Open AccessResponse to O'Leary et al .: Misuse of Models Leads to Misguided Conservation Recommendations
Author(s) -
White J. Wilson,
Nickols Kerry J.,
Botsford Louis W.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
conservation letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.153
H-Index - 79
ISSN - 1755-263X
DOI - 10.1111/conl.12344
Subject(s) - marine protected area , ecology , environmental ethics , philosophy , habitat , biology
O'Leary et al . sought to evaluate the scientific basis for global targets for marine protected area (MPA) coverage (e.g., 10% of marine habitats) using a meta‐analysis of published MPA modeling studies. Unfortunately, their approach was flawed in both methodology and philosophy, as we explain in this letter.
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