What is socio-ecological research delivering? A literature survey across 25 international LTSER platforms
What is socio-ecological research delivering? A literature survey across 25 international LTSER platforms
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DOI：
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.324
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发表时间：
2018-05-01
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9.8
通讯作者：
Van Ryckegem, Gunther
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作者：
Dick, Jan;Orenstein, Daniel E.;Van Ryckegem, Gunther
长期社会生态研究平台 (LTSER) 的总体目标是应对全球和区域可持续发展挑战，旨在开展基于地方的研究，收集和综合环境和社会经济数据，并让更广泛的利益相关者参与制定研究议程。迄今为止，很少有研究检验 LTSER 平台的输出。在本研究中，我们询问国际长期生态研究（ILTER）网络的 25 个自选 LTSER 平台的社会生态研究是否已经产生了能够实现世纪之交设想的从生态研究到社会生态研究范式转变的目标和抱负的研究产品。我们总共评估了 4983 份公开出版物，其中 1112 份被认为与平台的社会生态目标相关。对每份出版物的一系列 22 个问题进行评分，评估回答在研究学科重点、人类健康和福祉、利益相关者参与程度以及其他相关变量方面的相关性。结果反映了各个平台的不同起源，并揭示了参与平台的焦点、时间段和产出数量的广泛差异，支持了长期监测平台的社会生态研究呈增长趋势的前提。我们的审查强调了实现自上而下的目标以协调国际网络活动和目标的挑战，以及自下而上、自我定义研究平台的必要性。这为提高 LTSER 研究的一致性提供了支持，同时保留了区域经验的多样性。 (C) 2017 年由 Elsevier B.V. 出版
With an overarching goal of addressing global and regional sustainability challenges, Long Term Socio-Ecological Research Platforms (LTSER) aim to conduct place-based research, to collect and synthesize both environmental and socio-economic data, and to involve a broader stakeholder pool to set the research agenda. To date there have been few studies examining the output from LTSER platforms. In this study we enquire if the socio-ecological research from 25 self-selected LTSER platforms of the International Long-Term Ecological Research (ILTER) network has produced research products which fulfil the aims and ambitions of the paradigm shift from ecological to socio-ecological research envisaged at the turn of the century. In total we assessed 4983 publically available publications, of which 1112 were deemed relevant to the socio-ecological objectives of the platform. A series of 22 questions were scored for each publication, assessing relevance of responses in terms of the disciplinary focus of research, consideration of human health and well-being, degree of stakeholder engagement, and other relevant variables. The results reflected the diverse origins of the individual platforms and revealed a wide range in foci, temporal periods and quantity of output from participating platforms, supporting the premise that there is a growing trend in socio-ecological research at long-term monitoring platforms. Our review highlights the challenges of realizing the top-down goal to harmonize international network activities and objectives and the need for bottom-up, self-definition for research platforms. This provides support for increasing the consistency of LTSER research while preserving the diversity of regional experiences. (C) 2017 Published by Elsevier B.V.