Replicating research in ecology and evolution: feasibility, incentives, and the cost-benefit conundrum

BMC Biology

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Timothy H. Parker¹  Shinichi Nakagawa² 

[1] Biology Department, Whitman College, 99362, Walla Walla, WA, USA;School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, 2052, Sydney, NSW, Australia;

关键词: Evolutionary Biologist;    Plumage Colour;    Conceptual Replication;    Close Replication;    Male Zebra Finch;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12915-015-0196-3

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

We believe that replicating studies in ecology and evolution is extremely valuable, but replication within species and systems is troublingly rare, and even ‘quasi-replications’ in different systems are often insufficient. We make a case for supporting multiple types of replications and point out that the current incentive structure needs to change if ecologists and evolutionary biologist are to value scientific replication sufficiently.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© Nakagawa and Parker. 2015