ecoinformatics
nounEtymology From eco- + informatics.
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Biology, Computing, Ecology, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences The use of computing and information science in ecology
- 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:
- Related terms
- bioinformatics, geoinformatics