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ABSTRACT
The need for sound ecological science has escalated alongside the rise of the information age and “big data” across all sectors of society. Big data generally refer to massive volumes of data not readily handled by theusual data tools and practices and present unprecedented opportunities for advancing science and informing resource management through data-intensive approaches. The era of big data need not be propelled only by “big science”– the term used to describe large-scale efforts that have had mixed success in the individual-driven culture of ecology. Collectively, ecologists already have big data to bolster the scientific effort – a large volume of distributed, high-value information – but many simply fail to contribute. Weencourage ecologists to join the larger scientific community in global initiatives to address major scientific and societal problems by bringing their distributed data to the table and harnessing its collective power. The scientists who contribute such information will be at the forefront of socially relevant science – but will they be ecologists
INTRODUCTION
In the 21st century, biology is running full tilt into the information age (Spengler 2000); leaders in many fields of the life sciences, including genomics, nanobiology, and medicine, have embraced the new opportunities presented by unprecedented access to digital information. Global-scale environmental issues, from climate change and food security to the spread of disease and the availability of clean water, are creating pressure for ecologists to collectively step forward into this new age. Society is asking ecologists for information that is both specific to particular problems, places, and times, and also predictive, prescriptive, and scalable. This is a challenge ecologistscannot meet individually
Year : 2013
Publisher : www.frontiersinecology.org
By : Stephanie E Hampton, Carly A Strasser, Joshua J Tewksbury, Wendy K Gram, Amber E Budden
Archer L Batcheller, Clifford S Duke , and John H Porter
File Information : English Language / 7 Page / Size : 275 K
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سال : 2013
ناشر : www.frontiersinecology.org
کاری از : Stephanie E Hampton, Carly A Strasser, Joshua J Tewksbury, Wendy K Gram, Amber E Budden
Archer L Batcheller, Clifford S Duke , and John H Porter
اطلاعات فایل : زبان انگلیسی / 7 صفحه / حجم : 275 K
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