Protecting the Bunce Legacy: Lessons Learned From Safeguarding Long-term Ecological Survey Datasets in Great Britain.

IF 2.7 3区 环境科学与生态学 Q3 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Claire M Wood, Marc J Metzger, Robert G H Bunce
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Rescued data helps to strengthen ecological understanding of biodiversity change. This paper presents experience from safeguarding long-term strategic ecological surveys established by the late Professor Robert Bunce and colleagues in the 1970s: the Great Britain Countryside Surveys, and various related and complementary surveys in the period 1969 to the mid-1990s, including woodland surveys, and regional surveys for Cumbria and Shetland. These surveys are valuable data sources - especially considering national and global ecological restoration targets to address the biodiversity crisis - providing evidence to explore and understand ecological changes in the British countryside over time. For these kinds of data to be useful, usable and used, it is essential they are accessible and well managed, but many important ecological data sets are at risk of loss. A decade of work to protect the Bunce surveys has resulted in a structured five-step approach that can benefit other data rescue and safeguarding initiatives as well as scientists planning new ecological monitoring projects. The steps involve identifying available resources, processing datasets, assembling metadata, producing outputs and publishing. Valuable lessons learnt in the process include: (1) the growing appreciation and relevance of historic ecological data; (2) the importance of adequate resourcing and recognition of data rescue activity; (3) the value of engaging with the originators; (4) the need to identify and understand potential users and uses of the data. The Bunce legacy of strategic ecological surveys in the UK is now protected and the data available for repeat survey and further analysis.

保护邦斯遗产:从保护英国长期生态调查数据集中吸取的教训。
获救的数据有助于加强对生物多样性变化的生态学认识。本文介绍了由已故的Robert Bunce教授及其同事在20世纪70年代建立的长期战略生态调查的经验:英国农村调查,以及1969年至20世纪90年代中期的各种相关和补充调查,包括林地调查和坎布里亚郡和设得兰群岛的区域调查。这些调查是有价值的数据来源——特别是考虑到解决生物多样性危机的国家和全球生态恢复目标——为探索和理解英国农村随着时间的推移的生态变化提供了证据。要使这类数据有用、可用和被使用,就必须使它们易于获取并得到良好的管理,但许多重要的生态数据集面临丢失的风险。保护邦斯调查的十年工作已经形成了一个结构化的五步方法,可以使其他数据拯救和保护计划以及计划新的生态监测项目的科学家受益。这些步骤包括识别可用资源、处理数据集、组装元数据、产生输出和发布。在这一过程中获得的宝贵经验包括:(1)对历史生态数据的日益重视和相关性;(2)充分的资源和对数据救援活动的认可的重要性;(三)与发起人接触的价值;(4)识别和了解数据的潜在用户和用途的需要。英国邦斯战略生态调查的遗产现在受到保护,数据可用于重复调查和进一步分析。
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Environmental Management
Environmental Management 环境科学-环境科学
CiteScore
6.20
自引率
2.90%
发文量
178
审稿时长
12 months
期刊介绍: Environmental Management offers research and opinions on use and conservation of natural resources, protection of habitats and control of hazards, spanning the field of environmental management without regard to traditional disciplinary boundaries. The journal aims to improve communication, making ideas and results from any field available to practitioners from other backgrounds. Contributions are drawn from biology, botany, chemistry, climatology, ecology, ecological economics, environmental engineering, fisheries, environmental law, forest sciences, geosciences, information science, public affairs, public health, toxicology, zoology and more. As the principal user of nature, humanity is responsible for ensuring that its environmental impacts are benign rather than catastrophic. Environmental Management presents the work of academic researchers and professionals outside universities, including those in business, government, research establishments, and public interest groups, presenting a wide spectrum of viewpoints and approaches.
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