Title :
How trees and forests inform biodiversity and ecosystem informatics
Author :
Cushing, Judith Bayard ; Bond, Barbara ; Dial, Roman ; Nadkarni, Nalini
Author_Institution :
Evergreen Coll., Olympia, WA, USA
Abstract :
To solve critical biosphere-level problems such as global warming, decreased biodiversity, and natural resource depletion, scientists must integrate data from many researchers. This, in turn, requires better data infrastructure and informatics tools than are currently available. The Canopy Database Project brings together computer scientists and ecologists to develop informatics tools for forest canopy research that meet such ecosystem informatics challenges.
Keywords :
biology computing; ecology; forestry; scientific information systems; Canopy Database Project; biodiversity informatics; biosphere-level problems; data infrastructure; data integration; decreased biodiversity; ecosystem informatics; forest canopy research; forests; global warming; informatics tools; natural resource depletion; trees; Biodiversity; Biosphere; Data analysis; Data warehouses; Database systems; Documentation; Ecosystems; Humans; Informatics; Prototypes;
Journal_Title :
Computing in Science & Engineering
DOI :
10.1109/MCISE.2003.1196305
