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Caught in statistical noise: pitfalls of a unidimensional approach to understanding biodiversity-conflict relationships.

Kier Mitchel E Pitogo, Camila G Meneses, Andrie Bon A Flores, Aljohn Jay L Saavedra, Ace Kevin S Amarga, Marjorie Delos Angeles, Cristian C Lucañas, Syrus Cesar P Decena, Russell Evan L Venturina, Jay S Fidelino and 9 more

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Article in npj biodiversity, 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

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.

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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

19 authors.

Kier Mitchel E PitogoDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA. pitogo.kiermitchel@gmail.com.
Camila G MenesesDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
Andrie Bon A FloresBiodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
Aljohn Jay L SaavedraSchool of Graduate Studies, Mindanao State University-General Santos, General Santos City, Philippines.
Ace Kevin S AmargaBiodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
Marjorie Delos AngelesCenter for Integrative Conservation and Yunnan Key Laboratory for Conservation of Tropical Rainforests and Asian Elephants, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Yunnan, China.
Cristian C LucañasPhilippine Terrestrial Arthropod Biodiversity Survey and Entomological Collections, Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Philippines.
Syrus Cesar P DecenaDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
Russell Evan L VenturinaDepartment of Biological Sciences, College of Science, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines.
Jay S FidelinoInstitute of Biology, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines.
Dexcem PantinopleDepartment of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA.
Al John C CabañasMathematics and Natural Sciences Department, College of Arts and Sciences, Southern Luzon State University, Lucban, Philippines.
Mark William HerrDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
Justin M BernsteinDepartment of Mammalogy, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA.
Kin Onn ChanDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
Marites B SanguilaBiodiversity Informatics and Research Center, Father Saturnino Urios University, Butuan City, Philippines.
Neil Aldrin MallariCenter for Conservation Innovations PH Inc., Alabang Muntinlupa City, Philippines.
Rafe M BrownDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
Christian E SupsupDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Identifiers

PMID40325107
PMCPMC12052984

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