ArticleEcology and evolution2026
Quality Assurance Framework for the Design, Collection and Curation of Standard Data Products From a Distributed Ecology Network.
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Yvonne M BuckleyCo-Centre for Climate + Biodiversity + Water, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin Dublin 2 Ireland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7599-3201
Alain FinnDepartment of Biology Maynooth University Maynooth Co. Kildare Ireland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2209-9553
Aoife MolloyCo-Centre for Climate + Biodiversity + Water, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin Dublin 2 Ireland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1540-8768
Anna Mária CsergőDepartment of Botany Buda Campus, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences Budapest Hungary.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3325-2995
Elizabeth CroneDepartment of Evolution and Ecology University of California Davis California USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5287-221X
Annabel L SmithSchool of the Environment University of Queensland Brisbane Queensland Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1201-8713
Bret D ElderdDepartment of Biological Sciences Louisiana State University Baton Rouge Louisiana USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5853-1136
Caroline McKeonCo-Centre for Climate + Biodiversity + Water, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin Dublin 2 Ireland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6864-6380
Deborah RoachDepartment of Biology University of Virginia Charlottesville Virginia USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5273-5370
Dylan Z ChildsSchool of Biosciences University of Sheffield Sheffield UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0675-4933
Glenda M WardleSchool of Life and Environmental Sciences University of Sydney Sydney New South Wales Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0189-1899
María B GarcíaPyrenean Institute of Ecology (CSIC) Zaragoza, Jaca Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4231-6006
Maude BaudrazSchool of Natural Sciences Zoology, Trinity College Dublin Dublin 2 Ireland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7252-8419
Rachel M PenczykowskiDepartment of Biology Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis Missouri USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4559-0609
Roberto Salguero-GómezDepartment of Biology University of Oxford Oxford UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6085-4433
Ruth KellyAgri-Food and BioSciences Institute Belfast UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7982-5993
Satu RamulaDepartment of Biology University of Turku Turku Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7795-0352
Anna Liisa LaineFaculty of Biology and Environmental Sciences University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0703-5850
Simone BlombergSchool of the Environment University of Queensland Brisbane Queensland Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1062-0839
Johan EhrlenDepartment of Ecology, Environment, and Plant Sciences Stockholm University Stockholm Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8539-8967
Jesús VillellasDepartamento de Ciencias de la Vida Alcalá de Henares, Universidad de Alcalá Madrid Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7805-5683
Aveliina HelmInstitute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu Tartu Estonia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2338-4564
Christiane RoscherDepartment for Physiological Diversity Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) Leipzig Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9301-7909
Krista RavealaFaculty of Biology and Environmental Sciences University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland.
Liv Norunn HamreDepartment of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences Western Norway University of Applied Sciences Bergen Norway.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9033-4260
Lotte KorellGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig Leipzig Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7051-8903
Francis Q BrearleyDepartment of Natural Sciences Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5053-5693
Siri Lie OlsenFaculty for Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management Norwegian University of Life Sciences Ås Norway.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4443-8261
Astrid WinglerSchool of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences University College Cork Cork Ireland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4229-2497
Joslin L MooreDepartment of Energy, Environment and Climate Action Arthur Rylah Institute for Environment Research Heidelberg Victoria Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9809-5092
Ayco J M TackDepartment of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences Stockholm University Stockholm Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3550-1070
Anna BucharovaFaculty of Biology University of Marburg Marburg Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5468-5426
Olav SkarpaasNatural History Museum University of Oslo Oslo Norway.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9727-1672
Judit BodisInstitute for Wildlife Management and Nature Conservation, Georgikon Campus, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences Keszthely Hungary.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3707-1684
Aldo CompagnoniGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig Leipzig Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8302-7492
Sergi Munne-BoschDepartment of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences University of Barcelona Barcelona Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6523-6848
Zuzana MunzbergovaInstitute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences Průhonice Czech Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4026-6220
Joachim TöpperNorwegian Institute for Nature Research Bergen Norway.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6996-7223
Peter VeskSchool of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences University of Melbourne Melbourne Victoria Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2008-7062
Melanie MoralesDepartment of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences University of Barcelona Barcelona Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2931-4543
Lizzie WandragUniversity of Tasmania Hobart Tasmania Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8140-539X
Marjo SaastamoinenFaculty of Biology and Environmental Sciences University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland.
Martin AndrzejakEcology and Genetics University of Oulu Oulu Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5847-5098
Pil RasmussenThe National Research Centre for the Working Environment Copenhagen Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0607-4230
Christina CarusoDepartment of Integrative Biology University of Guelph Guelph Ontario Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7069-9572
Richard DuncanCentre for Conservation and Ecology Genetics University of Canberra Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2295-449X
John DwyerSchool of the Environment The University of Queensland Brisbane Queensland Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7389-5528
Matthew CoghillDepartment of Natural Resource Sciences Thompson Rivers University Kamloops British Columbia Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1476-1567
Ronny GroentemanManaaki Whenua-Landcare Research, a group of the Bioeconomy Science Institute Lincoln New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3444-5262
Meelis PärtelInstitute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu Tartu Estonia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5874-0138
William K PetryDepartment of Plant and Microbial Biology North Carolina State University Raleigh North Carolina USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5230-5987
Michele LonatiDepartment of Agricultural, Forest and Food Science University of Torino Torino Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8886-0328
Javier PuyDepartamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Facultad de Biología Universidad de Sevilla Seville Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6422-2791
Jane CatfordDepartment of Geography King's College London London UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0582-5960
Trevor H DreesDepartment of Biology and IGDP in Ecology The Pennsylvania State University University Park Pennsylvania USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3748-8762
Christoph RoscheGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig Leipzig Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4257-3072
Katriona SheaDepartment of Evolution and Ecology University of California, Davis Davis California USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-8248
Simone Ravetto EnriDepartment of Agricultural, Forest and Food Science University of Torino Torino Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3584-8031
Jennifer R GremerDepartment of Evolution and Ecology University of California, Davis Davis California USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8983-5482
Balázs DeákLendület' Seed Ecology Research Group Institute of Ecology and Botany, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research Vácrátót Hungary.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6938-1997
Lauchlan FraserDepartment of Natural Resource Sciences Thompson Rivers University Kamloops British Columbia Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3998-5540
Lauri LaanistoEstonian University of Life Sciences, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Tartu Tartu Estonia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2215-7298
Orsolya ValkóLendület' Seed Ecology Research Group Institute of Ecology and Botany, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research Vácrátót Hungary.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7919-6293
Robert Drew SiegAgricultural and Biological Sciences Department Truman State University Kirksville Missouri USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1322-1393
Benedicte BachelotDepartment of Biology Oklahoma State University Stillwater Oklahoma USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3348-9757
Jennifer FirnBiogeosciences, Faculty of Science & Technology Queensland University of Technology Brisbane Queensland Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6026-8912
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Abstract
Ecological data are increasingly collected by networks of collaborators using replicated designs and methods, which can significantly improve the quality and quantity of data throughout the ecological niche and geographic range of species or communities. The coordinated generation and management of data is critical for producing datasets (Standard Data Products) across multiple sites that can be used by different researchers, over extended time periods and for multiple purposes.We describe and use a Quality Assurance framework for the design, collection and production of reproducible Standard Data Products for distributed ecology projects. We identified six critical project elements of a Quality Assurance framework (QA1-6) to produce ecological Standard Data Products with high immediate and future value.We applied the Quality Assurance framework to the Plantpopnet project as a case-study. Plantpopnet is a coordinated distributed system for population macroecology using the model species
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