title: ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT: Ecologists Hope to Avoid the Mistakes of Previous Assessment.
abstract: For ecologists, an attempt to assess the world's ecosystems (see main text) has a familiar ring to it. A few years ago, many of the same scientists poured their energy into the Global Biodiversity Assessment. But that exercise sank without a trace after participants failed to find a receptive audience.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kaiser