Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta‐analyses in ecology and evolutionary biology: a PRISMA extension

RE O'Dea, M Lagisz, MD Jennions… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Since the early 1990s, ecologists and evolutionary biologists have aggregated primary
research using meta‐analytic methods to understand ecological and evolutionary …

Developmental plasticity in thermal tolerance: Ontogenetic variation, persistence, and future directions

P Pottier, S Burke, RY Zhang, DWA Noble… - Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the factors affecting thermal tolerance is crucial for predicting the impact
climate change will have on ectotherms. However, the role developmental plasticity plays in …

Risk‐of‐bias VISualization (robvis): an R package and Shiny web app for visualizing risk‐of‐bias assessments

LA McGuinness, JPT Higgins - Research synthesis methods, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Despite a major increase in the range and number of software offerings now available to
help researchers produce evidence syntheses, there is currently no generic tool for …

Global kelp forest restoration: past lessons, present status, and future directions

AM Eger, EM Marzinelli, H Christie… - Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Kelp forest ecosystems and their associated ecosystem services are declining around the
world. In response, marine managers are working to restore and counteract these declines …

Global meta-analysis shows reduced quality of food crops under inadequate animal pollination

E Gazzea, P Batáry, L Marini - Nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
Animal pollination supports the production of a wide range of food crops fundamental to
maintaining diverse and nutritionally balanced diets. Here, we present a global meta …

Soil organic carbon is affected by organic amendments, conservation tillage, and cover cropping in organic farming systems: A meta-analysis

R Crystal-Ornelas, R Thapa, KL Tully - Agriculture, ecosystems & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Meta-analysis is often used to compare how soil health differs between organic and
conventional farming systems. However, the burgeoning primary literature on organic …

Promoting memory consolidation during sleep: A meta-analysis of targeted memory reactivation.

X Hu, LY Cheng, MH Chiu, KA Paller - Psychological bulletin, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Targeted memory reactivation (TMR) is a methodology employed to manipulate memory
processing during sleep. TMR studies have great potential to advance understanding of …

Terrestrial ecosystem restoration increases biodiversity and reduces its variability, but not to reference levels: A global meta‐analysis

J Atkinson, LA Brudvig, M Mallen‐Cooper… - Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological restoration projects often have variable and unpredictable outcomes, and these
can limit the overall impact on biodiversity. Previous syntheses have investigated restoration …

Restoring particulate and mineral-associated organic carbon through regenerative agriculture

AM Prairie, AE King, MF Cotrufo - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Sustainability of agricultural production and mitigation of global warming rely on the
regeneration of soil organic carbon (SOC), in particulate organic carbon (POC) and mineral …

The ecological drivers and consequences of wildlife trade

LJ Hughes, O Morton, BR Scheffers… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Wildlife trade is a key driver of extinction risk, affecting at least 24% of terrestrial vertebrates.
The persistent removal of species can have profound impacts on species extinction risk and …