A review of volunteers’ motivations to monitor and control invasive alien species
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Anđelković, AnaLawson Handley, Lori
Marchante, Elizabete
Adriaens, Tim
Brown, Peter
Tricario, Elena
Verbrugge, Laura
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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 motivatio...ns 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.
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Biological invasions / biodiversity monitoring / citizen science / perceptions / public engagement / social dimensionsSource:
NeoBiota, 2022, 73, 153-175Publisher:
- Pensoft Publishers
Funding / projects:
- COST Action CA17122
- Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia, Grant no. 200010 (Institute for Plant Protection and Environment, Belgrade) (RS-200010)
- FCT/MCTES national funds (PIDDAC, reference UIDB/04004/2020).
DOI: 10.3897/neobiota.73.79636
ISSN: 1619-0033; 1314-2488
WoS: 00080410130000
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85131956155
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IZBISTY - 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 -
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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 . .