Unanswered Questions
This note collects examples and approaches to highlighting unanswered or important questions in a discipline.
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In Article Form
Aronson, Myla F. J., Christopher A. Lepczyk, Karl L. Evans, M. A. Goddard, Susannah B. Lerman, J. Scott MacIvor, Charles H. Nilon, and Timothy Vargo. “Biodiversity in the City: Key Challenges for Urban Green Space Management.” Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 15, no. 4 (2017): 189–96. https://doi.org/10/f96prt.
Hölker, Franz, Janine Bolliger, Thomas W. Davies, Simone Giavi, Andreas Jechow, Gregor Kalinkat, Travis Longcore, et al. “11 Pressing Research Questions on How Light Pollution Affects Biodiversity.” Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9 (2021): 767177. https://doi.org/10/gp3dkq.
Kull, Kalevi, Claus Emmeche, and Donald Favareau. “Biosemiotic Questions.” Biosemiotics 1, no. 1 (2008): 41–55. https://doi.org/10/c836qr.
Lennox, Robert J., Craig P. Paukert, Kim Aarestrup, Marie Auger-Méthé, Lee Baumgartner, Kim Birnie-Gauvin, Kristin Bøe, et al. “One Hundred Pressing Questions on the Future of Global Fish Migration Science, Conservation, and Policy.” Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7 (2019). https://doi.org/10/ggdkx6.
Lepczyk, Christopher A., Myla F. J. Aronson, Karl L. Evans, Mark A. Goddard, Susannah B. Lerman, and J. Scott MacIvor. “Biodiversity in the City: Fundamental Questions for Understanding the Ecology of Urban Green Spaces for Biodiversity Conservation.” BioScience 67, no. 9 (2017): 799–807. https://doi.org/10/gbxbvq.
Mammola, Stefano, Isabel R. Amorim, Maria E. Bichuette, Paulo A. V. Borges, Naowarat Cheeptham, Steven J. B. Cooper, David C. Culver, et al. “Fundamental Research Questions in Subterranean Biology.” Biological Reviews 95, no. 6 (2020): 1855–72. https://doi.org/10/gkkv26.
McCormack, Jon, Oliver Bown, Alan Dorin, Jonathan McCabe, Gordon Monro, and Mitchell Whitelaw. “Ten Questions Concerning Generative Computer Art.” Leonardo 47, no. 2 (2014): 135–41. https://doi.org/10/gfvsrp.
Ockendon, Nancy, David H. L. Thomas, Jordi Cortina, William M. Adams, Toby Aykroyd, Boris Barov, Luigi Boitani, et al. “One Hundred Priority Questions for Landscape Restoration in Europe.” Biological Conservation 221 (2018): 198–208. https://doi.org/10/gdkq9n.
Schmidt, Jeremy, Peter Brown, and Christopher Orr. “Ethics in the Anthropocene: A Research Agenda.” The Anthropocene Review 3, no. 3 (2016): 188–200. https://doi.org/10/gfsp7p.
Sutherland, William J., Robert P. Freckleton, H. Charles J. Godfray, Steven R. Beissinger, Tim Benton, Duncan D. Cameron, Yohay Carmel, et al. “Identification of 100 Fundamental Ecological Questions.” Journal of Ecology 101, no. 1 (2013): 58–67. https://doi.org/10/f232cw.
In Book Form
Davies, Margaret. Asking the Law Question. 4th ed. 1994. Reprint, Sydney: Lawbook Co, 2017.
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