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ArticleEcosphere (Washington, D.C)2017

A framework to quantify the strength of ecological links between an environmental stressor and final ecosystem services.

Michael D Bell, Jennifer Phelan, Tamara F Blett, Dixon Landers, Amanda M Nahlik, George Van Houtven, Christine Davis, Christopher M Clark, Julie Hewitt

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Article in Ecosphere (Washington, D.C), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Michael D BellAir Resources Division, National Park Service, Lakewood, Colorado 80225, USA.
Jennifer PhelanRTI International, 3040 Cornwallis Rd., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA.
Tamara F BlettAir Resources Division, National Park Service, Lakewood, Colorado 80225, USA.
Dixon LandersUS Environmental Protection Agency, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Western Ecology Division, Corvallis, Oregon 97333, USA.
Amanda M NahlikKenyon College, Department of Biology, Ohio 43022, USA.
George Van HoutvenRTI International, 3040 Cornwallis Rd., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA.
Christine DavisUS Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, 109 TW Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA.
Christopher M ClarkUS Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Assessment, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20004, USA.
Julie HewittUS Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20004, USA.
Environmental Protection Agency · USNational Park Service · USRTI International · USEnvironmental Protection Agency · IE

Funding

Intramural EPA EPA999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anthropogenic stressors such as climate change, increased fire frequency, and pollution drive shifts in ecosystem function and resilience. Scientists generally rely on biological indicators of these stressors to signal that ecosystem conditions have been altered. However, these biological indicators are not always capable of being directly related to ecosystem components that provide benefits to humans and/or can be used to evaluate the cost-benefit of a change in health of the component (ecosystem services). Therefore, we developed the STEPS (

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Acidic DepositionAir QualityCritical LoadsEcological Production Function (EPF)EutrophicationNitrogen & Sulfur DepositionScience Policy

Identifiers

PMID30221018
PMCPMC6134850
OpenAlexW2611143776

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.