Predictive ecology in a changing world

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1293-1310

  Mouquet, Nicolas ^a   Lagadeuc, Yvan ^b   Devictor, Vincent ^a   Doyen, Luc ^c   Duputié, Anne ^d   Eveillard, Damien ^e   Faure, Denis ^f   Garnier, Eric ^a   Gimenez, Olivier ^a   Huneman, Philippe ^g   Jabot, Franck ^h   Jarne, Philippe ^a   Joly, Dominique ^i,j   Julliard, Romain ^k   Kéfi, Sonia ^a   Kergoat, Gael J ^l   Lavorel, Sandra ^m   Le Gall, Line ⁿ   Meslin, Laurence ^a   Morand, Serge ^a   Morin, Xavier ^a   Morlon, Hélène ^o   Pinay, Gilles ^b   Pradel, Roger ^a   Schurr, Frank M ^a,p   Thuiller, Wilfried ^m   Loreau, Michel ^q   more..

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d Univ Lille   (France)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE EN COMMUNICATIONS ET CYBERNÉTIQUE DE NANTES   (France)

^f INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY OF THE CELL I2BC   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^h Cemagref   (France)

ⁱ France and University of Paris Sud   (France)

^j UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^k CP51   (France)

^l CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

^m UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

ⁿ MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^o ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^p UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^q Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Paul Sabatier University   (France)

more..

Author keywords

Anticipation; Big data; Biodiversity; Ecological prediction; Ecosystems; Ethics; Forecast; Global change; Modelling; Theory

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ETHICS; FORECASTING METHOD; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLOBAL CHANGE; PREDICTION; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84941042689     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12482     Document Type: Review

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