Florian Jeltsch, Niels Blaum, Ulrich Brose, Joseph D. Chipperfield, Yann Clough, Nina Farwig, Katja Geissler, Catherine H. Graham, Volker Grimm, Thomas Hickler, Andreas Huth, Felix May, Katrin M. Meyer, Jörn Pagel, Björn Reineking, Matthias C. Rillig, Katriona Shea, Frank Martin Schurr, Boris Schroeder, Katja Tielbörger, Lina Weiß, Kerstin Wiegand, Thorsten Wiegand, Christian Wirth, Damaris Zurell
- Improving our understanding of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning and our capacity to inform ecosystem management requires an integrated framework for functional biodiversity research (FBR). However, adequate integration among empirical approaches (monitoring and experimental) and modelling has rarely been achieved in FBR. We offer an appraisal of the issues involved and chart a course towards enhanced integration. A major element of this path is the joint orientation towards the continuous refinement of a theoretical framework for FBR that links theory testing and generalization with applied research oriented towards the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. We further emphasize existing decision-making frameworks as suitable instruments to practically merge these different aims of FBR and bring them into application. This integrated framework requires joint research planning, and should improve communication and stimulate collaboration between modellers and empiricists, thereby overcoming existing reservationsImproving our understanding of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning and our capacity to inform ecosystem management requires an integrated framework for functional biodiversity research (FBR). However, adequate integration among empirical approaches (monitoring and experimental) and modelling has rarely been achieved in FBR. We offer an appraisal of the issues involved and chart a course towards enhanced integration. A major element of this path is the joint orientation towards the continuous refinement of a theoretical framework for FBR that links theory testing and generalization with applied research oriented towards the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. We further emphasize existing decision-making frameworks as suitable instruments to practically merge these different aims of FBR and bring them into application. This integrated framework requires joint research planning, and should improve communication and stimulate collaboration between modellers and empiricists, thereby overcoming existing reservations and prejudices. The implementation of this integrative research agenda for FBR requires an adaptation in most national and international funding schemes in order to accommodate such joint teams and their more complex structures and data needs.…
MetadatenAuthor details: | Florian JeltschORCiDGND, Niels BlaumORCiDGND, Ulrich BroseORCiDGND, Joseph D. Chipperfield, Yann Clough, Nina Farwig, Katja GeisslerORCiDGND, Catherine H. Graham, Volker GrimmORCiDGND, Thomas HicklerORCiD, Andreas Huth, Felix May, Katrin M. MeyerORCiDGND, Jörn Pagel, Björn Reineking, Matthias C. Rillig, Katriona Shea, Frank Martin SchurrGND, Boris Schroeder, Katja Tielbörger, Lina WeißGND, Kerstin WiegandORCiDGND, Thorsten Wiegand, Christian Wirth, Damaris ZurellORCiDGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2013.01.001 |
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ISSN: | 1439-1791 |
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Title of parent work (English): | Basic and applied ecology : Journal of the Gesellschaft für Ökologie |
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Publisher: | Elsevier |
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Place of publishing: | Jena |
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Publication type: | Article |
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Language: | English |
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Year of first publication: | 2013 |
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Publication year: | 2013 |
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Release date: | 2017/03/26 |
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Tag: | Biodiversity experiments; Biodiversity theory; Conservation management; Decision-making; Ecosystem functions and services; Forecasting; Functional traits; Global change; Interdisciplinarity; Monitoring programmes |
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Volume: | 14 |
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Issue: | 2 |
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Number of pages: | 9 |
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First page: | 93 |
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Last Page: | 101 |
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Funding institution: | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG; DFG Priority Programme 1374
"Infrastructure-Biodiversity-Exploratories" [JE 207/5-1] |
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Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Geowissenschaften |
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Peer review: | Referiert |
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Institution name at the time of the publication: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Erd- und Umweltwissenschaften |
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