Macroecology meets IPBES
<p>The Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), established in 2012 to counter the biodiversity crisis, requires the best scientific input available to function as a successful science-policy interface that addresses the knowledge needs of governments for saf...
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| author | Christian Hof D. Matthias Dehling Aletta Bonn Neil D. Burgess Felix Eigenbrod Michael B. J. Harfoot Thomas Hickler Walter Jetz Elisabeth Marquard Henrique M. Pereira Katrin Böhning-Gaese |
| author_facet | Christian Hof D. Matthias Dehling Aletta Bonn Neil D. Burgess Felix Eigenbrod Michael B. J. Harfoot Thomas Hickler Walter Jetz Elisabeth Marquard Henrique M. Pereira Katrin Böhning-Gaese |
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| description | <p>The Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), established in 2012 to counter the biodiversity crisis, requires the best scientific input available to function as a successful science-policy interface that addresses the knowledge needs of governments for safeguarding nature and its services. For the macroecological research community, IPBES presents a great opportunity to contribute knowledge, data and methods, and to help identify and address knowledge gaps and methodological impediments. Here, we outline our perspectives on how macroecology may contribute to IPBES. We focus on three essential topics for the IPBES process, where contributions by macroecologists will be invaluable: biodiversity data, biodiversity modelling, and modelling of ecosystem services. For each topic, we discuss the potential for contributions from the macroecological community, as well as limitations, challenges, and knowledge gaps. Overall, engagement of the macroecological community with IPBES should lead to mutual benefits. Macroecologists may profit as their contributions to IPBES may strengthen and inspire them as a community to design and conduct research that provides society-relevant results. Furthermore, macroecological contributions will help IPBES become a successful instrument of knowledge exchange and uncover the linkages between biodiversity and human well-being.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj-art-72de9ba2d30c41f2a2bca3c0df92768b2025-08-20T01:56:13ZengPensoft PublishersFrontiers of Biogeography1948-65962016-01-0174ark:13030/qt93k7n8w2Macroecology meets IPBESChristian Hof0D. Matthias Dehling1Aletta Bonn2Neil D. Burgess3Felix Eigenbrod4Michael B. J. Harfoot5Thomas Hickler6Walter Jetz7Elisabeth Marquard8Henrique M. Pereira9Katrin Böhning-Gaese10Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research CentreSenckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research CentreDepartment of Ecosystem Services, UFZ – Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany. Institute of Ecology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Dornburger-Str. 159, 07743 Jena, Germany. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.UNEP-WCMC, 219 Huntington Road, Cambridge, CB3 0DL, UK. Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark.Centre for Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK.UNEP-WCMC, 219 Huntington Road, Cambridge, CB3 0DL, UK.Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, 60325 Frankfurt (Main), Germany. Department of Geosciences and Geography, Goethe University, 60438 Frankfurt (Main), Germany.Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, 165 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.Department of Conservation Biology, UFZ – Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany.German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. Institute of Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Am Kirchtor 1, 06108 Halle (Saale), Germany. Infraestruturas de Portugal Biodiversity Chair, CiBiO/InBIO, Universidade do Porto, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal.Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, 60325 Frankfurt (Main), Germany. Department of Biological Sciences, Goethe University, 60438 Frankfurt (Main), Germany<p>The Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), established in 2012 to counter the biodiversity crisis, requires the best scientific input available to function as a successful science-policy interface that addresses the knowledge needs of governments for safeguarding nature and its services. For the macroecological research community, IPBES presents a great opportunity to contribute knowledge, data and methods, and to help identify and address knowledge gaps and methodological impediments. Here, we outline our perspectives on how macroecology may contribute to IPBES. We focus on three essential topics for the IPBES process, where contributions by macroecologists will be invaluable: biodiversity data, biodiversity modelling, and modelling of ecosystem services. For each topic, we discuss the potential for contributions from the macroecological community, as well as limitations, challenges, and knowledge gaps. Overall, engagement of the macroecological community with IPBES should lead to mutual benefits. Macroecologists may profit as their contributions to IPBES may strengthen and inspire them as a community to design and conduct research that provides society-relevant results. Furthermore, macroecological contributions will help IPBES become a successful instrument of knowledge exchange and uncover the linkages between biodiversity and human well-being.</p>http://escholarship.org/uc/item/93k7n8w2biodiversitybiodiversity dataecosystem servicesmodellingscenariosscience-policy interface |
| spellingShingle | Christian Hof D. Matthias Dehling Aletta Bonn Neil D. Burgess Felix Eigenbrod Michael B. J. Harfoot Thomas Hickler Walter Jetz Elisabeth Marquard Henrique M. Pereira Katrin Böhning-Gaese Macroecology meets IPBES Frontiers of Biogeography biodiversity biodiversity data ecosystem services modelling scenarios science-policy interface |
| title | Macroecology meets IPBES |
| title_full | Macroecology meets IPBES |
| title_fullStr | Macroecology meets IPBES |
| title_full_unstemmed | Macroecology meets IPBES |
| title_short | Macroecology meets IPBES |
| title_sort | macroecology meets ipbes |
| topic | biodiversity biodiversity data ecosystem services modelling scenarios science-policy interface |
| url | http://escholarship.org/uc/item/93k7n8w2 |
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