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Simple study designs in ecology produce inaccurate estimates of biodiversity responses by Christie, Alec P., Amano, Tatsuya, Martin, Philip A., Shackelford, Gorm E., Simmons, Benno I., Sutherland, William J., Louzada, Júlio

“…Monitoring the impacts of anthropogenic threats and interventions to mitigate these threats is key to understanding how to best conserve biodiversity…”
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Implications of scale dependence for cross‐study syntheses of biodiversity differences by Spake, Rebecca, Mori, Akira S., Beckmann, Michael, Martin, Philip A., Christie, Alec P., Duguid, Marlyse C., Doncaster, C. Patrick, Chase, Jonathan

“…Biodiversity studies are sensitive to well‐recognised temporal and spatial scale dependencies. Cross‐study syntheses may inflate these influences by collating…”
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Parachute conservation: Investigating trends in international research by Miller, James, White, Thomas B., Christie, Alec P.

“…Parachute science (inequity in research relationships between Global North and South scientists) has known detrimental impacts on Global South researchers in…”
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Flexible synthesis can deliver more tailored and timely evidence for research and policy by Martin, Philip A, Christie, Alec P, Shackelford, Gorm E, Hood, Amelia S C, Wang, Shengyu, Li, Bo, Morgan, William, Lee, Madeleine, Aldridge, David C, Sutherland, William J

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Dynamic meta-analysis: a method of using global evidence for local decision making by Shackelford, Gorm E, Martin, Philip A, Hood, Amelia S C, Christie, Alec P, Kulinskaya, Elena, Sutherland, William J

“…Meta-analysis is often used to make generalisations across all available evidence at the global scale. But how can these global generalisations be used for…”
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ChatGPT is likely reducing opportunity for support, friendship and learned kindness in research by Millard, Joseph, Christie, Alec P., Dicks, Lynn V., Isip, Justin E., Johnson, Thomas F., Skinner, Grace, Spake, Rebecca

“…Large language models (LLM) have proved to be highly popular since the release of ChatGPT, leading many researchers to explore their potential across multiple…”
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Six years of demography data for 11 reef coral species by Madin, Joshua S., Baird, Andrew H., Connolly, Sean R., Dornelas, Maria A., Álvarez‐Noriega, Mariana, McWilliam, Michael J., Barbosa, Miguel, Blowes, Shane A., Cetina‐Heredia, Paulina, Christie, Alec P., Cumbo, Vivian R., Diaz, Marcela, Emms, Madeleine A., Graham, Erin, Hansen, Dominique, Hisano, Mizue, Howells, Emily, Kuo, Chao‐Yang, Palmer, Caroline, Hong, James Tan Chun, Zhi En Teo, Theophilus, Woods, Rachael M.

“…Scleractinian corals are colonial animals with a range of life‐history strategies, making up diverse species assemblages that define coral reefs. We tagged and…”
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Moving to 3D: relationships between coral planar area, surface area and volume by House, Jenny E, Brambilla, Viviana, Bidaut, Luc M, Christie, Alec P, Pizarro, Oscar, Madin, Joshua S, Dornelas, Maria

“…Coral reefs are a valuable and vulnerable marine ecosystem. The structure of coral reefs influences their health and ability to fulfill ecosystem functions and…”
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Reducing publication delay to improve the efficiency and impact of conservation science by Christie, Alec P., White, Thomas B., Martin, Philip A., Petrovan, Silviu O., Bladon, Andrew J., Bowkett, Andrew E., Littlewood, Nick A., Mupepele, Anne-Christine, Rocha, Ricardo, Sainsbury, Katherine A., Smith, Rebecca K., Taylor, Nigel G., Sutherland, William J.

“…Evidence-based decision-making is most effective with comprehensive access to scientific studies. If studies face significant publication delays or barriers,…”
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A practical conservation tool to combine diverse types of evidence for transparent evidence‐based decision‐making by Christie, Alec P., Downey, Harriet, Frick, Winifred F., Grainger, Matthew, O'Brien, David, Tinsley‐Marshall, Paul, White, Thomas B., Winter, Michael, Sutherland, William J.

“…Making the reasoning and evidence behind conservation management decisions clear and transparent is a key challenge for the conservation community. Similarly,…”
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Fast tracking tool selection for sustainability decisions by Willer, David F., Christie, Alec P., Khripko, Diana, Bremner, Julie, Petrovan, Silviu O., Sutherland, William J., Short, Samuel W., Aldridge, David C.

“…Abstract Non-technical Summary In decision-making, especially for sustainability, choosing the right assessment tools is crucial but challenging due to the…”
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Assessing diverse evidence to improve conservation decision‐making by Christie, Alec P., Morgan, William H., Salafsky, Nick, White, Thomas B., Irvine, Robyn, Boenisch, Nicolas, Chiaravalloti, Rafael M., Kincaid, Kate, Rezaie, Ali Mohammad, Yamashita, Hiromi, Sutherland, William J.

“…Abstract Meeting the urgent need to protect and restore ecosystems requires effective decision‐making through wisely considering a range of evidence. However,…”
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A systematic map of cassava farming practices and their agricultural and environmental impacts using new ontologies: Agri‐ontologies 1.0 by Hood, Amelia S. C., Shackelford, Gorm E., Christie, Alec P., Usieta, Hope O., Martin, Philip A., Sutherland, William J.

