促进有效和可持续的科学合作和知识交流:以研讨会为基础的方法建立国家生态观测站网络 (NEON) 领域特定的用户群
Alison Donnelly1, Ankur R Desai2, Katherine A Heckman3
1Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI, USA. donnela@uwm.edu.
International journal of biometeorology
|April 24, 2024
概括
大湖用户小组 (GLUG) 研讨会成功召集了研究人员,使用国家生态观测网络 (NEON) 数据来解决生态挑战. 这个倡议促进了合作,并产生了切实的成果,包括研究论文和资助建议.
科学领域:
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 数据科学数据科学数据科学
背景情况:
- 建立研究网络对于应对复杂的生态挑战至关重要.
- 特定的生态区域提供了理想的环境,以聚集各种专业知识,专注于共同的环境问题.
- 国家生态观测网络 (NEON) 支持特定领域的研究合作.
研究的目的:
- 报道大湖用户小组 (GLUG) 的启动研讨会,这是NEON的第一个特定领域的研究团队.
- 在大湖域5 (D05) 中,促进和加强用户对 NEON 数据的参与.
- 用NEON数据解决与大湖生态系统相关的科学和技术问题.
主要方法:
- 组织了一个为期2.5天的研讨会,包括闪电演讲,主题演讲和突破性会议.
- 方便实地考察,以加强理解和合作.
- 在不同研究人员中采用积极参与和包容性协作策略.
主要成果:
- 研讨会成功培养了协作环境,超过了用户参与度的预期.
- 有形的成果包括两个额外的期刊文章的计划,两个资金建议,一个可分配资产请求,以及课堂活动的发展.
- 该活动加强了现有的合作,并启动了新的合作,促进了NEON数据集的使用.
结论:
- 研讨会框架在加强合作和促进NEON数据利用方面被证明是有效的.
- 特定领域的用户群对于弥合站点级数据收集和区域生态挑战之间的差距至关重要.
- GLUG研讨会的成功为组织类似的研究小组提供了一个模型,以推进生态系统科学.
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