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Aeroecology is an emerging scientific discipline that seeks to broaden understanding about the ecological function and biological importance of the aerosphere. The unifying concept of this interdisciplinary field is a focus on the aerosphere itself and the myriad airborne organisms that inhabit and depend upon this environment for their existence. In this chapter, we discuss the conceptual framework of aeroecology and underscore the technological advances that support for an interdisciplinary approach to studying the aerosphere.

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  1. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, USA

    Winifred F. Frick

  2. Advanced Radar Research Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 73072, USA

    Phillip B. Chilson

  3. School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 73072, USA

    Phillip B. Chilson

  4. Center for Ecology and Conservation Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA

    Nathan W. Fuller & Thomas H. Kunz

  5. Center for Spatial Analysis, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 73019, USA

    Eli S. Bridge

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Frick, W.F., Chilson, P.B., Fuller, N.W., Bridge, E.S., Kunz, T.H. (2013). Aeroecology. In: Adams, R., Pedersen, S. (eds) Bat Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7397-8_8

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