Ecology is a synthetic discipline benefiting from open access to data from the earth, life, and
social sciences. Technological challenges exist, however, due to the dispersed and …

Urban ecology and its theories are increasingly poised to contribute to urban sustainability,
through both basic understanding and action. We present a conceptual framework that …

We contend that too few information systems (IS) academics engage in impactful research
that offers solutions to global warming despite the fact that climate change is one of the most …

Climatic changes are altering Earth's hydrological cycle, resulting in altered precipitation
amounts, increased interannual variability of precipitation, and more frequent extreme …

The convergence of newly interactive Web-based technologies with growing practices of
user-generated content disseminated on the Internet is generating a remarkable new form of …

Reproducibility is a key tenet of the scientific process that dictates the reliability and
generality of results and methods. The complexities of ecological observations and data …

As knowledge production becomes more specialized, studying complex and multi-faceted
empirical realities becomes more difficult. This has created a growing need for cross …

Our knowledge of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) dynamics during stand development is not
only essential for evaluating the role of secondary forests in the global terrestrial C cycle, but …

“Landscape” refers both to a conceptual field that examines how humans affect geographic
space and to real places, and the word has both analytical and experiential implications …

The value of sharing scientific research data is widely appreciated, but factors that hinder or
prompt the reuse of data remain poorly understood. Using the Theory of Reasoned Action …