RCN: Biodiversity Mechanisms of Ecosystem Regulation in the Global Environment (BioMERGE)

生物多样性是生态系统的一种复杂和快速变化的特征，目前正在由两个不同的科学家群体进行深入研究：研究其分布的科学家和研究其在生态过程中的作用的科学家。然而，理解生物多样性大范围变化的环境后果需要将这些群体聚集在一起。BioMERGE(全球环境中生态系统调节的生物机制)将是一个研究协调网络，将促进这两个小组的合并。它将发展电子网络，以协调参与的科学家之间分享和传播科学成果。它还将主办一系列研讨会，定期召集核心参与者，以解决新出现的理论和经验问题，开发分析工具，评估和建议科学方案，并确定生物多样性研究的未来优先事项。BioMERGE还将通过提供非技术共识论文、书目、词汇表和重要发现的摘要，为科学家和非科学家提供信息门户。

Biodiversity represents a complex and rapidly changing feature ofecosystems that is currently under intensive investigation by two distinctgroups of scientists; those that study its distribution and those thatstudy its function in ecological processes. Understanding theenvironmental consequences of widespread changes in biodiversity, however,requires bringing these groups together. BioMERGE (Biotic Mechanisms ofEcosystem Regulation in the Global Environment) will be aresearch-coordinating network that will foster the merger of these twogroups. It will develop electronic networks to coordinate the sharing anddissemination of scientific findings among participating scientists. Itwill also sponsor a series of workshops that will periodically assemblecore participants to resolve emerging theoretical and empirical issues,develop analytical tools, evaluate and recommend scientific protocol, andidentify future priorities in biodiversity research. BioMERGE will alsoserve as an information gateway for both scientists and non-scientistsalike by providing non-technical consensus papers, bibliographies,glossaries, and summaries of important findings.