The need for sound ecological science has escalated alongside the rise of the information
age and “big data” across all sectors of society. Big data generally refer to massive volumes …

Ecology has joined a world of big data. Two complementary frameworks define big data:
data that exceed the analytical capacities of individuals or disciplines or the “Four Vs” axes …

Ecologists are increasingly confronted by questions that, in one way or another, involve
analysis or pre-diction across vast geographic areas or time periods. There is little doubt that …

Ecosystem scientists will increasingly be called on to inform forecasts and define uncertainty
about how changing planet conditions affect human well-being. We should be prepared to …

Most efforts to harness the power of big data for ecology and environmental sciences focus
on data and metadata sharing, standardization, and accuracy. However, many scientists …

Recent years have seen an exponential increase in the amount of data available in all
sciences and application domains. Macroecology is part of this “Big Data” trend, with a …

Ecological science has contributed greatly to our understanding of the natural world and the
impact of humans on that world. Now, we need to refocus the discipline towards research …

Ecology is evolving rapidly and increasingly changing into a more open, accountable,
interdisciplinary, collaborative and data-intensive science. Discovering, integrating and …

Ecology is well into its second century as an organized scientific discipline, rich with
observations, experiments, and a general understanding of how the natural world works …

Big Data science has significantly furthered our understanding of complex systems by
harnessing large volumes of data, generated at high velocity and in great variety. However …