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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1376-1384 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Science of the Total Environment |
| Volume | 613-614 |
| Early online date | 6 Oct 2017 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2018 |
Abstract
Global change effects on biodiversity and human wellbeing call for improved long-term environmental data as a basis for science, policy and decision making, including increased interoperability, multifunctionality, and harmonization. Based on the example of two global initiatives, the International Long-Term Ecological Research (ILTER) network and the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON), we propose merging the frameworks behind these initiatives, namely ecosystem integrity and essential biodiversity variables, to serve as an improved guideline for future site-based long-term research and monitoring in terrestrial, freshwater and coastal ecosystems. We derive a list of specific recommendations of what and how to measure at a monitoring site and call for an integration of sites into co-located site networks across individual monitoring initiatives, and centered on ecosystems. This facilitates the generation of linked comprehensive ecosystem monitoring data, supports synergies in the use of costly infrastructures, fosters cross-initiative research and provides a template for collaboration beyond the ILTER and GEO BON communities.
Keywords
- Biodiversity, Decision Making, Ecosystem, Environmental Monitoring/methods, Environmental Policy, Long‐term ecosystem research, Site networks, LTER, EBV, Research infrastructure
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Science(all)
- Pollution
- Environmental Science(all)
- Waste Management and Disposal
- Environmental Science(all)
- Environmental Engineering
- Environmental Science(all)
- Environmental Chemistry
Sustainable Development Goals
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In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 613-614, 01.02.2018, p. 1376-1384.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - The next generation of site-based long-term ecological monitoring: Linking essential biodiversity variables and ecosystem integrity
AU - Haase, Peter
AU - Tonkin, Jonathan D
AU - Stoll, Stefan
AU - Burkhard, Benjamin
AU - Frenzel, Mark
AU - Geijzendorffer, Ilse R
AU - Häuser, Christoph
AU - Klotz, Stefan
AU - Kühn, Ingolf
AU - McDowell, William H
AU - Mirtl, Michael
AU - Müller, Felix
AU - Musche, Martin
AU - Penner, Johannes
AU - Zacharias, Steffen
AU - Schmeller, Dirk S
N1 - Funding information: The authors have received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No. 654359 (eLTER Horizon 2020 ) as well as from the European Union Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 308454 (EU BON). Fig. 2 (left) was kindly provided by André Künzelmann. (1)
PY - 2018/2/1
Y1 - 2018/2/1
N2 - Global change effects on biodiversity and human wellbeing call for improved long-term environmental data as a basis for science, policy and decision making, including increased interoperability, multifunctionality, and harmonization. Based on the example of two global initiatives, the International Long-Term Ecological Research (ILTER) network and the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON), we propose merging the frameworks behind these initiatives, namely ecosystem integrity and essential biodiversity variables, to serve as an improved guideline for future site-based long-term research and monitoring in terrestrial, freshwater and coastal ecosystems. We derive a list of specific recommendations of what and how to measure at a monitoring site and call for an integration of sites into co-located site networks across individual monitoring initiatives, and centered on ecosystems. This facilitates the generation of linked comprehensive ecosystem monitoring data, supports synergies in the use of costly infrastructures, fosters cross-initiative research and provides a template for collaboration beyond the ILTER and GEO BON communities.
AB - Global change effects on biodiversity and human wellbeing call for improved long-term environmental data as a basis for science, policy and decision making, including increased interoperability, multifunctionality, and harmonization. Based on the example of two global initiatives, the International Long-Term Ecological Research (ILTER) network and the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON), we propose merging the frameworks behind these initiatives, namely ecosystem integrity and essential biodiversity variables, to serve as an improved guideline for future site-based long-term research and monitoring in terrestrial, freshwater and coastal ecosystems. We derive a list of specific recommendations of what and how to measure at a monitoring site and call for an integration of sites into co-located site networks across individual monitoring initiatives, and centered on ecosystems. This facilitates the generation of linked comprehensive ecosystem monitoring data, supports synergies in the use of costly infrastructures, fosters cross-initiative research and provides a template for collaboration beyond the ILTER and GEO BON communities.
KW - Biodiversity
KW - Decision Making
KW - Ecosystem
KW - Environmental Monitoring/methods
KW - Environmental Policy
KW - Long‐term ecosystem research
KW - Site networks
KW - LTER
KW - EBV
KW - Research infrastructure
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U2 - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.08.111
DO - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.08.111
M3 - Article
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VL - 613-614
SP - 1376
EP - 1384
JO - Science of the Total Environment
JF - Science of the Total Environment
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