Research questions to facilitate the future development of European long-term ecosystem research infrastructures: A horizon scanning exercise.

Ecology Ecosystem Europe
Interoperability Priorities Research infrastructure Research strategies Whole system approach

Journal

Journal of environmental management
ISSN: 1095-8630
Titre abrégé: J Environ Manage
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0401664

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
15 Nov 2019
Historique:
received: 23 01 2019
revised: 23 08 2019
accepted: 25 08 2019
pubmed: 10 9 2019
medline: 9 11 2019
entrez: 10 9 2019
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Distributed environmental research infrastructures are important to support assessments of the effects of global change on landscapes, ecosystems and society. These infrastructures need to provide continuity to address long-term change, yet be flexible enough to respond to rapid societal and technological developments that modify research priorities. We used a horizon scanning exercise to identify and prioritize emerging research questions for the future development of ecosystem and socio-ecological research infrastructures in Europe. Twenty research questions covered topics related to (i) ecosystem structures and processes, (ii) the impacts of anthropogenic drivers on ecosystems, (iii) ecosystem services and socio-ecological systems and (iv), methods and research infrastructures. Several key priorities for the development of research infrastructures emerged. Addressing complex environmental issues requires the adoption of a whole-system approach, achieved through integration of biotic, abiotic and socio-economic measurements. Interoperability among different research infrastructures needs to be improved by developing standard measurements, harmonizing methods, and establishing capacities and tools for data integration, processing, storage and analysis. Future research infrastructures should support a range of methodological approaches including observation, experiments and modelling. They should also have flexibility to respond to new requirements, for example by adjusting the spatio-temporal design of measurements. When new methods are introduced, compatibility with important long-term data series must be ensured. Finally, indicators, tools, and transdisciplinary approaches to identify, quantify and value ecosystem services across spatial scales and domains need to be advanced.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109479 PMID: 31499467
pubmed: 31499467
pii: S0301-4797(19)31197-1
doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109479
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

109479

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Martin Musche (M)

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Community Ecology, Theodor-Lieser-Str. 4, 06120, Halle, Germany. Electronic address: martin.musche@ufz.de.

Mihai Adamescu (M)

University of Bucharest, Research Center for Systems Ecology and Sustainability, Spl. Independentei 91 - 95, 050095, Bucharest, Romania.

Per Angelstam (P)

School for Forest Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, PO Box 43, SE-739 21, Skinnskatteberg, Sweden.

Sven Bacher (S)

Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 10, CH-1700, Fribourg, Switzerland.

Jaana Bäck (J)

Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Forest Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki, P.O.Box 27, 00014, University of Helsinki, Finland.

Heather L Buss (HL)

School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom.

Christopher Duffy (C)

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 212 Sackett, University Park, PA, 16802, USA.

Giovanna Flaim (G)

Department of Sustainable Agro-ecosystems and Bioresources, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach (FEM), Via E. Mach 1, 38010, San Michele all'Adige, Italy.

Jerome Gaillardet (J)

CNRS and Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, 1 rue Jussieu, 75238, Paris, cedex 05, France.

George V Giannakis (GV)

School of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, University Campus, 73100, Chania, Greece.

Peter Haase (P)

Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Department of River Ecology and Conservation, Clamecystr. 12, 63571, Gelnhausen, Germany; University of Duisburg-Essen, Faculty of Biology, 45141, Essen, Germany.

Luboš Halada (L)

Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS, Branch Nitra, Akademicka 2, 949 10, Nitra, Slovakia.

W Daniel Kissling (WD)

Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 94248, 1090, GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Lars Lundin (L)

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7050, SE-750 07, Uppsala, Sweden.

Giorgio Matteucci (G)

National Research Council of Italy, Institute for Agricultural and Forestry Systems in the Mediterranean (CNR-ISAFOM), Via Patacca, 85 I-80056, Ercolano, NA, Italy.

Henning Meesenburg (H)

Northwest German Forest Research Institute, Grätzelstr. 2, 37079, Göttingen, Germany.

Don Monteith (D)

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster, LA1 4AP, UK.

Nikolaos P Nikolaidis (NP)

School of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, University Campus, 73100, Chania, Greece.

Tanja Pipan (T)

ZRC SAZU Karst Research Institute, Titov trg 2, SI-6230, Postojna, Slovenia; UNESCO Chair on Karst Education, University of Nova Gorica, Glavni trg 8, SI-5271, Vipava, Slovenia.

Petr Pyšek (P)

The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany, Department of Invasion Ecology, CZ-252 43, Průhonice, Czech Republic; Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, CZ-128 44, Prague, Czech Republic.

Ed C Rowe (EC)

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bangor, LL57 4NW, UK.

David B Roy (DB)

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 8EF, UK.

Andrew Sier (A)

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster, LA1 4AP, UK.

Ulrike Tappeiner (U)

Department of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Sternwartestrasse 15, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria; Eurac research, Viale Druso 1, 39100, Bozen/Bolzano, Italy.

Montserrat Vilà (M)

Estación Biológica de Doñana-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (EBD-CSIC), Avda. Américo Vespucio 26, Isla de la Cartuja, 41005, Sevilla, Spain.

Tim White (T)

Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, 2217 EES Building, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16828, USA.

Martin Zobel (M)

Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Lai St.40, Tartu, 51005, Estonia.

Stefan Klotz (S)

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Community Ecology, Theodor-Lieser-Str. 4, 06120, Halle, Germany.

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