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The Citizens in Citizen Science: Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Health Characteristics of Biodiversity Recorders in Ireland

Citizen Science: Theory and Practice
Volume 5 (2020): Issue 1
By: Ciarán Mac Domhnaill,  Seán Lyons and  Anne Nolan  
Open Access
|Aug 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.283 | Journal eISSN: 2057-4991
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Language: English
Submitted on: Oct 3, 2019
Accepted on: Jul 2, 2020
Published on: Aug 6, 2020
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
citizen science,
biodiversity recorders,
attitudes,
demography,
health,
Ireland

© 2020 Ciarán Mac Domhnaill, Seán Lyons, Anne Nolan, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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