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DOI 10.1029/2020EF001696
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Title (Primary) Building a Global Ecosystem Research Infrastructure to address global grand challenges for macrosystem ecology
Author Loescher, H.W.; Vargas, R.; Mirtl, M.; Morris, B.; Pauw, J.; Yu, X.; Kutsch, W.; Mabee, P.; Tang, J.; Ruddell, B.L.; Pulsifer, P.; Bäck, J.; Zacharias, S.; Grant, M.; Feig, G.; Zheng, L.; Waldmann, C.; Genazzio, M.A.
Source Titel Earth's Future
Year 2022
Department MET
Volume 10
Issue 5
Page From e2020EF001696
Language englisch
Topic T5 Future Landscapes
Keywords Environmental Research Infrastructure; Macrosystem Science; Interoperability; Societal Benefit; New Capabilities; Federating Infrastructure
Abstract The development of several large-, ‘continental’-scale ecosystem research infrastructures over recent decades has provided a unique opportunity in the history of ecological science. The Global Ecosystem Research Infrastructure (GERI) is an integrated network of analogous, but independent, site-based ecosystem research infrastructures (ERI) dedicated to better understand the function and change of indicator ecosystems across global biomes. Bringing together these ERIs, harmonizing their respective data and reducing uncertainties enables broader cross-continental ecological research. It will also enhance the research community capabilities to address current and anticipate future global scale ecological challenges. Moreover, increasing the international capabilities of these ERIs goes beyond their original design intent, and is an unexpected added value of these large national investments. Here, we identify specific global grand challenge areas and research trends to advance the ecological frontiers across continents that can be addressed through the federation of these cross-continental-scale ERIs.
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Loescher, H.W., Vargas, R., Mirtl, M., Morris, B., Pauw, J., Yu, X., Kutsch, W., Mabee, P., Tang, J., Ruddell, B.L., Pulsifer, P., Bäck, J., Zacharias, S., Grant, M., Feig, G., Zheng, L., Waldmann, C., Genazzio, M.A. (2022):
Building a Global Ecosystem Research Infrastructure to address global grand challenges for macrosystem ecology
Earth Future 10 (5), e2020EF001696 10.1029/2020EF001696