Management-Scale Ecosystem Research, Findings and Recommendations

摘要

This report summarizes the results of a workshop sponsored by the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP), Department of Defense, which consisted of 18 active participants and more than 20 advisors and observers. Much of this report is the result of discussions held by these people during a workshop called The Management-Scale Ecosystem Research Workshop held June 2 through 5, 1997. This report builds on a background white paper prepared with coauthors R. Neil Sampson and Patrick Megonigal. The working hypothesis of the workshop was: (1) it is possible to do exosystem scale research on military lands while operations are ongoing; (2) that this research would be supportive of specific military missions and to overall military mission readiness; (3) that this research would advance ecosystem science in general and therefore be of interest to the ecological scientific community; and (4) this research would improve the management of the ecosystems on DoD lands and waters, including conservation of biological resources, compliance with environmental laws and regulations, and restoration of disturbed areas.