TY  - JOUR
AU  - Anđelković, Ana
AU  - Lawson Handley, Lori
AU  - Marchante, Elizabete
AU  - Adriaens, Tim
AU  - Brown, Peter
AU  - Tricario, Elena
AU  - Verbrugge, Laura
PY  - 2022
UR  - https://plantarum.izbis.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/730
AB  - People make an important contribution to the study and management of biological invasions, as many monitoring and control projects rely heavily on volunteer assistance. Understanding the reasons why people participate in such projects is critical for successful recruitment and retention of volunteers. We used a meta-synthesis approach to extract, analyze and synthesize the available information from 28 selected studies investigating motivations of volunteers to engage in monitoring and control of invasive alien species (IAS). Our findings show how motivations fit three broad themes, reflecting environmental concerns, social motivations, and personal reasons. An important outcome of this study is the description of motivations that are unique to the IAS context: supporting IAS management, protecting native species and habitats, and livelihood/food/income protection or opportunities. In addition, our study reflects on important methodological choices for investigating volunteer motivations as well as ethical issues that may arise in practice. We conclude with a set of recommendations for project design and future research on volunteer motivations in IAS contexts, emphasizing the importance of collaboration with social scientists.
PB  - Pensoft Publishers
T2  - NeoBiota
T1  - A review of volunteers’ motivations to monitor and control invasive alien species
EP  - 175
SP  - 153
VL  - 73
DO  - 10.3897/neobiota.73.79636
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Anđelković, Ana and Lawson Handley, Lori and Marchante, Elizabete and Adriaens, Tim and Brown, Peter and Tricario, Elena and Verbrugge, Laura",
year = "2022",
abstract = "People make an important contribution to the study and management of biological invasions, as many monitoring and control projects rely heavily on volunteer assistance. Understanding the reasons why people participate in such projects is critical for successful recruitment and retention of volunteers. We used a meta-synthesis approach to extract, analyze and synthesize the available information from 28 selected studies investigating motivations of volunteers to engage in monitoring and control of invasive alien species (IAS). Our findings show how motivations fit three broad themes, reflecting environmental concerns, social motivations, and personal reasons. An important outcome of this study is the description of motivations that are unique to the IAS context: supporting IAS management, protecting native species and habitats, and livelihood/food/income protection or opportunities. In addition, our study reflects on important methodological choices for investigating volunteer motivations as well as ethical issues that may arise in practice. We conclude with a set of recommendations for project design and future research on volunteer motivations in IAS contexts, emphasizing the importance of collaboration with social scientists.",
publisher = "Pensoft Publishers",
journal = "NeoBiota",
title = "A review of volunteers’ motivations to monitor and control invasive alien species",
pages = "175-153",
volume = "73",
doi = "10.3897/neobiota.73.79636"
}

Anđelković, A., Lawson Handley, L., Marchante, E., Adriaens, T., Brown, P., Tricario, E.,& Verbrugge, L.. (2022). A review of volunteers’ motivations to monitor and control invasive alien species. in NeoBiota
Pensoft Publishers., 73, 153-175.
https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.73.79636

Anđelković A, Lawson Handley L, Marchante E, Adriaens T, Brown P, Tricario E, Verbrugge L. A review of volunteers’ motivations to monitor and control invasive alien species. in NeoBiota. 2022;73:153-175.
doi:10.3897/neobiota.73.79636 .

Anđelković, Ana, Lawson Handley, Lori, Marchante, Elizabete, Adriaens, Tim, Brown, Peter, Tricario, Elena, Verbrugge, Laura, "A review of volunteers’ motivations to monitor and control invasive alien species" in NeoBiota, 73 (2022):153-175,
https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.73.79636 . .