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ArticleBiomimetics (Basel, Switzerland)2025

A Call for Bio-Inspired Technologies: Promises and Challenges for Ecosystem Service Replacement.

Kristina Wanieck, M Alex Smith, Elizabeth Porter, Jindong Zhang, Dave Dowhaniuk, Andria Jones, Dan Gillis, Mark Lipton, Marsha Hinds Myrie, Dawn Bazely and 13 more

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Article in Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

23 authors.

Kristina WanieckBiomimetics and Innovation, Deggendorf Institute of Technology, Faculty of Applied Informatics, Grafenauer Str. 22, 94078 Freyung, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2280-1971
M Alex SmithDepartment of Integrative Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8650-2575
Elizabeth PorterDepartment of Integrative Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-8805-4385
Jindong ZhangBiomimetics and Innovation, Deggendorf Institute of Technology, Faculty of Applied Informatics, Grafenauer Str. 22, 94078 Freyung, Germany.ORCID 0009-0002-5158-909X
Dave DowhaniukSchool of Theatre, English and Creative Writing, College of Arts, University of Guelph, 87 Trent Ln, Guelph, ON N1G 1Y4, Canada.ORCID 0009-0000-8588-9272
Andria JonesDepartment of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON N1H 2P9, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4933-3688
Dan GillisSchool of Computer Science, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-7646-259X
Mark LiptonSchool of Theatre, English and Creative Writing, College of Arts, University of Guelph, 87 Trent Ln, Guelph, ON N1G 1Y4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0379-2918
Marsha Hinds MyrieDepartment of Political Science, College of Social & Applied Human Sciences, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.
Dawn BazelyMacMillan Center for International & Area Studies, Yale University, Henry R. Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.
Marjan EggermontDepartment of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada.
Mindi SummersDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 507 Campus Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N 4V8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1703-4464
Christina SmylitopoulosSchool of Fine Art and Music, College of Arts, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON N1G 1V7, Canada.
Claudia I Rivera CárdenasInstituto de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y Cambio Climático, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Circuito Exterior s/n, C.U., Coyoacán, Mexico City 04510, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-8617-265X
Emily WolfBiomimetics and Innovation, Deggendorf Institute of Technology, Faculty of Applied Informatics, Grafenauer Str. 22, 94078 Freyung, Germany.
Peggy KarpouzouFaculty of Philology, School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Ilissia, 15784 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-2917-5926
Nikoleta ZampakiFaculty of Philology, School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Ilissia, 15784 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-3469-9318
Heather ClitheroeDepartment of English, Faculty of Arts, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada.
Adam DaviesDepartment of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, College of Social and Applied Human Sciences, University of Guelph, 88 McGilvray St, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-9169-4997
Anibal H CastilloDepartment of Integrative Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1537-0528
Michael HelmsSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 801 Ferst Dr NW, Atlanta, GA 30318, USA.
Karina BenessaiahDepartment of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, College of Social and Applied Human Sciences, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.
Shoshanah JacobsDepartment of Integrative Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2103-3739

Funding

SSHRC, Canada NFRFE-2022-00491
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ecosystem services are crucial for animals, plants, the planet, and human well-being. Decreasing biodiversity and environmental destruction of ecosystems will have severe consequences. Designing technologies that could support, enhance, or even replace ecosystem services is a complex task that the Manufactured Ecosystems Project team considers to be only achievable with transdisciplinarity, as it unlocks new directions for designing research and development systems. One of these directions in the project is bio-inspiration, learning from natural systems as the foundation for manufacturing ecosystem services. Using soil formation as a case study, text-mining of existing scientific literature reveals a critical gap: fewer than 1% of studies in biomimetics address soil formation technological replacement, despite the rapid global decline in natural soil formation processes. The team sketches scenarios of ecosystem collapse, identifying how bio-inspired solutions for equitable and sustainable innovation can contribute to climate adaptation. The short communication opens the discussion for collaboration and aims to initiate future research.

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biologically inspired designbiomimeticsclimate changesoil biodiversity

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PMID41002812
PMCPMC12467230

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