dc.contributor.author | Gray, C | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Baird, DJ | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Baumgartner, S | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Jacob, U | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Jenkins, GB | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | O'Gorman, EJ | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Lu, X | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Ma, A | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Pocock, MJO | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Schuwirth, N | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Thompson, M | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Woodward, G | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-29T13:45:59Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-06-03 | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 2014-10 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0021-8901 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | 10.1111/1365-2664.12300 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/11305 | |
dc.description.abstract | Monitoring anthropogenic impacts is essential for managing and conserving ecosystems, yet current biomonitoring approaches lack the tools required to deal with the effects of stressors on species and their interactions in complex natural systems.Ecological networks (trophic or mutualistic) can offer new insights into ecosystem degradation, adding value to current taxonomically constrained schemes. We highlight some examples to show how new network approaches can be used to interpret ecological responses.Synthesis and applications. Augmenting routine biomonitoring data with interaction data derived from the literature, complemented with ground-truthed data from direct observations where feasible, allows us to begin to characterise large numbers of ecological networks across environmental gradients. This process can be accelerated by adopting emerging technologies and novel analytical approaches, enabling biomonitoring to move beyond simple pass/fail schemes and to address the many ecological responses that can only be understood from a network-based perspective. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | The project was partly supported by the Grand Challenges in Ecosystems
and the Environment initiative at Imperial College London. CG, XL and
AM are supported by Queen Mary University of London, CG was additionally
supported by the Freshwater Biology Association and XL by the
Chinese Scholarship Council. EO is funded by the NERC grant NE/
I009280/1. U.J was funded by the “UFO”-project (a subproject of the joint
research project “AutoMAt”) supported by the Federal Ministry of Food,
Agriculture and Consumer Protection based on a decision of the Parliament
of the Federal Republic of Germany via the Federal Office for Agriculture
and Food under the innovation support program. DJB was
supported by the Canadian Natural Sciences and Engineering Research
Council Discovery Grant funds. MJOP was supported by the Natural Environment
Research Council. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 1444 - 1449 | en_US |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | J Appl Ecol | en_US |
dc.subject | anthropogenic stress | en_US |
dc.subject | climate change | en_US |
dc.subject | conservation | en_US |
dc.subject | food web | en_US |
dc.subject | global warming | en_US |
dc.subject | mutualism | en_US |
dc.subject | pollination | en_US |
dc.title | FORUM: Ecological networks: the missing links in biomonitoring science. | en_US |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.rights.holder | © 2014 The Authors. Journal of Applied Ecology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Ecological Society. | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/1365-2664.12300 | en_US |
pubs.author-url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25558087 | en_US |
pubs.issue | 5 | en_US |
pubs.notes | Not known | en_US |
pubs.publication-status | Published | en_US |
pubs.volume | 51 | en_US |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2014-06-03 | en_US |