The aim of this wiki is to provide a user-curated list of scientific publications that use iNaturalist data (from this discussion ). Please add to it, including, where possible (1) a link to the paper itself, (2) a link to the observation filter that encompasses as closely as possible what was used b…

Just added this one to the list: Sanford, E., Sones, J.L., García-Reyes, M. et al. Widespread shifts in the coastal biota of northern California during the 2014–2016 marine heatwaves . Sci Rep 9, 4216 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-40784-3 [The Supplementary Information lists many iNa…

Two more added to the list: van der Heyden, T. (2020) First record of Leptoglossus cartagoensis Brailovsky & Barrera, 1998 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae) for Panama. Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural del Paraguay 24(2): 55–56. van der Heyden, T. (2020) Confirmation of the presence…

For all of you adding comments, just a friendly reminder that you can simply edit the top wiki post :)

Just added the following paper to the list (see above): van der Heyden, T. & Grosso-Silva, J. M. (2020) First record of Zelus renardii Kolenati, 1856 in Portugal (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae). Arquivos Entomolóxicos 22: 347–349.

[image] astra_the_dragon: For all of you adding comments, just a friendly reminder that you can simply edit the top wiki post :) I will when I am sure that the paper has been published. For now, I will say that if the iNat data is accurate, it represents a range expansion for the species in q…

One more paper added to the list: van der Heyden, T. (2020) First record of Sphedanolestes cingulatus (Fieber, 1864) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) in Greece. Journal of the Heteroptera of Turkey 2(2): 148–149.

Just added the first entry for 2021: van der Heyden, T. (2021) First records of Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann, 1910 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae) in Estonia and Belarus. Heteroptera Poloniae – Acta Faunistica 15: 5–6.

Hernandez, Jason P. 2020. Scientific Note: Observations on the life history of Hyalurga vinosa (Lepidoptera: Erebidae). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 30(2): 90-92.

When communicating iNaturalist to the media, it would be nice to point out cases where iNat-observations led to the description of a new species. One can finde these instances going through the paper list, blog posts or specific forum threads, but I don’t think there is already a dedicated forum to…

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tmvdh October 26, 2020, 8:22pm 44

Added to the list above:
van der Heyden, T. (2020) First record of Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann, 1910 (Hemiptera: Coreidae) in Andorra. Arquivos Entomolóxicos 22: 377–378.

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