The Power and the Pitfalls of Large-scale, Unreplicated Natural Experiments

Humans as a Hyperkeystone Species

(2016) Boris Worm et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

The unique ecology of human predators

(2015) C. T. Darimont et al.   SCIENCE

Promoting an open research culture

(2015) B. A. Nosek et al.   SCIENCE

Predators help protect carbon stocks in blue carbon ecosystems

(2015) Trisha B. Atwood et al.   Nature Climate Change

Global conservation outcomes depend on marine protected areas with five key features

(2014) Graham J. Edgar et al.   NATURE

Reproducibility

(2014) M. McNutt   SCIENCE

Beyond realism in climate change experiments: gradient approaches identify thresholds and tipping points

(2013) Juergen Kreyling et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The problem of pattern and scale in ecology: what have we learned in 20 years?

(2013) Jérôme Chave   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Population responses of small mammals to food supply and predators: a global meta-analysis

(2013) Jayme A. Prevedello et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Variation of grazing-induced vegetation changes across a large-scale productivity gradient

(2013) Felipe Lezama et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Accidental experiments: ecological and evolutionary insights and opportunities derived from global change

(2013) Janneke HilleRisLambers et al.   OIKOS

Caught in the Middle: Combined Impacts of Shark Removal and Coral Loss on the Fish Communities of Coral Reefs

(2013) Jonathan L. W. Ruppert et al.   PLoS One

Density dependence and population regulation in marine fish: a large-scale, long-term field manipulation

(2012) Mark A. Hixon et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Fishing top predators indirectly affects condition and reproduction in a reef-fish community

(2012) S. M. Walsh et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Earthquake triggering and large-scale geologic storage of carbon dioxide

(2012) M. D. Zoback et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The dilemma of controlling cultural eutrophication of lakes

(2012) D. W. Schindler   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The ecological impact of invasive cane toads on tropical snakes: Field data do not support laboratory-based predictions

(2011) Gregory P. Brown et al.   ECOLOGY

Replication, lies and lesser-known truths regarding experimental design in environmental microbiology

(2011) Jay T. Lennon   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Latitudinal variation in macroalgal consumption by fishes on the Great Barrier Reef

(2011) S Bennett et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

A large-scale forest fragmentation experiment: the Stability of Altered Forest Ecosystems Project

(2011) R. M. Ewers et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A Persistent Oxygen Anomaly Reveals the Fate of Spilled Methane in the Deep Gulf of Mexico

(2011) J. D. Kessler et al.   SCIENCE

Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth

(2011) James A. Estes et al.   SCIENCE

Do global change experiments overestimate impacts on terrestrial ecosystems?

(2011) Sebastian Leuzinger et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Field evidence for pervasive indirect effects of fishing on prey foraging behavior

(2010) Elizabeth M. P. Madin et al.   ECOLOGY

Biological responses in marine no-take reserves versus partially protected areas

(2008) SE Lester et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Eutrophication of lakes cannot be controlled by reducing nitrogen input: Results of a 37-year whole-ecosystem experiment

(2008) D. W. Schindler et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA