Utility ratings of ecological concepts by members of the Ecological Society of America

Data are from an on‐line survey addressed to all members of the Ecological Society of America. Two types of data comprise this set. The bulk of the data is ratings of the utility of 131 ecological concepts by 1,324 respondents (131 columns x 1,324 rows). The specific question by which respondents rated concepts was: “Which concepts are useful to your research capability and intellectual interests in your daily work‐life.” The remainder is free responses by many of the respondents with regard to ecological concepts useful to them that were not encountered in the survey (5 columns x 1,324 rows.