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Time to model all life on Earth

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  • Drew Purves

    (Drew Purves is head of the Computational Ecology and Environmental Science Group at Microsoft Research in Cambridge, UK.)

  • Jörn P. W. Scharlemann

    (Jörn P.W. Scharlemann is at the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and the University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.)

  • Mike Harfoot

    (Mike Harfoot is at UNEP-WCMC and Microsoft Research.)

  • Tim Newbold

    (Tim Newbold is at UNEP-WCMC and Microsoft Research.)

  • Derek P. Tittensor

    (Derek P. Tittensor is at UNEP-WCMC, Microsoft Research and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.)

  • Jon Hutton

    (Jon Hutton is at UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, UK.)

  • Stephen Emmott

    (Stephen Emmott is at Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK.)

Abstract

To help transform our understanding of the biosphere, ecologists — like climate scientists — should simulate whole ecosystems, argue Drew Purves and colleagues.

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  • Drew Purves & Jörn P. W. Scharlemann & Mike Harfoot & Tim Newbold & Derek P. Tittensor & Jon Hutton & Stephen Emmott, 2013. "Time to model all life on Earth," Nature, Nature, vol. 493(7432), pages 295-297, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:493:y:2013:i:7432:d:10.1038_493295a
    DOI: 10.1038/493295a
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    1. Valeria Montalto & Brian Helmuth & Paolo M Ruti & Alessandro Dell’Aquila & Alessandro Rinaldi & Gianluca Sarà, 2016. "A mechanistic approach reveals non linear effects of climate warming on mussels throughout the Mediterranean sea," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 139(2), pages 293-306, November.
    2. Steenbeek, Jeroen & Coll, Marta & Gurney, Leigh & Mélin, Frédéric & Hoepffner, Nicolas & Buszowski, Joe & Christensen, Villy, 2013. "Bridging the gap between ecosystem modeling tools and geographic information systems: Driving a food web model with external spatial–temporal data," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 263(C), pages 139-151.

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