%0 Journal Article %1 Clark2001imperative %A Clark, James S. %A Carpenter, Steven R. %A Barber, Mary %A Collins, Scott %A Dobson, Andy %A Foley, Jonathan A. %A Lodge, David M. %A Pascual, Mercedes %A Pielke, Jr. %A Pizer, William %A Pringle, Cathy %A Reid, Walter V. %A Rose, Kenneth A. %A Sala, Osvaldo %A Schlesinger, William H. %A Wall, Diana H. %A Wear, David %D 2001 %J Science %K bioenergy_fauna decision-making ecosystem_change forecasting modelling policy predictive_knowledge %N 5530 %P 657--660 %T Ecological Forecasts: An Emerging Imperative %U http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/293/5530/657 %V 293 %X Planning and decision-making can be improved by access to reliable forecasts of ecosystem state, ecosystem services, and natural capital. Availability of new data sets, together with progress in computation and statistics, will increase our ability to forecast ecosystem change. An agenda that would lead toward a capacity to produce, evaluate, and communicate forecasts of critical ecosystem services requires a process that engages scientists and decision-makers. Interdisciplinary linkages are necessary because of the climate and societal controls on ecosystems, the feedbacks involving social change, and the decision-making relevance of forecasts. predictive knowledge as a guide to decision-making (pielke2003..) ecological forecasting

@article{Clark2001imperative, abstract = {Planning and decision-making can be improved by access to reliable forecasts of ecosystem state, ecosystem services, and natural capital. Availability of new data sets, together with progress in computation and statistics, will increase our ability to forecast ecosystem change. An agenda that would lead toward a capacity to produce, evaluate, and communicate forecasts of critical ecosystem services requires a process that engages scientists and decision-makers. Interdisciplinary linkages are necessary because of the climate and societal controls on ecosystems, the feedbacks involving social change, and the decision-making relevance of forecasts. predictive knowledge as a guide to decision-making (pielke2003..) ecological forecasting}, added-at = {2008-05-29T09:59:45.000+0200}, author = {Clark, James S. and Carpenter, Steven R. and Barber, Mary and Collins, Scott and Dobson, Andy and Foley, Jonathan A. and Lodge, David M. and Pascual, Mercedes and Pielke, Jr. and Pizer, William and Pringle, Cathy and Reid, Walter V. and Rose, Kenneth A. and Sala, Osvaldo and Schlesinger, William H. and Wall, Diana H. and Wear, David}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/226a7003a8cbea3d40c3dc56688d92e53/karinnadrowski}, comment = {10.1126/science.293.5530.657}, description = {Motivation to predict ecosystem change for coming into practice.}, file = {Clark2001imperative.pdf:Clark2001imperative.pdf:PDF}, interhash = {ed1d29721fa0ac4f507abc69ceba9a48}, intrahash = {26a7003a8cbea3d40c3dc56688d92e53}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {bioenergy_fauna decision-making ecosystem_change forecasting modelling policy predictive_knowledge}, month = {July}, number = 5530, owner = {kej}, pages = {657--660}, timestamp = {2008-08-06T16:50:20.000+0200}, title = {Ecological Forecasts: An Emerging Imperative}, url = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/293/5530/657}, volume = 293, year = 2001 }