Adaptive monitoring: a new paradigm for long-term research and monitoring
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- DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2009.03.005
Adaptive monitoring: a new paradigm for long-term research and monitoring
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.
Comment in
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Planning forwards: biodiversity research and monitoring systems for better management.Trends Ecol Evol. 2010 Apr;25(4):199-200; author reply 200-1. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2009.11.005. Epub 2009 Dec 11. Trends Ecol Evol. 2010. PMID: 20004494 No abstract available.
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