Citizen Science -- Contents -- Foreword -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Why Citizen Science? -- Part I: The Practice of Citizen Science -- 1. Overview of Citizen Science -- 2. Projects and Possibilities: Lessons from Citizen Science Projects -- From Backyard Observations to Continent-Wide Trends: Lessonsfrom the First Twenty-Two Years of Project FeederWatch -- Monitoring Monarchs: Citizen Science and a Charismatic Insect -- Neighborhood Nestwatch: Mentoring Citizens in the Urban Matrix -- Project BudBurst: Citizen Science for All Seasons -- 3. Using Bioinformatics in Citizen Science -- 4. Growing the Base for Citizen Science: Recruitingand Engaging Participants -- 5. What Is Our Impact? Toward a Unified Framework for Evaluating Outcomes of Citizen Science Participation -- Part II: Impacts of Citizen Science on Conservation Research -- 6. The Opportunities and Challenges of Citizen Science as a Tool for Ecological Research -- 7. Widening the Circle of Investigation: The Interface between Citizen Science and Landscape Ecology -- 8. Using Data Mining to Discover Biological Patterns in Citizen Science Observations -- 9. Developing a Conservation Research Program with Citizen Science -- 10. Citizens, Science, and Environmental Policy: A British Perspective -- Part III: Educational, Social, and Behavioral Aspects of Citizen Science -- 11. Cognitive Considerations in the Development of Citizen Science Projects -- 12. Who Poses the Question? Using Citizen Science to Help K-12 Teachers Meet the Mandate for Inquiry -- 13. A Gateway to Science for All: Celebrate Urban Birds -- 14. Children and Nature: Following the Trail to Environmental Attitudes and Behavior -- 15. Internet-Based Social Networking and Collective Action Models of Citizen Science: Theory Meets Possibility.

16. A Role for Citizen Science in Disaster and Conflict Recovery and Resilience -- Afterword -- Literature Cited -- Index.