The handbook for standardized field and laboratory measurements in terrestrial climate change experiments and observational studies (ClimEx)

Halbritter, Aud H. and De Boeck, Hans J. and Eycott, Amy E. and Reinsch, Sabine and Robinson, David A. and Vicca, Sara and Berauer, Bernd and Christiansen, Casper T. and Estiarte, Marc and Grunzweig, Jose M. and Gya, Ragnhild and Hansen, Karin and Jentsch, Anke and Lee, Hanna and Linder, Sune and Marshall, John and Penuelas, Josep and Schmidt, Inger Kappel and Stuart-Haentjens, Ellen and Wilfahrt, Peter and Vandvik, Vigdis and Abrantes, Nelson and Almagro, Maria and Althuizen, Inge H. J. and Barrio, Isabel C. and te Beest, Mariska and Beier, Claus and Beil, Ilka and Berry, Z. Carter and Birkemoe, Tone and Bjerke, Jarle W. and Blonder, Benjamin and Blume-Werry, Gesche and Bohrer, Gil and Campos, Isabel and Cernusak, Lucas A. and Chojnicki, Bogdan H. and Cosby, Bernhard J. and Dickman, Lee T. and Djukic, Ika and Filella, Iolanda and Fuchslueger, Lucia and Gargallo-Garriga, Albert and Gillespie, Mark A. K. and Goldsmith, Gregory R. and Gough, Christopher and Halliday, Fletcher W. and Hegland, Stein Joar and Hoch, Guenter and Holub, Petr and Jaroszynska, Francesca and Johnson, Daniel M. and Jones, Scott B. and Kardol, Paul and Keizer, Jan J. and Klem, Karel and Konestabo, Heidi S. and Kreyling, Juergen and Kroel-Dulay, Gyorgy and Landhausser, Simon M. and Larsen, Klaus S. and Leblans, Niki and Lebron, Inma and Lehmann, Marco M. and Lembrechts, Jonas J. and Lenz, Armando and Linstaedter, Anja and Llusia, Joan and Macias-Fauria, Marc and Malyshev, Andrey and Mand, Pille and Marshall, Miles and Matheny, Ashley M. and McDowell, Nate and Meier, Ina C. and Meinzer, Frederick C. and Michaletz, Sean T. and Miller, Megan L. and Muffler, Lena and Oravec, Michal and Ostonen, Ivika and Porcar-Castell, Albert and Preece, Catherine and Prentice, Iain C. and Radujkovic, Dajana and Ravolainen, Virve and Ribbons, Relena and Ruppert, Jan C. and Sack, Lawren and Sardans, Jordi and Schindlbacher, Andreas and Scoffoni, Christine and Sigurdsson, Bjarni D. and Smart, Simon and Smith, Stuart W. and Soper, Fiona and Speed, James D. M. and Sverdrup-Thygeson, Anne and Sydenham, Markus A. K. and Taghizadeh-Toosi, Arezoo and Telford, Richard J. and Tielboerger, Katja and Topper, Joachim P. and Urban, Otmar and van der Ploeg, Martine and Van Langenhove, Leandro and Vecerova, Kristyna and Ven, Arne and Verbruggen, Erik and Vik, Unni and Weigel, Robert and Wohlgemuth, Thomas and Wood, Lauren K. and Zinnert, Julie and Zurba, Kamal and ClimMani Working Grp, . (2020) The handbook for standardized field and laboratory measurements in terrestrial climate change experiments and observational studies (ClimEx). METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 11 (1). pp. 22-37.

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Abstract

Climate change is a world-wide threat to biodiversity and ecosystem structure, functioning and services. To understand the underlying drivers and mechanisms, and to predict the consequences for nature and people, we urgently need better understanding of the direction and magnitude of climate change impacts across the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum. An increasing number of climate change studies are creating new opportunities for meaningful and high-quality generalizations and improved process understanding. However, significant challenges exist related to data availability and/or compatibility across studies, compromising opportunities for data re-use, synthesis and upscaling. Many of these challenges relate to a lack of an established 'best practice' for measuring key impacts and responses. This restrains our current understanding of complex processes and mechanisms in terrestrial ecosystems related to climate change. To overcome these challenges, we collected best-practice methods emerging from major ecological research networks and experiments, as synthesized by 115 experts from across a wide range of scientific disciplines. Our handbook contains guidance on the selection of response variables for different purposes, protocols for standardized measurements of 66 such response variables and advice on data management. Specifically, we recommend a minimum subset of variables that should be collected in all climate change studies to allow data re-use and synthesis, and give guidance on additional variables critical for different types of synthesis and upscaling. The goal of this community effort is to facilitate awareness of the importance and broader application of standardized methods to promote data re-use, availability, compatibility and transparency. We envision improved research practices that will increase returns on investments in individual research projects, facilitate second-order research outputs and create opportunities for collaboration across scientific communities. Ultimately, this should significantly improve the quality and impact of the science, which is required to fulfil society's needs in a changing world.

Faculties and Departments:	05 Faculty of Science > Departement Umweltwissenschaften > Integrative Biologie > Physiological Plant Ecology (Kahmen)
UniBasel Contributors:	Hoch, Günter
Item Type:	Article, refereed
Article Subtype:	Research Article
Publisher:	WILEY
ISSN:	2041-210X
Note:	Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
Identification Number:	doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.13331 isi: 000507519800003
Last Modified:	24 Jan 2022 12:50
Deposited On:	24 Jan 2022 12:50

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