ecoinformatics

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noun

The use of computing and information science in ecology

Scrabble 23

Meanings

nounecoinformatics (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiologyThe use of computing and information science in ecology
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    Although there are difficult challenges associated with building these integrated datasets, these same challenges provide substantial opportunities, especially for early-career ecologists, for interdisciplinary training in ecoinformatics and database management, and classical ecology; thus pushing the ecological boundary to answer important macrosystems ecology questions.

    2015 July 1, Patricia A. Soranno et al., “Building a multi-scaled geospatial temporal ecology database from disparate data sources: fostering open science and data reuse”, in GigaScience, volume 4, →DOI

Origin

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