Rethinking experiments that explore multiple global change factors

Xiaoqi Zhou; Xinyun Gu; Simeon J Smaill

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2023.01.009

Rethinking experiments that explore multiple global change factors

Trends Ecol Evol. 2023 May;38(5):399-401. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2023.01.009. Epub 2023 Feb 9.

Authors

Xiaoqi Zhou¹, Xinyun Gu², Simeon J Smaill³

Affiliations

¹ Zhejiang Tiantong Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Shanghai Key Lab for Urban Ecological Processes and Eco-restoration, Institute of Eco-Chongming, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China. Electronic address: xqzhou@des.ecnu.edu.cn.
² Zhejiang Tiantong Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Shanghai Key Lab for Urban Ecological Processes and Eco-restoration, Institute of Eco-Chongming, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China.
³ Scion, PO Box 29237, Riccarton, Christchurch 8440, New Zealand. Electronic address: Simeon.Smaill@scionresearch.com.

PMID: 36774260
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2023.01.009

Abstract

Our current capacity to predict the responses of ecosystem functions under global change factors is limited. We propose new and more efficient approaches to experimental design and modeling that utilize interactions between ecosystem functions to improve our understanding of their sensitivity to global change factors.

Keywords: ecosystem functions; experimental design; global change; modeling; multiple factors.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Climate Change*
Ecosystem*