“…Cassava is consumed by 800 million people and is a staple crop in Africa. Its production may increase under climate change due to its high drought tolerance…”
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The challenge of biased evidence in conservation by Christie, Alec P., Amano, Tatsuya, Martin, Philip A., Petrovan, Silviu O., Shackelford, Gorm E., Simmons, Benno I., Smith, Rebecca K., Williams, David R., Wordley, Claire F. R., Sutherland, William J.

“…Efforts to tackle the current biodiversity crisis need to be as efficient and effective as possible given chronic underfunding. To inform decision‐makers of…”
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Building a tool to overcome barriers in research-implementation spaces: The Conservation Evidence database by Sutherland, William J., Taylor, Nigel G., MacFarlane, Douglas, Amano, Tatsuya, Christie, Alec P., Dicks, Lynn V., Lemasson, Anaëlle J., Littlewood, Nick A., Martin, Philip A., Ockendon, Nancy, Petrovan, Silviu O., Robertson, Rebecca J., Rocha, Ricardo, Shackelford, Gorm E., Smith, Rebecca K., Tyler, Elizabeth H.M., Wordley, Claire F.R.

“…Conservation practitioners, policy-makers and researchers work within shared spaces with many shared goals. Improving the flow of information between…”
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What is the Price of Conservation? A Review of the Status Quo and Recommendations for Improving Cost Reporting by White, Thomas B, Petrovan, Silviu O, Christie, Alec P, Martin, Philip A, Sutherland, William J

“…Abstract Wildlife conservation is severely limited by funding. Therefore, to maximize biodiversity outcomes, assessing financial costs of interventions is as…”
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A Severe Lack of Evidence Limits Effective Conservation of the World’s Primates by JUNKER, JESSICA, PETROVAN, SILVIU O., ARROYO-RODRÍGUEZ, VICTOR, BOONRATANA, RAMESH, BYLER, DIRCK, CHAPMAN, COLIN A., CHETRY, DILIP, CHEYNE, SUSAN M., CORNEJO, FANNY M., CORTÉS-ORTIZ, LILIANA, COWLISHAW, GUY, CHRISTIE, ALEC P., CROCKFORD, CATHERINE, DE LA TORRE, STELLA, DE MELO, FABIANO R., FAN, P., GRUETER, CYRIL C., GUZMÁN-CARO, DIANA C., HEYMANN, ECKHARD W., HERBINGER, ILKA, HOANG, MINH D., HORWICH, ROBERT H., HUMLE, TATYANA, IKEMEH, RACHEL A., IMONG, INAOYOM S., JERUSALINSKY, LEANDRO, JOHNSON, STEIG E., KAPPELER, PETER M., KIERULFF, MARIA CECÍLIA M., KONÉ, INZA, KORMOS, REBECCA, LE, KHAC Q., LI, BAOGUO, MARSHALL, ANDREW J., MEIJAARD, ERIK, MITTERMEIER, RUSSEL A., MUROYAMA, YASUYUKI, NEUGEBAUER, ELEONORA, ORTH, LISA, PALACIOS, ERWIN, PAPWORTH, SARAH K., PLUMPTRE, ANDREW J., RAWSON, BEN M., REFISCH, JOHANNES, RATSIMBAZAFY, JONAH, ROOS, CHRISTIAN, SETCHELL, JOANNA M., SMITH, REBECCA K., SOP, TENE, SCHWITZER, CHRISTOPH, SLATER, KERRY, STRUM, SHIRLEY C., SUTHERLAND, WILLIAM J., TALEBI, MAURÍCIO, WALLIS, JANETTE, WICH, SERGE, WILLIAMSON, ELIZABETH A., WITTIG, ROMAN M., KÜHL, HJALMAR S.

“…Threats to biodiversity are well documented. However, to effectively conserve species and their habitats, we need to know which conservation interventions do…”
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Strengthen biosecurity when rewiring global food supply chains by Christie, Alec P., Aldridge, David C., Gallardo, Belinda, Ó hÉigeartaigh, Seán, Petrovan, Silviu O., Sutherland, William J.

“…Letter to the Editor…”
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Innovation and forward‐thinking are needed to improve traditional synthesis methods: A response to Pescott and Stewart by Christie, Alec P., Amano, Tatsuya, Martin, Philip A., Shackelford, Gorm E., Simmons, Benno I., Sutherland, William J.

“…In Christie et al. (2019), we used simulations to quantitatively compare the bias of commonly used study designs in ecology and conservation. Based on these…”
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Worldwide insect declines: An important message, but interpret with caution by Simmons, Benno I., Balmford, Andrew, Bladon, Andrew J., Christie, Alec P., De Palma, Adriana, Dicks, Lynn V., Gallego‐Zamorano, Juan, Johnston, Alison, Martin, Philip A., Purvis, Andy, Rocha, Ricardo, Wauchope, Hannah S., Wordley, Claire F. R., Worthington, Thomas A., Finch, Tom

“…A recent paper claiming evidence of global insect declines achieved huge media attention, including claims of “insectaggedon” and a “collapse of nature.” Here,…”
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