Context dependence is widely invoked to explain disparate results in ecology. It arises when
the magnitude or sign of a relationship varies due to the conditions under which it is …

The reporting of accurate and appropriate conclusions is an essential aspect of scientific
research, and failure in this endeavor can threaten the progress of cumulative knowledge …

We discuss problems the null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) paradigm poses for
replication and more broadly in the biomedical and social sciences as well as how these …

Throughout the last two decades, Bayesian statistical methods have proliferated throughout
ecology and evolution. Numerous previous references established both philosophical and …

In many scientific disciplines, common research practices have led to unreliable and
exaggerated evidence about scientific phenomena. Here we describe some of these …

Climate change has the potential to affect the ecology and evolution of every species on
Earth. Although the ecological consequences of climate change are increasingly well …

The widespread use of 'statistical significance'as a license for making a claim of a scientific
finding leads to considerable distortion of the scientific process (according to the American …

Collaborative efforts to directly replicate empirical studies in the medical and social sciences
have revealed alarmingly low rates of replicability, a phenomenon dubbed the 'replication …

Field ecology has been included in a 'replication crisis' that extends across many scientific
disciplines. However, the underlying concepts of replication, reproducibility and replicability …

Extreme drought is increasing in frequency and intensity in many regions globally, with
uncertain consequences for the resistance and resilience of ecosystem functions, including …