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Ecosystems

• Jörn P. W. Scharlemann2,
• Mike Harfoot3,
• Tim Newbold4,
• Derek P. Tittensor5,
• Jon Hutton6 &
• …
• Stephen Emmott7

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To help transform our understanding of the biosphere, ecologists — like climate scientists — should simulate whole ecosystems, argue Drew Purves and colleagues.

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1. Drew Purves is head of the Computational Ecology and Environmental Science Group at Microsoft Research in Cambridge, UK.,
   Drew Purves
2. Jörn P.W. Scharlemann is at the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and the University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.,
   Jörn P. W. Scharlemann
3. Mike Harfoot is at UNEP-WCMC and Microsoft Research.,
   Mike Harfoot
4. Tim Newbold is at UNEP-WCMC and Microsoft Research.,
   Tim Newbold
5. Derek P. Tittensor is at UNEP-WCMC, Microsoft Research and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.,
   Derek P. Tittensor
6. Jon Hutton is at UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, UK.,
   Jon Hutton
7. Stephen Emmott is at Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK.,
   Stephen Emmott

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1. Drew Purves
2. Jörn P. W. Scharlemann
3. Mike Harfoot
4. Tim Newbold
5. Derek P. Tittensor
6. Jon Hutton
7. Stephen Emmott

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Correspondence toDrew Purves.

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Purves, D., Scharlemann, J., Harfoot, M. et al. Time to model all life on Earth.Nature 493, 295–297 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/493295a

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