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 by the paper, and (3) contact details for the author(s) in cases where the paper is not open access. No need to additionally comment that you have added a paper.
Articles are organised in sections for each year, and then in alphabetical order within year.
This is intended to complement the list of papers that cite GBIF data including iNaturalist exports so papers already on that list need not be included here.
For publications from 2020 and onwards, please add them to the wiki for 2020-2021, 2022-2023 or 2024 (we reached the character limit here, although you should still be able to add more publications through 2019).
2019
Brailovsky, H. & van der Heyden, T. (2019) New distributional notes and key to the known species of Leptoglossus GuĂ©rin-MĂ©neville from Guatemala (Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Anisoscelini). Revista Chilena de EntomologĂa 45(1): 175–180.
Cannings, R. A., Ehlers, T., Manweiler, A., Kohler, T., Hayes, E., & Knopp, D. (2019). Promachus dimidiatus Curran (Diptera: Asilidae): a robber fly genus and species new to British Columbia. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 116: 59–63. [observation]
Cianferoni, F., Graziani, F., & Ceccolini, F. 2019. The unstoppable march of Halyomorpha halys: new first country records. Spixiana 42: 60.
De Roux, J. M., E. Noguera-Urbano & H. RamĂrez-Chaves (2019) The vulnerable colombian weasel Mustela felipei (Carnivora): new record from Colombia and a review of its distribution in protected areas. Therya 10: 10.12933/therya-19-776 [Observation]
Erickson, R.A. & Burt, W.G. (2019). Additional information on a nonnative whiptail population (Aspidoscelis flagellicauda/sonorae complex) in suburban Orange County, California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 118: 76–78. [Observations]
Jacobs, C. (2019) Data quality of citizen science observations of organisms: plausibility estimation based on volunteered geographic information context. Dissertation, Heidelberg University.
Jain, A., S. K. M. Chan, M. Soh & L. Chow (2019) Rediscovery of the orange gull butterfly, Cepora iudith malaya, in Singapore. Singapore Biodiversity Records 2019: 22–23. [Observations]
Kaldari, Ryan (2019). New records of the exotic jumping spider Pseudeuophrys erratica (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini) in the United States. Peckhamia 188.1: 1-3.
Li, E., S. S. Parker, G. B. Pauly, J. M. Randall, B. V. Brown, and B. C. Cohen. (2019) An urban biodiversity assessment framework that combines an urban habitat classification scheme and citizen science data. (https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00277). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7:277.
Martoni, F. & K. F. Armstrong (2019) Acizzia errabunda sp. nov. and Ctenarytaina insularis sp. nov.: Descriptions of two new species of psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) discovered on exotic host plants in New Zealand. PLoS ONE 14: e0214220. [Observations: Acizzia, Ctenarytaina]
Moore, M. P., C. Lis, L. Gherghel, & R. A. Martin (2019) [ Temperature shapes the costs, benefits and geographic diversification of sexual coloration in a dragonfly] ( https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13200). Ecology Letters 22(3): 437–446.
Morefield, J.D., Taylor, D.W., DeDecker, M., & collaborators (2019) Working checklist of the vascular flora of the White Mountains, California and Nevada, updated 7 July 2019. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.34126.33608.
Mueller, M. A., Drake, D., & Allen, M. L. (2019). Using citizen science to inform urban canid management. Landscape and Urban Planning 189: 362–371.
Pauly, G. B., and P. D. Gavit. Geographic distribution: USA, California, Los Angeles County: Trachylepis quinquetaeniata. Herpetological Review 50: 103–104. [observation] [additional iNaturalist observations are mentioned in the publication]
Pavlović, Marko. (2019) “Egyptian locust (Anacridium aegyptium) (Acrididae: Cyrtacanthacridinae) in the Pannonian part of Croatia.” Articulata 34: 95–100
Richart, C. H., L. F. Chichester, B. Boyer, & T. A. Pearce (2018) Rediscovery of the Southern California Endemic American Keeled Slug Anadenulus cockerelli (Hemphill, 1890) after a 68-Year Hiatus. Journal of Natural History 2018: 1–17. Observations: 1 2 3 4 5 6
Rowley, J. J. L., C. T. Callaghan,T. Cutajar, C. Portway, K. Potter, S. Mahony, D. F. Trembath, P. Flemons & A. Woods (2019) FrogID: citizen scientists provide validated biodiversity data on frogs of Australia. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 14(1): 155–170. [2017 Observations]
Sanford, E., Sones, J.L., GarcĂa-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 iNaturalist observations and often also cites the observer.]
