Causal assumptions and causal inference in ecological experiments

Synthesizing evidence in sustainability science through harmonized experiments: Community monitoring in common pool resources

(2021) Paul J. Ferraro et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Conditional cash transfers to alleviate poverty also reduced deforestation in Indonesia

(2020) Paul J. Ferraro et al.   Science Advances

Diversity‐dependent soil acidification under nitrogen enrichment constrains biomass productivity

(2020) Kaitlin Kimmel et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Evaluating Impact Using Time-Series Data

(2020) Hannah S. Wauchope et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Regional processes are stronger determinants of rocky intertidal community dynamics than local biotic interactions

(2019) Sally D. Hacker et al.   ECOLOGY

Causal analysis in control–impact ecological studies with observational data

(2019) Ashley E. Larsen et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

We need more realistic climate change experiments for understanding ecosystems of the future

(2019) Lotte Korell et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Scientist’s guide to developing explanatory statistical models using causal analysis principles

(2019) James B. Grace et al.   ECOLOGY

Using Biological Insight and Pragmatism When Thinking about Pseudoreplication

(2018) Nick Colegrave et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

To replicate, or not to replicate - that is the question: how to tackle nonlinear responses in ecological experiments

(2018) Juergen Kreyling et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Benefits of increasing plant diversity in sustainable agroecosystems

(2017) Forest Isbell et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

A decade of insights into grassland ecosystem responses to global environmental change

(2017) Elizabeth T. Borer et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Addition of multiple limiting resources reduces grassland diversity

(2016) W. Stanley Harpole et al.   NATURE

Convergence of soil microbial properties after plant colonization of an experimental plant diversity gradient

(2016) Katja Steinauer et al.   BMC ECOLOGY

Advances in Measuring the Environmental and Social Impacts of Environmental Programs

(2014) Paul J. Ferraro et al.   Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Plant community response to loss of large herbivores differs between North American and South African savanna grasslands

(2014) Sally E. Koerner et al.   ECOLOGY

Nutrient enrichment, biodiversity loss, and consequent declines in ecosystem productivity

(2013) F. Isbell et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Finding generality in ecology: a model for globally distributed experiments

(2013) Elizabeth T. Borer et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Applied statistics in ecology: common pitfalls and simple solutions

(2013) E. Ashley Steel et al.   Ecosphere

Organismal traits are more important than environment for species interactions in the intertidal zone

(2010) Spencer A. Wood et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

On causal inference in the presence of interference

(2010) Eric J Tchetgen Tchetgen et al.   STATISTICAL METHODS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH

Loss of plant species after chronic low-level nitrogen deposition to prairie grasslands

(2008) Christopher M. Clark et al.   NATURE