Mountain Invasion Research Network (MIREN)

The aim of MIREN is to understand the effects of global change on species’ distributions and biodiversity in mountainous areas. MIREN got founded in 2005 with a focus on the global monitoring of non-native plant invasions in mountains. Now, that initial focus has expanded to the study of species redistribution under different drivers of global change, including biological invasions, climate change, and land-use change. We perform observational and experimental studies along elevation gradients to evaluate and quantify the processes and mechanisms that are shaping mountain plant communities at regional to global scales

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Source https://www.mountaininvasions.org/research
Last Updated April 12, 2022, 02:04 (UTC)
Created April 5, 2022, 07:53 (UTC)
Country International
Data Management Others
Data Policy Others
Data Sharing Principle "Requests for MIREN road survey data - Paper proposals (a) The global MIREN road survey dataset might be used by data contributors as well as non-data contributors (third parties). In both cases, a paper proposal needs to be sent to the MIREN co-chairs (miren.chairs@gmail.com; see also www.mountaininvasions.org/?page_id=6). (b) The paper proposal needs to contain the following (the standardized template created by MIREN must be used):  Preliminary title  Brief outline with aims and methods of the study (approx. 0.5 pages)  A list of authors that will be working with the data, especially those people coming from outside MIREN  Define a rough timeline  Specification of required data (which regions, plots, species, years)  Explicit statement that the applicant agrees with this data-sharing agreement (c) The MIREN Steering Committee will decide within a month, if the paper proposal is approved, based on the following criteria:  There is a reasonable link between the aims, expected outputs and data requested.  There is no conflict with ongoing publication projects using the MIREN database.  This data-sharing agreement is respected. (d) The titles of approved paper proposals, together with the names of their applicants, might be published on the MIREN website and in the MIREN newsletter. (e) If the paper applicant is a data contributor, the data managers will prepare the dataset needed for the planned analyses and in parallel the regions whose data will be used will be informed about the planned paper by the MIREN Steering Committee. (f) If the paper applicant is not a data contributor, the MIREN Steering Committee will ask all regions whose data were requested, if they are willing to share their data for the specific proposal (opt-out option). Given their agreement (or denial), the data managers will finalize the data set needed for the planned analyses. (g) After the approval of a paper proposal, the lead author needs to give a short progress report after 6 months. If after 1 year no evidence of progress is given, the applicant needs to ask for proposal renewal, otherwise the proposal is no longer approved, the right to use the data has expired and the topic is open for others."
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FIAR No
Host Institute Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA
Opening Degree Restricted Open
Organizer Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA
Region Global
Source of Data Policy Own
Theme Ecology