van der Wal, RenéSharma, NirwanMellish, ChrisRobinson, AnneSiddharthan, Advaith2016-06-032016-06-032016-06-01van der Wal, R, Sharma, N, Mellish, C, Robinson, A & Siddharthan, A 2016, 'The role of automated feedback in training and retaining biological recorders for citizen science', Conservation Biology, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 550-561. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.127050888-8892http://hdl.handle.net/2164/6067Acknowledgments The authors thank H. H. Nguyen for his early development work on the BeeWatch interface; E. O'Mahony, I. Pearce, and R. Comont for identifying numerous photographed bumblebees; B. Darvill, D. Ewing, and G. Perkins for enabling our partnership with the Bumblebee Conservation Trust; and S. Blake for his investments in developing the NLG feedback. The study was part of the Digital Conservation project of dot.rural, the University of Aberdeen's Digital Economy Research Hub, funded by RCUK (grant reference EP/G066051/1).121251805engBiological recordingBumblebee identificationNatural language generationTrainingVolunteer motivation and retentionQH301 BiologyEcologyNature and Landscape ConservationEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsUK Research and Innovation (UKRI)EP/G066051/1QH301Journal article10.1111/cobi.12705http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84964721035&partnerID=8YFLogxK303