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ArticleNature2020

A simple dynamic model explains the diversity of island birds worldwide.

Luis Valente, Albert B Phillimore, Martim Melo, Ben H Warren, Sonya M Clegg, Katja Havenstein, Ralph Tiedemann, Juan Carlos Illera, Christophe Thébaud, Tina Aschenbach and 1 more

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Article in Nature, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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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

32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Luis ValenteMuseum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany. luis.valente@naturalis.nl.
Albert B PhillimoreInstitute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Martim MeloMuseu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Ben H WarrenInstitut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, UA, Paris, France.
Sonya M CleggEdward Grey Institute, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Katja HavensteinUnit of Evolutionary Biology/Systematic Zoology, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.
Ralph TiedemannUnit of Evolutionary Biology/Systematic Zoology, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.
Juan Carlos IlleraResearch Unit of Biodiversity (UO-CSIC-PA), Oviedo University, Mieres, Spain.
Christophe ThébaudUnité Mixte de Recherche 5174, CNRS-IRD-Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France.
Tina AschenbachMuseum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany.
Rampal S EtienneGroningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colonization, speciation and extinction are dynamic processes that influence global patterns of species richness

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BiodiversityIslandsModels, BiologicalAnimalsBirdsDatabases, Nucleic AcidExtinction, BiologicalGenetic SpeciationPhylogenyPhylogeography

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