Sexton, C. (2019) Clarification of the status of Petrophila jaliscalis and Petrophila santafealis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in North America. Southern Lepidopterists’ News 41(3):216-225.
van der Heyden, T. (2019) First record of Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann, 1910 (Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Anisoscelini) in Algeria. Revista Gaditana de EntomologĂa X(1): 159–161.
van der Heyden, T. (2019) First record of Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann (Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Anisoscelini) in Costa Rica. Revista Chilena de EntomologĂa 45(1): 51–53. [Observation]
van der Heyden, T. (2019) New data on the biology and distribution of Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann, 1910 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Anisoscelini). Arquivos EntomolĂłxicos 21: 31-32.
van der Heyden, T. (2019) First record of Microtomus cinctipes (StĂĄl) (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Hammacerinae) in Panama and a recent record of the species in Ecuador. Revista Chilena de EntomologĂa 45(2): 201-203.
van der Heyden, T. (2019) First record of Microtomus luctuosus (StĂĄl) (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Hammacerinae) in Honduras. Revista Chilena de EntomologĂa 45(2): 253-255.
van der Heyden, T. (2019) First records of Dryadocoris apicalis (Herrich-Schäffer) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae: Antestiini) for Albania. Revista Chilena de EntomologĂa 45(3): 331-333.
van der Heyden, T. (2019) Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann (Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Anisoscelini) in Israel. Revista Chilena de EntomologĂa 45(3): 435-437.
van der Heyden, T. (2019) First record of Corythauma ayyari (Drake) (Heteroptera: Tingidae) in Monaco. Revista Chilena de EntomologĂa 45(4): 579-581.
van der Heyden, T. (2019) First record of Spilostethus furcula (Herrich-Schäffer, 1850) (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) in Greece. Revista gaditana de EntomologĂa X(1): 139-140.
van der Heyden, T. (2019) Recent records of Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann, 1910 on the Balearic Islands (Spain) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Anisoscelini). Arquivos EntomolĂłxicos 21: 193-194.
Wittmann, J., Girman, D., & Crocker, D. (2019). Using iNaturalist in a Coverboard Protocol to Measure Data Quality: Suggestions for Project Design. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, 4*(1).
2018
Atha, D. (2018) First report of Rumex cristatus (Polygonaceae) for New York State. Phytoneuron 48: 1–3. [Observation]
Atha, D. & B. Boom (2018) State of New York City’s Plants 2018. The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York. [Observations]
Atha, D., R.V. Alvarez & K. Chaya (2018) First report of Sagina apetala (Caryophyllaceae) for New York. Phytoneuron 34: 1–2. [Observations]
Atha, D., D. Wijesinghe & V. Lazzeri (2018) First report of Stellaria pallida (Caryophyllaceae) for New York State. Phytoneuron 64: 1–8. [Observations]
Barbato, J. & C. Thawley (2018) Geographic distribution: Anolis distichus (Bark Anole). Herpetological Review 49(4): 714. [Observation]
Campbell N., C. Thawley & J. T. Stroud (2018) Anolis cristatellus (Puerto Rican Crested Anole). Cannibalism. Herpetological Review 49: 115–116. [Observation]
Grehan, J., B. Conlin & J. Turner (2018). Biological notes on the willow ghost moth Sthenopis thule (Strecker, 1875) (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae). News of The Lepidopterists’ Society Volume 60, Number 4: 164-168 [Observations]
Grehan, J. & J-F. Landry (2018). Surreptitious invasion into North America by the European ghost moth Korscheltellus lupulina (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) News of The Lepidopterists’ Society Volume 60, Number 4: 202-204 [Observations]
Prudic, K. L., Oliver, J. C., Brown, B. V. & Long, E. C. (2018). Comparisons of citizen science data-gathering approaches to evaluate urban butterfly diversity. Insects 9(4):186.
Schmidt, B. C. (2018) Cryptic species among bumblebee mimics: an unrecognized Hemaris hawkmoth (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) in eastern North America. Zootaxa 4399(1): 32-48. [Observations: 1 2]
Seehausen, M., Pinto, R. M. S., Trainor, C. R. & Lopes, J. P. (2018) Further records of Odonata from Timor Island, with the first photographs of living Nososticta impercepta (Odonata: Platycnemididae) and additional records from Rote and Romang Islands. Faunistic Studies in Southeast Asian and Pacific Island Odonata 25: 1–73. [Timor-Leste observations]
Trageser, S. J., A. Wiscovitch & J. K. Foon (2018) Discovery of Myxostoma petiverianum Wood, 1828 (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Cyclophoroidea: Cyclophoridae) on Hòn Cau, Vietnam. The Festivus 50(2): 110–113. [Observation]
van der Heyden, T. (2018) A male of Turdus merula (Linnaeus, 1758) showing an interesting colour aberration (Passeriformes: Turdidae). BV news Publicaciones CientĂficas 7(97): 124-127.
van der Heyden, T. (2018) Recent records of Tongorma Kirkaldy (Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Phyllomorphini) from Botswana and Zambia. Revista Chilena de EntomologĂa 44(3): 303-305.
van der Heyden, T. (2018) First record of Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann (Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Anisoscelini) in Albania. Revista Chilena de EntomologĂa 44(3): 355-356.
van der Heyden, T. (2018) First record of Hierodula transcaucasica Brunner von Wattenwyl (Mantodea: Mantidae: Mantinae: Paramantini) in Albania. Revista Chilena de EntomologĂa 44(4): 407-409.
van der Heyden, T. (2018) New data on the distribution of Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann (Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Anisoscelini), including the first record of the species in Georgia. Revista Chilena de EntomologĂa 44(4): 433-435.
van der Heyden, T. (2018) First record of Zelus renardii Kolenati (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) in Israel. Revista Chilena de EntomologĂa 44(4): 463-465.
