Open AccessScaling Up: Concurrent Workshops on Continental‐scale Population and Community Ecology and the Future of Environmental Decisions: An ESA Workshop Report
Author(s) -
Parsons Jill Petraglia,
McMillen Andrea,
Duke Clifford S.,
Mourad Teresa,
Goldberg Deborah
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the bulletin of the ecological society of america
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2327-6096
pISSN - 0012-9623
DOI - 10.1890/0012-9623-95.1.86
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , scale (ratio) , population , work (physics) , ecology , geography , sociology , engineering , cartography , biology , archaeology , mechanical engineering , demography
Over the past decade, opportunities to address new scientific questions at the continental scale have grown immensely. The demand for professionals and research scientists trained to analyze large volumes of data in the context of increasing pressures on environmental and social systems is increasing, as is the demand for scientists with training on how large data sets can inform environmental decision-making. Some ecologists, such as those working in population and community ecology, and students may have limited experience working at this spatial scale. In response to these trends, and as part of the Ecological Society of America’s (ESA) efforts to promote the continued development of ecological science, ESA hosted two concurrent Scaling Up workshops in early June, 2013, both funded by the National Science Foundation.