TY - JOUR
T1 - Flower-Insect Timed Counts (FIT Count)
T2 - protocol adaptation and preliminary results in Brazil
AU - Miranda Soares, Filipi
AU - Koffler, Sheina
AU - Ghilardi-Lopes, Natália Pirani
AU - Carvell, Claire
AU - Chiazzese, James
AU - Pignatari Drucker, Debora
AU - Salim, José Augusto
AU - Albertini, Bruno de Carvalho
AU - Nunes-Silva, Patrícia
AU - Saraiva, Antonio Mauro
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - FIT Count (Flower-Insect Timed Counts) is a citizen science initiative that seeks to monitor flower visitation by diverse pollinator groups, including bumblebees, stingless bees, honeybees, flies, hummingbirds, among others. The protocol entails determining a 50 x 50 cm plot area around a target plant species, photographing the plant and conducting a standardized 10-minute survey on this area to estimate the frequency of flower visits by different pollinator groups. Conducting FIT Counts in different habitats and locations produces data on the temporal and spatial dynamics of these interactions.
AB - FIT Count (Flower-Insect Timed Counts) is a citizen science initiative that seeks to monitor flower visitation by diverse pollinator groups, including bumblebees, stingless bees, honeybees, flies, hummingbirds, among others. The protocol entails determining a 50 x 50 cm plot area around a target plant species, photographing the plant and conducting a standardized 10-minute survey on this area to estimate the frequency of flower visits by different pollinator groups. Conducting FIT Counts in different habitats and locations produces data on the temporal and spatial dynamics of these interactions.
KW - Participatory monitoring
KW - Citizen science
KW - Biodiversity
KW - Pollination
KW - Biodiversity conservation
U2 - 10.3897/biss.7.111545
DO - 10.3897/biss.7.111545
M3 - Article
SN - 2535-0897
VL - 7
JO - Biodiversity Information Science and Standards
JF - Biodiversity Information Science and Standards
M1 - e111545
ER -
