Journal of Biological Education article about iNaturalist

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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00219266.2020.1739114?scroll=top&needAccess=true

From the abstract: “Overall, iNaturalist provided greater taxonomic resolution with proper scientific and common names and additional natural history information for many organisms, piquing student interest. Incorporating this smartphone technology may increase identification of local biodiversity and student engagement in the biological sciences.”

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absorbing article with interesting statistical data

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Also interesting in that it focuses on the automatic id function in iNaturalist - without really describing how the platform & community operate as a whole. You could read the article and come away thinking that iNat is purely an application for auto-id.

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