On the prevalence of uninformative parameters in statistical models applying model selection in applied ecology

An empirical test of the relative and combined effects of land-cover and climate change on local colonization and extinction

(2018) Semra Yalcin et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

An empirical analysis of journal policy effectiveness for computational reproducibility

(2018) Victoria Stodden et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Model selection using information criteria, but is the “best” model any good?

(2017) Ralph Mac Nally et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

The priority of prediction in ecological understanding

(2016) Jeff E. Houlahan et al.   OIKOS

Transparency in Ecology and Evolution: Real Problems, Real Solutions

(2016) Timothy H. Parker et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

A protocol for conducting and presenting results of regression-type analyses

(2016) Alain F. Zuur et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

The natural selection of bad science

(2016) Paul E. Smaldino et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Model averaging and muddled multimodel inferences

(2015) Brian S. Cade   ECOLOGY

Quantifying variable importance in a multimodel inference framework

(2015) Xingli Giam et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Birds protected by national legislation show improved population trends in Eastern Europe

(2014) Jaroslav Koleček et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

From avengers to hunters: Leveraging collective action for the conservation of endangered lions

(2014) E. Fitzherbert et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Planning agriculture based on landuse responses of threatened semiarid grassland species in India

(2014) Sutirtha Dutta et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Thresholds in the capacity of boreal caribou to cope with cumulative disturbances: Evidence from space use patterns

(2014) David Beauchesne et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Matrix habitat restoration alters dung beetle species responses across tropical forest edges

(2014) Andrew D. Barnes et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Biogeographical and Taxonomic Biases in Tropical Forest Fragmentation Research

(2014) JUSTUS P. DEIKUMAH et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Ecologists overestimate the importance of predictor variables in model averaging: a plea for cautious interpretations

(2014) Matthias Galipaud et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Achieving Conservation Science that Bridges the Knowledge-Action Boundary

(2013) CARLY N. COOK et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Reporting standards in experimental studies

(2013) Helmut Hillebrand et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Biological legacies buffer local species extinction after logging

(2013) Jörgen Rudolphi et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Multimodel inference in ecology and evolution: challenges and solutions

(2011) C. E. GRUEBER et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Uninformative Parameters and Model Selection Using Akaike's Information Criterion

(2011) TODD W. ARNOLD   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

Model selection and model averaging in behavioural ecology: the utility of the IT-AIC framework

(2010) Shane A. Richards et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

AIC model selection and multimodel inference in behavioral ecology: some background, observations, and comparisons

(2010) Kenneth P. Burnham et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Model selection bias and Freedman’s paradox

(2009) Paul M. Lukacs et al.   ANNALS OF THE INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS

A protocol for data exploration to avoid common statistical problems

(2009) Alain F. Zuur et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Waterfowl Nesting in Fall-Seeded and Spring-Seeded Cropland in Saskatchewan

(2008) James H. Devries et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT