A perspective on interdisciplinary science

This has proven to be a difficult piece to write. It not only challenges my ability to fundamentally commu-nicate how good science is formulated, but it also challenges my ability to communicate how a variety of personal skills is blended into a special way of viewing the world. Successful interdisciplinary re-search demands good science as much as it demands personal values related to patience, trust, responsi-bility, and honesty, all the attributes related to being a respected citizen (Naiman and others 1998). Nearly everyone seems inherently to know these attributes are important, but putting them into practice is another matter altogether. The editors have asked that several issues be addressed concerning interdisciplinary research, an