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Category: Hindsight

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Collecting ticks from the vegetation using the flagging method (© University of Leipzig).

Community+Ecology, Hindsight

Land-use, biodiversity and zoonotic diseases

29 May 2020 — 1 Comment

Dr. Currie releasing a Rousettus aegyptiacus Photo credit: Sasha Danilovich

Hindsight: The Heart of Biologging

16 Mar 2020 — 0 Comments

Vsualization from the Web of Science showing number of citations of Gurevitch et al. 1992 in different research fields, showing its broad impact

Hindsight: A paper which triggered a revolution in the field of research synthesis in ecology

12 Jun 2019 — 0 Comments

The ideal situation for block cross-validation where a large sample spans the predictive space, and structure in the observations can be used to tease out more-independent data folds. In practice, the independence achieved through blocking is often difficult to assess.

Hindsight: Tackling pattern, scale, and independence to ensure ecosystem models are predictive

19 Oct 2018 — 0 Comments

Keith Ewing Sphagnum Sphagnum, the start of peat, Deerpark (Magheraghanrush), Calry, Co. Leitrim

Hindsight: The earliest measurements of gas fluxes from a blanket bog

6 Oct 2017 — 1 Comment

Rumex obtusifolius

Hindsight: Ken Thompson looks back at “The influence of the rate of temperature change on the activation of dormant seeds of Rumex obtusifolius L”

15 Jun 2017 — 1 Comment