Arboriculture & Urban Forestry 42(5): September 2016 371 Invitation to submit to a special issue of Arboriculture & Urban Forestry Civic Science in Urban Forestry: Engaging the Public in Data Collection, Knowledge Production, and Stewardship Guest editors Lindsay K. Campbell, US Forest Service (New York City, NY),
[email protected] Rebecca C. Jordan, Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ),
[email protected] Lara A. Roman, US Forest Service (Philadelphia, PA),
[email protected] Editor-in-Chief Jason Grabosky, Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ),
[email protected] Scope of the special section Citizen science has been gaining prominence in urban forestry in the past decade, with municipalities and nonprofits engaging volunteers in tree data collection. Related forms of public engagement have also brought diverse stakeholders into the fold of knowledge production and stewardship of urban green spaces, including participatory research and civic ecology. These varied approaches, while they have different disciplinary foundations, all connect as a means of engaging the public in the study and management of urban trees: what we refer to here as civic science in urban forestry. Yet as municipalities, states, nonprofits, and scientists engage in various forms of civic science, there is a need for basic research about the conceptual frameworks of civic engagement in urban forest research, empirical evidence about best practices for applying citizen science and other participatory approaches to research and practice, and impacts of volunteering on the participants themselves. This special issue of Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) aims to advance the schol- arship of civic science in urban forestry. We invite authors to submit article abstracts related to the following topics: • Meanings and uses of citizen science, participatory research, and civic ecology in urban forest research and practice • Characteristics and motivations of volunteers in civic science for urban forestry • Conservation psychology, environmental stewardship, and science literacy outcomes of citizen science in urban environments, including youth education • Trade-offs in using volunteers vs. paid workers, such as with urban tree inventories and moni- toring • Understanding volunteer data quality for urban trees • New technologies for volunteer data collection and data sharing for citizen science in urban forestry • Best management practices for civic science in urban forest research and practice • Co-production of urban forestry knowledge by scientists, managers, and the public ©2016 International Society of Arboriculture
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