Explore
In the project Roadkill, we would like to cooperate with you in many ways, because for us Citizen Science means active cooperation between research and society, in which everyone can contribute expertise and is valued. The collaboration is on a voluntary basis and can therefore be designed freely. Here you will find an overview of the ways in which you can participate in research.
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Ask a research question
In the Ask a Research Question section, we collect all the questions, sort them, develop them into research topics, and then release them for voting so that we can decide together in the community which topics will be researched further. We invite everyone to participate in the voting and also to collaborate in the following steps as we work on research topics and move forward together to a publication, creating new knowledge.
So you can see that your question
In our cooperation with society and our Citizen Scientists, it is particularly important for us to work as transparently as possible. For us, this also means publishing roadkill reports, developments and scientific articles openly. Open publication means that the reports, developments and results can be found online, are readable, usable and free of charge. We would also like to invite you to participate in the publications, be it through new ideas, critical comments or collaboration in writing
Where are animals reported?
When you open our project website or the apps, the map with the many spots jumps out at you. The map is automatically set to a certain area. On the website, for example, you can see a section of Europe, and in the app you can zoom in to the respective location. Whether on the website or in the apps, the map can be zoomed in and out as desired to get either a worldwide overview of where animals are reported, or you can search for a single municipality or a
Citizen Scientists can immediately see any report on our online map (in German) and can helpt us to check the reports.
On the one hand, you can indicate directly under the photo of the animal whether the spot is correct. By clicking on the tick or the cross you can help to speed up the verification of the reports and at the same time give quick feedback to the citizen scientists whether their entry is correct.
If there is any ambiguity, you can also comment, e.g. if a report
You have made an observation on your daily routes or seen a regularity in roadkill? You have made an overview of the reports in our online map and ask yourself why there are clusters of roadkill at certain locations or why exactly this species is roadkill at this location? Then feel free to write to us with these or other research questions or observations. We will collect all submissions, sort them, develop them into research topics, and then release them for voting so that we can decide
Who can participate in the project Roadkill?
Anyone can participate in the Roadkill project. The only requirement is registration in the SPOTTERON System at www.roadkill.at (in German) and internet access. A certain knowledge of vertebrate species is an advantage (but not a prerequisite).
How can I participate in the project Roadkill?
You can participate in the Roadkill project in many ways. You can find an overview in the section Explore.
Can I enter my data worldwide?
Since 2021, we
The core of the project Roadkill is the reporting of roadkill via apps or online forms. All questions and analyses in the project are based on this. The reports are made by Citizen Scientists who see roadkill animals on their daily routes and report them. It is important to note that only vertebrates that have clearly been killed by road traffic in Austria can be reported.
Click here to go directly to the report of an animal (in German): https://roadkill.at/dateneingabe-roadkill
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