More eyes on the prize: an observation of a very rare, threatened species of Philippine Bumble bee, Bombus irisanensis, on iNaturalist and the importance of citizen science in conservation biology

被引：57

作者：

Wilson, Joseph S. ^{[1
]}

Pan, Aaron D. ^{[2
]}

General, David Emmanuel M. ^{[3
]}

Koch, Jonathan B. ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Utah State Univ Tooele, Tooele, UT 84074 USA

[2] Don Harrington Discovery Ctr, Amarillo, TX 79106 USA

[3] Univ Philippines, Museum Nat Hist, CFNR Quadrangle, Upper Campus, Los Banos 4031, Laguna, Philippines

[4] Univ Hawaii, Trop Conservat Biol & Environm Sci Grad Program, Hilo, HI 96720 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION | 2020年 / 24卷 / 04期

关键词：

Bee declines; Conservation monitoring; Pollinator; Citizen science; HABITAT;

D O I：

10.1007/s10841-020-00233-3

中图分类号：

X176 [生物多样性保护];

学科分类号：

090705 ;

摘要：

Of the two Bombus Latreille species found in the Philippines, only Bombus irisanensis Cockerell is endemic to the archipelago and is considered to be of vulnerable stasis by IUCN. While this species has not been reported since the 1990's, here we report on two observations published on iNaturalist.org of B. irisanensis. These observations highlight the importance of natural history databases like iNaturalist, which enable users to upload photographs for expert identification, and we encourage conservationists to take advantage of the data in these repositories.

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