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TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
Volume 32, Issue 8, Pages 578-588Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2017.05.006
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Historical ecology provides information needed to understand contemporary conditions and make science-based resource management decisions. Gaps in historical records, however, can limit inquiries and inference. Unfortunately, the patchiness of data that poses challenges for today's historical ecologist may be similarly problematic for those in the future seeking to understand what are currently present-day conditions and trends, in part because of societal under-investment in systematic collection and curation. We therefore highlight the generational imperative that contemporary scientists and managers individually have - especially in this era of tremendous global change - to ensure sufficient documentation of the past and current conditions of the places and resources to which they have access.
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