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ArticleFrontiers of biogeography2023

Potential decline in the distribution and food provisioning services of the mopane worm

David Y Shen, Henry Ferguson-Gow, Vivienne Groner, Thinandavha C Munyai, Rob Slotow, Richard G Pearson

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Article in Frontiers of biogeography, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
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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

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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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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

6 authors.

David Y ShenCentre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7995-3290
Henry Ferguson-GowCentre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7151-6421
Vivienne GronerCentre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4098-7132
Thinandavha C MunyaiSchool of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville, 3209, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1562-2385
Rob SlotowSchool of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville, 3209, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9469-1508
Richard G PearsonCentre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3458-0539

Funding

Wellcome Trust 205200
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mopane worm

Indexed as

biotic interactionsecosystem servicesentomophagyspecies distribution models

Identifiers

PMID37680769
PMCPMC7615040

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