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- Title
Coordinated distributed experiments: an emerging tool for testing global hypotheses in ecology and environmental science.
- Authors
Fraser, Lauchlan H; Henry, Hugh AL; Carlyle, Cameron N; White, Shannon R; Beierkuhnlein, Carl; Cahill, James F; Casper, Brenda B; Cleland, Elsa; Collins, Scott L; Dukes, Jeffrey S; Knapp, Alan K; Lind, Eric; Long, Ruijun; Luo, Yiqi; Reich, Peter B; Smith, Melinda D; Sternberg, Marcelo; Turkington, Roy
- Abstract
There is a growing realization among scientists and policy makers that an increased understanding of today's environmental issues requires international collaboration and data synthesis. Meta-analyses have served this role in ecology for more than a decade, but the different experimental methodologies researchers use can limit the strength of the meta-analytic approach. Considering the global nature of many environmental issues, a new collaborative approach, which we call coordinated distributed experiments (CDEs), is needed that will control for both spatial and temporal scale, and that encompasses large geographic ranges. Ecological CDEs, involving standardized, controlled protocols, have the potential to advance our understanding of general principles in ecology and environmental science.
- Subjects
ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL sciences; META-analysis; APPLIED ecology; BIODIVERSITY; SCIENTISTS
- Publication
Frontiers in Ecology & the Environment, 2013, Vol 11, Issue 3, p147
- ISSN
1540-9295
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1890/110279