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ArticleEcology and evolution2025

What's in a Name? Not All Mesopredators Are Mesocarnivores.

Emily K Madsen, Lucy Eckersley, Jennifer F Linden, Sandra Lai, Darragh Hare, David W Macdonald, David Kimaili, Salum Kulunge, Yolanda Mutinhuma, Lisanne Petracca and 5 more

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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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

2 citing papers 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

15 authors.

Emily K MadsenWildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Biology University of Oxford Oxford UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4108-6608
Lucy EckersleyRoyal Society of Biology London UK.
Jennifer F LindenWildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Biology University of Oxford Oxford UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4778-4047
Sandra LaiWildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Biology University of Oxford Oxford UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0128-3738
Darragh HareWildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Biology University of Oxford Oxford UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4418-9637
David W MacdonaldWildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Biology University of Oxford Oxford UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0607-9373
David KimailiDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology South Eastern Kenya University Kitui Town Kenya.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4936-3032
Salum KulungeDepartment of Wildlife Management Sokoine University of Agriculture Morogoro Tanzania.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4951-9364
Yolanda MutinhumaCentre for Sustainability Transitions Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2823-9224
Lisanne PetraccaCaesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Texas A&M University Kingsville USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2460-1292
Betty J RonoDepartment of Zoology and Entomology Rhodes University Grahamstown South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7886-1511
Lovemore SibandaWildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Biology University of Oxford Oxford UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4960-9242
Claudio Sillero-ZubiriWildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Biology University of Oxford Oxford UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3867-5858
Jessica TaceyWildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Biology University of Oxford Oxford UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4827-5815
Femke BroekhuisWildlife Ecology and Conservation Group Wageningen University and Research Wageningen the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4216-8819

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMCPMC12745890

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