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ArticleEcology letters2025

Ecosystem Models Can Predict the Consequences of Conservation Management Decisions.

Matthew S Woodstock, Holden E Harris

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Article in Ecology letters, 2025. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Matthew S WoodstockCooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA.
Holden E HarrisNOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami, Florida, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0486-2439

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Botelho et al. claimed that ecosystem models cannot make accurate population forecasts and should not be used in conservation management. We agree that producing accurate forecasts from ecosystem models is difficult, but assert that it has been achieved and their utility as a decision-support tool is evident.

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Conservation of Natural ResourcesEcosystemModels, BiologicalModels, TheoreticalDecision MakingForecastingPopulation DynamicsCommunity dynamics modelingDecision‐support toolsEcological forecastingEcology theoryEcosystem‐based managementEcosystem modelingNatural resource management

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PMID40247693
PMCPMC12006782

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