Ecosystem Science: The Continuing Evolution of Our Discipline

Abstract Ecosystem science is a young field that is still evolving rapidly. This chapter provides a few examples of how ecosystem science is changing and is likely to change in the future. The chapter briefly considers how ecosystem science may change in response to advances in technology, the need to understand and manage the effects of humans on ecosystems, changes in society, and conceptual advances in the way that scientists think about ecosystems.

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