been identified reliably to the species level and received Research Grade status. Of those, 90 species (195 records) represented records of taxa new to their respective regions; 876 records of 53 species of protected species provide important data for conservation programmes. The other half of the observations consists of records still under-identified for various reasons: poor quality photographs, complex taxa (impossible to identify without microscopic or molecular study), or lack of experts in a particular taxonomic group. The Discussion section summarises the pros and cons of the use of crowdsourcing for the study and conservation of regional fungal diversity, and summarises the dispute on this subject among mycologists. Further research initiatives involving crowdsourcing data must focus on an increase in the quality of observations and strive to introduce the habit of collecting voucher specimens among the community of amateurs. The timely feedback from experts is also important to provide quality and the increase of personal involvement.http://ncr-journal.bear-land.org/article/378biodiversity data mobilisationcitizen sciencefungal conservationfungihuman observationlichensmycological societynew recordprotected speciesred data book |
| spellingShingle | Nina V. Filippova Dmitry V. Ageev Yuriy M. Basov Viktoria V. Bilous Dmitry A. Bochkov Sergey Yu. Bolshakov Galina N. Bushmakova Elena A. Butunina Evgeny A. Davydov Alexandra Yu. Esengeldenova Ilya V. Filippov Alexandra V. Filippova Sergei V. Gerasimov Lyudmila B. Kalinina Juha Kinnunen Alexander A. Korepanov Natalia N. Korotkikh Igor V. Kuzmin Sergey V. Kvashnin Alexandra I. Mingalimova Nikolay V. Nakonechnyi Ruslan N. Nurkhanov Evgeniy S. Popov Kim O. Potapov Yury A. Rebriev Anton S. Rezvyi Sofia R. Romanova Tatiana L. Strus Carl Sundström Tatiana Yu. Svetasheva Massimo Tabone Svetlana G. Tsarakhova Alexandra L. Vasina Anastasia V. Vlasenko Vyacheslav A. Vlasenko Lidia S. Yakovchenko Alexander A. Yakovlev Elena A. Zvyagina Crowdsourcing fungal biodiversity: revision of iNaturalist observations in Northwestern Siberia Nature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука biodiversity data mobilisation citizen science fungal conservation fungi human observation lichens mycological society new record protected species red data book |
| title | Crowdsourcing fungal biodiversity: revision of iNaturalist observations in Northwestern Siberia |
| title_full | Crowdsourcing fungal biodiversity: revision of iNaturalist observations in Northwestern Siberia |
| title_fullStr | Crowdsourcing fungal biodiversity: revision of iNaturalist observations in Northwestern Siberia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Crowdsourcing fungal biodiversity: revision of iNaturalist observations in Northwestern Siberia |
| title_short | Crowdsourcing fungal biodiversity: revision of iNaturalist observations in Northwestern Siberia |
| title_sort | crowdsourcing fungal biodiversity revision of inaturalist observations in northwestern siberia |
| topic | biodiversity data mobilisation citizen science fungal conservation fungi human observation lichens mycological society new record protected species red data book |
| url | http://ncr-journal.bear-land.org/article/378 |
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