Defining and Unraveling Biocomplexity

Relating biodiversity to ecological function and sustainability, understanding the dynamics of coupled human and natural systems, and unraveling functional genomics at scales ranging from organisms to community assemblages are challenging research opportunities that portend exciting and significant breakthroughs for science and society. In response to the need to address questions of increasing breadth and complexity, the study of "biocomplexity" has emerged and continues to develop as both a research focus and a research program.