Process-based hydrological models have a long history dating back to the 1960s. Criticized
by some as over-parameterized, overly complex, and difficult to use, a more nuanced view is …

Anthropogenic drivers of global change include rising atmospheric concentrations of carbon
dioxide and other greenhouse gasses and resulting changes in the climate, as well as …

AmeriFlux scientists were early adopters of a network-enabled approach to ecosystem
science that continues to transform the study of land-atmosphere interactions. In the 20 …

When scientists from two or more disciplines work together on related problems, they often
face what we call 'science friction'. As science becomes more data-driven, collaborative, and …

Abstract This article presents Information Infrastructure Studies, a research area that takes
up some core issues in digital information and organization research. Infrastructure Studies …

Recognition of the importance of land-use history and its legacies in most ecological
systems has been a major factor driving the recent focus on human activity as a legitimate …

Standardization is one of the defining aspects of modern life, its presence so pervasive that it
is usually taken for granted. However cumbersome, onerous, or simply puzzling certain …

The state of ecosystems, biological communities and species are continuously changing as
a result of both natural processes and the activities of humans. In order to detect and …

Invasion science is a very active subdiscipline of ecology. However, some scientists contend
that theoretical integration has been limited and that predictive power remains weak. This …

At least one climate model predicts severe reductions of rainfall over Amazonia during this
century. Long‐term throughfall exclusion (TFE) experiments represent the best available …