Assessing the biogeographical and socio-ecological representativeness of the ILTER site network

The challenges posed by climate and land use change are increasingly complex, with rising and accelerating impacts on the global environmental system. Novel environmental and ecosystem research needs to properly interpret system changes and derive management recommendations across scales. This large...

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Autores principales:	Christoph Wohner, Thomas Ohnemus, Steffen Zacharias, Hannes Mollenhauer, Erle C. Ellis, Hermann Klug, Hideaki Shibata, Michael Mirtl
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Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	LTER Research infrastructure Environmental observation DEIMS-SDR Ecology QH540-549.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ab8e5e93dff14bfe923a7bd3b47597622021-12-01T04:53:39ZAssessing the biogeographical and socio-ecological representativeness of the ILTER site network1470-160X10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107785https://doaj.org/article/ab8e5e93dff14bfe923a7bd3b47597622021-08-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X21004507https://doaj.org/toc/1470-160XThe challenges posed by climate and land use change are increasingly complex, with rising and accelerating impacts on the global environmental system. Novel environmental and ecosystem research needs to properly interpret system changes and derive management recommendations across scales. This largely depends on advances in the establishment of an internationally harmonised, long-term operating and representative infrastructure for environmental observation. This paper presents an analysis evaluating 743 formally accredited sites of the International Long-Term Ecological Research (ILTER) network in 47 countries with regard to their spatial distribution and related biogeographical and socio-ecological representativeness. “Representedness” values were computed from six global datasets. The analysis revealed a dense coverage of Northern temperate regions and anthropogenic zones most notably in the US, Europe and East Asia. Significant gaps are present in economically less developed and anthropogenically less impacted hot and barren regions like Northern and Central Africa and inner-continental parts of South America. These findings provide the arguments for our recommendations regarding the geographic expansion for the further development of the ILTER network.Christoph WohnerThomas OhnemusSteffen ZachariasHannes MollenhauerErle C. EllisHermann KlugHideaki ShibataMichael MirtlElsevierarticleLTERResearch infrastructureEnvironmental observationDEIMS-SDREcologyQH540-549.5ENEcological Indicators, Vol 127, Iss , Pp 107785- (2021)
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topic	LTER Research infrastructure Environmental observation DEIMS-SDR Ecology QH540-549.5
spellingShingle	LTER Research infrastructure Environmental observation DEIMS-SDR Ecology QH540-549.5 Christoph Wohner Thomas Ohnemus Steffen Zacharias Hannes Mollenhauer Erle C. Ellis Hermann Klug Hideaki Shibata Michael Mirtl Assessing the biogeographical and socio-ecological representativeness of the ILTER site network
description	The challenges posed by climate and land use change are increasingly complex, with rising and accelerating impacts on the global environmental system. Novel environmental and ecosystem research needs to properly interpret system changes and derive management recommendations across scales. This largely depends on advances in the establishment of an internationally harmonised, long-term operating and representative infrastructure for environmental observation. This paper presents an analysis evaluating 743 formally accredited sites of the International Long-Term Ecological Research (ILTER) network in 47 countries with regard to their spatial distribution and related biogeographical and socio-ecological representativeness. “Representedness” values were computed from six global datasets. The analysis revealed a dense coverage of Northern temperate regions and anthropogenic zones most notably in the US, Europe and East Asia. Significant gaps are present in economically less developed and anthropogenically less impacted hot and barren regions like Northern and Central Africa and inner-continental parts of South America. These findings provide the arguments for our recommendations regarding the geographic expansion for the further development of the ILTER network.
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author	Christoph Wohner Thomas Ohnemus Steffen Zacharias Hannes Mollenhauer Erle C. Ellis Hermann Klug Hideaki Shibata Michael Mirtl
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title	Assessing the biogeographical and socio-ecological representativeness of the ILTER site network
title_short	Assessing the biogeographical and socio-ecological representativeness of the ILTER site network
title_full	Assessing the biogeographical and socio-ecological representativeness of the ILTER site network
title_fullStr	Assessing the biogeographical and socio-ecological representativeness of the ILTER site network
title_full_unstemmed	Assessing the biogeographical and socio-ecological representativeness of the ILTER site network
title_sort	assessing the biogeographical and socio-ecological representativeness of the ilter site network
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Assessing the biogeographical and socio-ecological representativeness of the ILTER site network

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