DataDrivenEcologicalSynthesis / CitizenScienceOnLockdown

Is the lockdown a period for people to document nature more?

CitizenScienceOnLockdown

Goal of the project:

Question Why might we observe differences in species richness during the pandemic?

Hypotheses

1. "Bored in the house" hypothesis: more observation leads to more species detected
2. "Quiet city more birds" hypothesis: people inside leads to more bird outside, less disturbance by human acitivities contirbutes to more birds in city
3. "Bored in the house and quiet city" hypothesis: both of the above contribute to observed increase in bird records.

Scope Taxa: birds. Location: Top 20 most populated cities in Canada. Tools: iNaturalist Time: March-April, 2016-2020

Contributors:

• Aliénor Stahl, @Alienor Stahl
• Mélanie Jean, @hsplendens
• Timothy Law, @lawwt
• Shuang Xing, @shuanggeek
• Calvin Kluke, @ckluke