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Author(s): Lindenmayer DB, Likens GE
Published: September, 2009
Publisher: Trends in Ecology & Evolution
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2009.03.005
Tags: Research, Earth System Management
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169534709001219
Abstract: Long-term research and monitoring can provide important ecological insights and are crucial for the improved management of ecosystems and natural resources. However, many long-term research and monitoring programs are either ineffective or fail completely owing to poor planning and/or lack of focus. Here we propose the paradigm of adaptive monitoring, which aims to resolve many of the problems that have undermined previous attempts to establish long-term research and monitoring. This paradigm is driven by tractable questions, rigorous statistical design at the outset, a conceptual model of the ecosystem or other entity being examined and a human need to know about ecosystem change. An adaptive monitoring framework enables monitoring programs to evolve iteratively as new information emerges and research questions change.
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