Big data and the future of ecology

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 156-162

  Hampton, Stephanie E ^a   Strasser, Carly A ^b   Tewksbury, Joshua J ^c   Gram, Wendy K ^d   Budden, Amber E ^e   Batcheller, Archer L ^f   Duke, Clifford S ^g   Porter, John H ^h  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b University of California Office of the President   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d NATIONAL ECOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY NETWORK   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g Ecological Society of America   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; FUTURE PROSPECT; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84873628563     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/120103     Document Type: Review

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