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New scientific field looks at the big picture


February 3, 2014

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Big data is changing the field of ecology. The shift is dramatic enough to warrant the creation of an entirely new field: Macrosystems ecology. "Ecologists can no longer sample and study just one or even a handful of ecosystems," said Patricia Soranno, a Michigan State University professor of fisheries and wildlife and macrosystems ecology pioneer.Full Story

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