Vásquez-Restrepo, J. D. & Y. Lapwong (2018) Confirming the presence of a fourth species of non-native house gecko of the genus Hemidactylus Oken, 1817 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) in Colombia. Check List 14(4): 665. [Observation]
Wang, Y., N. Casajus, C. Buddle, D. Berteaux, M. Larrivée. 2018. Predicting the distribution of poorly-documented species, Northern black widow ( Latrodectus variolus ) and Black purse-web spider ( Sphodros niger ), using museum specimens and citizen science data. PLoS one 13(8): e0201094. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201094
2017
Agarwal, M. (2017) First record of Dendronotus orientalis (Baba, 1932) (Nudibranchia: Dendronotidae) in the temperate Eastern Pacific. BioInvasions Records 6(2): 135–138. [Observation]
Atha, D., B. Boom, A. Thornbrough, J. Kurtz, L. McIntyre, M. Hagen, J.A. Schuler, L. Rohleder, S. J. Hewitt & J. Kelly (2017) Arum italicum (Araceae) is invasive in New York. Phytoneuron 31: 1–18. [Observations]
Beckham JL, Atkinson S. 2017. An updated understanding of Texas bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) species presence and potential distributions in Texas, USA. PeerJ 5:e3612 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3612
Center for Biological Diversity (2017) Petition to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect the San Gabriel Chestnut Snail under the Endangered Species Act. Portland, Oregon. [Observations]
Hewitt, S. J. (2017) Additions to the marine mollusk checklist for the island of Saba, Leeward Islands, West Indies. Vita Malacologica 16: 40–43. [Observations: 1 2 3 4]
Jacobs C. & A. Zipf (2017) Completeness of citizen science biodiversity data from a volunteered geographic information perspective. Geo-Spatial information Science 20(1): 3–13.
Pauly, G. B. & K. S. Delaney (2017) Late-season reproduction in Western Toads (Bufo boreas). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 116: 147–151. [Observation]
Reith, M. (2017) Piltdown in the Caribbean? A comparison of Kurt Johnson’s and Albert Schwartz’s contribution to the butterfly fauna of Hispaniola. Conference: IX Congreso de Biodiversidad Caribeña. Santo Domingo (República Dominicana). [Observations: Haiti, Dominican Republic]
Sexton, C., and H. McGuinness. (2017) Identification of lichen moths in the genus Cisthene Walker 1854 (Erebidae: Arctiinae) in the Central and Eastern United States. Southern Lepidopterists’ News 39(4):309-322. [Related iNat journal post.]
Spear, D. M., G. B. Pauly & K. Kaiser (2017) Citizen science as a tool for augmenting museum collection data from urban areas. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 5: 86. [Project]
van der Heyden, T. (2017) Notes on Plinachtus imitator (Reuter, 1891), including the first records for Albania (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Gonocerini). BV news Publicaciones CientĂficas 6(77): 68-73.
Yadav, S., V. Patil & V. A. Ismavel (2017) Report of Platythomisus octomaculatus (CL Koch, 1845) and Platythomisus sudeepi Biswas, 1977 from India (Araneae, Thomisidae). Biodiversity Data Journal 5: e10294. [Observation]
2016
Winkleman, R. S. & A. R. Backlin (2016) Geographic distribution: USA, California: Aspidoscelis flagellicauda/sonorae complex. Herpetological Review 47: 256–257. [Observation]
2015
Parys, K. A., A. D. Tripodi, & B. Sampson (2015) The Giant Resin Bee, Megachile sculpturalis Smith: New Distributional Records for the Mid- and Gulf-south USA.Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e6733
Pauly, G. B., G. S. Yoshida, & R. Worrell (2015) Geographic distribution: USA, California: Hemidactylus garnotii. Herpetological Review 46(4): 569. [Observations]
Pollock, N.B., N. Howe, I. Irizarry, N. Lorusso, A. Kruger, K. Himmler & L. Struwe (2015) Personal BioBlitz: A New Way to Encourage Biodiversity Discovery and Knowledge in K-99 Education and Outreach BioScience 65(12): 1154–1164.
2013
Amezquita, A., R. Marquez, R. Medina, D. Mejia-Vargas, T. R. Kahn, G. Suarez & L. Mazariegos (2013) A new species of Andean poison frog, Andinobates (Anura: Dendrobatidae), from the northwestern Andes of Colombia. Zootaxa 3620(1): 163–178. [Observation]
