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State-of-the-Art of iNaturalist as a Source of Data on Ukrainian Fungi Cover

State-of-the-Art of iNaturalist as a Source of Data on Ukrainian Fungi

Citizen Science: Theory and Practice
Volume 9 (2024): Issue 1
By: Oleh Prylutskyi and  Nadiia Kapets  
Open Access
|Nov 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.717 | Journal eISSN: 2057-4991
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Language: English
Submitted on: Jan 28, 2024
Accepted on: Sep 21, 2024
Published on: Nov 14, 2024
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
iNaturalist,
citizen science,
fungi,
Ukraine,
spatial distribution,
species monitoring

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