Identification of 100 fundamental ecological questions

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 58-67

  Sutherland, William J ^a   Freckleton, Robert P ^b   Godfray, H Charles J ^c   Beissinger, Steven R ^d   Benton, Tim ^e   Cameron, Duncan D ^b   Carmel, Yohay ^f   Coomes, David A ^a   Coulson, Tim ^g   Emmerson, Mark C ^h   Hails, Rosemary S ⁱ   Hays, Graeme C ^j   Hodgson, Dave J ^k   Hutchings, Michael J ^l   Johnson, David ^m   Jones, Julia P G ⁿ   Keeling, Matt J ^o   Kokko, Hanna ^p   Kunin, William E ^e   Lambin, Xavier ^m   Lewis, Owen T ^c   Malhi, Yadvinder ^c   Mieszkowska, Nova ^q   Milner Gulland, E J ^g   Norris, Ken ^r   Phillimore, Albert B ^s   Purves, Drew W ^t   Reid, Jane M ^m   Reuman, Daniel C ^g,u   Thompson, Ken ^b   Travis, Justin M J ^m   Turnbull, Lindsay A ^v   Wardle, David A ^w   Wiegand, Thorsten ^x   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^j SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^p AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^q THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^r UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^s UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^t MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^u ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^w SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^x HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

Community ecology; Ecology; Ecosystems; Evolutionary ecology; Population ecology; Research priorities

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POPULATION ECOLOGY; RESEARCH WORK;

EID: 84871524878     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12025     Document Type: Article

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