To maximize the utility of research to decisionmaking, especially given limited financial resources, scientists must set priorities for their efforts.
We present a list of the top 40 high-priority, multidisciplinary research questions directed toward informing some of the most important current
and future decisions about management of species, communities, and...
It is well established that individual organisms can acclimate and adapt to temperature to optimize their functioning. However, thermal optimization of ecosystems, as an assemblage of organisms, has not been examined at broad spatial and temporal scales. Here, we compiled data from 169 globally distributed sites of eddy covariance and...
The process of plant speciation often involves the evolution of divergent ecotypes in
response to differences in soil water availability between habitats. While the same set of traits
is frequently associated with xeric/mesic ecotype divergence, it is unknown whether those
traits evolve independently or if they evolve in tandem as...
Taylor’s frozen turbulence hypothesis is the central assumption invoked in most
experiments designed to investigate turbulence physics with time resolving sensors. It is also
frequently used in theoretical discussions when linking Lagrangian to Eulerian flow formalisms.
In this work we seek to quantify the effectiveness of Taylor’s hypothesis on the...
Citizen-science projects engage volunteers to gather or process data to address scientific questions. But
citizen-science projects vary in their ability to contribute usefully for science, conservation, or public policy.
eBird has evolved from a basic citizen-science project into a collective enterprise, taking a novel
approach to citizen science by developing...
Benefits humans rely on from the ocean - marine ecosystem services - are increasingly vulnerable under future climate. This paper reviews how three valued services have, and will continue to, shift under climate change: (1) capture fisheries, (2) food from aquaculture, and (3) protection from coastal hazards such as storms...