[LTER-BioProd] Agenda paper: new draft, and request to present

Tue Jul 9 07:39:43 PDT 2019

Hi Mary and all,
This paper is exciting, and I really enjoyed reading it! I'm attaching my
line comments (also with some suggested references as requested) in the pdf
on top of Michel's comments. I am also attaching my higher-level comments
in this word document. For the venue of the paper, what about Nature
Sustainability as a Perspective? My sense is that it might hit the audience
we want more than Current Opinions.

I agree that we need more concrete examples in the text. Along those lines,
I'm also attaching a paper in press led by Hui Xiao in which we develop a
modeling framework to quantify the value of information about feedbacks
from ecosystem function-biodiversity-and services for managing ecosystems
for multiple conservation objectives (BD and ES). The intro of the paper
and the case study application provide some potentially useful examples of
such feedbacks (and the extent to which they have been considered in
management) that could be helpful for us to cite and flesh out more
examples in our paper. Hui's paper should be out soon.

Happy to follow up on any of this and help with more specific revisions to
the extent it's helpful.

Best,
Laura

On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 1:19 PM Jane Cowles <jcowles at umn.edu> wrote:

> Hi Mary et al.,
>
> This paper looks great. It frames the problem well and in a way that
> doesn’t seem to put down past work but still points out the need for growth
> in these directions. There is nothing major in the attached doc, but some
> smaller ideas that may be worth considering!
>
> Thanks for all the work you’ve put into this. It is a well written and
> very useful paper! Let me know how I can help going forward!
>
> Jane
>
> On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 4:53 PM Yann Hautier <yannhautier at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Mary,
>>
>>
>>
>> Looking great. I do not have big/conceptual issues. My feeling is that
>> some of the text before the outline of the 7 scientific challenges could be
>> shortened without losing the main message. In other words, we could keep
>> the introduction shorter and more straight to the point and present the
>> challenges earlier. I have a few additional comments attached.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Yann
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Bioprod <bioprod-bounces at lists.lternet.edu> *On Behalf Of *Mary
>> O'Connor
>> *Sent:* vrijdag 28 juni 2019 16:01
>> *To:* bioprod at lternet.edu
>> *Subject:* [LTER-BioProd] Agenda paper: new draft, and request to present
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello everyone!
>>
>>
>>
>> I hope you are well, and off to a great summer. I’m checking with an
>> update of (hopefully) progress on the Agenda paper (attached). This
>> progress is motivated by me giving a talk at a Biodiversity/Climate Change
>> meeting in Switzerland this coming Thursday. Some of us will be there
>> (Michel, Forest, Jane, Andy H…) and the Agenda paper leaders felt this
>> would be a good time to present this to that audience. Many of the
>> attendees will include people actively involved in the recent IPBES
>> reports.
>>
>>
>>
>> So, two action items for you:
>>
>>
>>
>> 1. OPTIONAL: FOR THE TALK NEXT THURSDAY JULY 4: If you have time and
>> would like to comment on this before I present the highlights next
>> Thursday, please do! I apologize for the short notice on this, and I also
>> apologize for sending it on a Friday. If you have any major reservations
>> with me presenting any part of this, let me know. I would like to
>> acknowledge everyone in this group as a co-author on this part of my talk,
>> and if you would prefer that I not do that (or not include your name at
>> this stage) let me know. *Ideally, before Tuesday July 2nd*. *If I don’t
>> hear from you I’ll assume it’s ok to present this with you included as a
>> contributor.*
>>
>>
>>
>> 2. FOR THE MANUSCRIPT: Please read and comment on this version of the
>> manuscript. I’d like to know how close this could be to submittable. I
>> expect another round to the group for ‘final’ feedback after this round,
>> but let me know if I’m off base. I’ve attached a PDF here so you can:
>>
>> - read and provide general comments on big/conceptual issues at this
>> stage.
>>
>> - If you would like to work on text or figures, I would welcome the help
>> and please let me know, I will send a word doc and we can discuss.
>>
>> - please help me with references and examples! You all know some part of
>> the literature better than I do! Highlighted refs are ones that I don’t
>> have but were suggested, so please fill those in too.
>>
>> - I still (as always) need major help with figures so if you are
>> inspired, please help here!
>>
>>
>>
>> *Deadline for comments on this draft: July 12th*. This is very
>> negotiable. After that I will revise and send back out, at that would be a
>> time for finessing wording, etc (we don’t all have to do this, but a few
>> helpers here would be great).
>>
>>
>>
>> Still need to make a final call on where to submit. We’re just over 3000
>> words now and this seems like a good length to me, but I welcome in put on
>> that too.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>>
>>
>> Mary
>>
>>
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> University of Minnesota
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