Please view the email invitation to participate in the study here. (needs to be updated) Please view the draft list of interview questions here. (needs to be updated) Purpose: The purpose of the survey is to assess data production in the field of ecology. Specifically the survey will estimate the Continue reading DataONE Ecology Data Production Study
Potential questions: Objective 1: Researcher information What year did you earn your PhD? What professional level do you currently hold (professor, associate professor, researcher, emeritus, post doctoral scholar) What organization are you currently employed with (academic institution, organization) Objective 2: Project details Has the project in which you were the Continue reading Potential Interview Questions
NSF DEB Awards Relevant Program Lists 1 ECOSYSTEM STUDIES 2 ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CLUSTER 3 EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY 4 EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES CLUSTER 5 EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS 6 POPULATION DYNAMICS 7 POP & COMMUNITY ECOL PROG 8 POP & COMMUNITY ECOL CLUSTER 9 PHYLOGENETIC SYSTEMATICS 10 Systematics & Biodiversity Sci 11 BIODIVERSITY: DISCOV & Continue reading NSF Programs search
ESA Sections (where potentially relevant): Applied Ecology, Agroecology, Aquatic Ecology, Biogeosciences, Long-Term Studies, Microbial Ecology, Natural History, Paleoecology, Physiological Ecology, Plant Population Ecology, Rangeland Ecology, Soil Ecology, Statistical Ecology, Theoretical Ecology, Urban Ecosystem Ecology, Vegetation Section Ecology Departments at universities: The field and area of research an individual ecologists describes Continue reading Ideas for Dividing up the field
Motivation for this project: There is a huge amount of data that exist and more is being produced every day. The number of journal articles and scientists are growing (Mabe and Amin, 2001) due to technology and it will be increasingly difficult to manage of all the data produced (Carlson, Continue reading Developing methodology and scope
Definition of data and data types In the Berkeley study, data was defined as the amount of original information being produced in the US and the world in one year (Lyman and Varian, 2000). In the IDC study, digital information was measured in terms of the market of the global Continue reading Lit review continued how it relates to our Ecological question
Ecological data is essential for scientists to be able to understand the complexities of nature and for decision makers to make informed decisions about protecting and utilizing our natural resources. However no one knows how much ecological data is out there being produced or will be produced in the near Continue reading Brief Literature Review
In light of these studies, what are the issues related to gathering ecological data? Defining Data versus Information: Do we focus on how much raw data is produced or how much information we are getting out of the data(analyzed and published)? Is data raw data considered meaningless until it is Continue reading Questions for assessing Ecological data
Definitions of data: 1. Data can be the lowest level of abstraction. Data on its own carries no meaning but for data to become information, it must be interpreted (Wikipedia). 2. Data sets: Collection of data in tabular form. Ecologists’ basic measurements. 3. Data Products: Eg. NEON names 5 data Continue reading Start of Data research