Futurecasting ecological research: the rise of technoecology
Futurecasting ecological research: the rise of technoecology
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DOI：
10.1002/ecs2.2163
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发表时间：
2018-05-01
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2.7
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Ritchie, Euan G.
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作者：
Allan, Blake M.;Nimmo, Dale G.;Ritchie, Euan G.
日益复杂的研究问题和全球性挑战(如气候变化和生物多样性丧失)正在推动生态学技术的快速发展、完善和使用。这一趋势正在催生一个独特的分支学科，在这里被称为技术生态学。我们重点介绍了最近在研究物种和环境方面具有开创性和变革性的技术进展：生物电池、低功率和远程遥测、物联网、群体理论、3D打印、绘制分子运动图和低功率计算机。这些技术有可能通过提供下一代生态数据，特别是当它们相互结合时，为生态学带来革命性的变化，这样做可以应用于满足各种要求(例如，虫害和野生动物管理、为环境政策和决策提供信息)。对技术生态学的进步和生态学家和环境管理者的接受速度至关重要的是，将促进更多的跨学科合作。理想情况下，这种伙伴关系将跨越创意的构思、实施和增强阶段，将大学、公共和私营部门联系起来。
Increasingly complex research questions and global challenges (e.g., climate change and biodiversity loss) are driving rapid development, refinement, and uses of technology in ecology. This trend is spawning a distinct sub-discipline, here termed technoecology. We highlight recent ground-breaking and transformative technological advances for studying species and environments: bio-batteries, low-power and long-range telemetry, the Internet of things, swarm theory, 3D printing, mapping molecular movement, and low-power computers. These technologies have the potential to revolutionize ecology by providing next-generation ecological data, particularly when integrated with each other, and in doing so could be applied to address a diverse range of requirements (e.g., pest and wildlife management, informing environmental policy and decision making). Critical to technoecology's rate of advancement and uptake by ecologists and environmental managers will be fostering increased interdisciplinary collaboration. Ideally, such partnerships will span the conception, implementation, and enhancement phases of ideas, bridging the university, public, and private sectors.