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Articles Tackling Biocomplexity: The Role of People, Tools, and Scale KATHRYN L. COTTINGHAM uman activities triggered by explosive population THIS ARTICLE USES CASE STUDIES FROM Hgrowth, such as use of commercial fertilizers and fossil fuels, are rapidly altering Earth’s environment (e.g., Likens AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS TO DEMONSTRATE 1992, Pauly and Christensen 1995, Vitousek et al. 1997). Many ecologists seek to understand, predict, and manage THAT A KEY COMPONENT OF A SUCCESS- ecological responses to anthropogenic change. However, the highly complex behaviors of Earth’s biological systems make FUL BIOCOMPLEXITY RESEARCH PROJECT achieving these goals difficult (Holling 1999), especially us- IS THE CAREFUL CHOICE OF PEOPLE, ing conventional approaches to science. Consequently, we need to develop new research approaches to successfully TOOLS, AND SCALE TO ANSWER THE tackle the scientific issues raised by human-induced envi- ronmental change. QUESTIONS UNDER INVESTIGATION The National Science Foundation (NSF) explicitly recog- nized the need for innovative research strategies in develop- ing the “Biocomplexity in the Environment” program, which Components of successful promotes creative, interdisciplinary approaches to under- biocomplexity research projects standing the complexity of biological systems (see Speakers for the 2001 AIBS annual meeting were encouraged www.geo.nsf.gov/ere/). Michener and colleagues (2001) define to suggest how the
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