Cocciardi, Jennifer M. et al.Borokini, Israel T.2024-11-132024-08Cocciardi, J.M., Hoffman, A.M., Alvarado-Serrano, D.F. et al. The value of long-term ecological research for evolutionary insights. Nat Ecol Evol 8, 1584–1592 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02464-y2397-334Xhttps://scholarworks.montana.edu/handle/1/18950Scientists must have an integrative understanding of ecology and evolution across spatial and temporal scales to predict how species will respond to global change. Although comprehensively investigating these processes in nature is challenging, the infrastructure and data from long-term ecological research networks can support cross-disciplinary investigations. We propose using these networks to advance our understanding of fundamental evolutionary processes and responses to global change. For ecologists, we outline how long-term ecological experiments can be expanded for evolutionary inquiry, and for evolutionary biologists, we illustrate how observed long-term ecological patterns may motivate new evolutionary questions. We advocate for collaborative, multi-site investigations and discuss barriers to conducting evolutionary work at network sites. Ultimately, these networks offer valuable information and opportunities to improve predictions of species’ responses to global change.en-USCopyright Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2024. This version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review (when applicable) and is subject to Springer Nature’s AM terms of use, but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02464-yhttps://perma.cc/KDW9-RWNUecological researchevolutionary insightsglobal changeevolutionary questionsArticle10.1038/s41559-024-02464-y