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Open science and meta‐analysis allow for rapid advances in ecology: A response to Menegotto et al. (2019)
Author(s) -
Kinlock Nicole L.,
Prowant Lisa,
Herstoff Emily M.,
Foley Catherine M.,
AkinFajiye Morodoluwa,
Bender Nicole,
Umarani Mihir,
Ryu Hae Yeong,
Şen Bilgecan,
Gurevitch Jessica
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
global ecology and biogeography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.164
H-Index - 152
eISSN - 1466-8238
pISSN - 1466-822X
DOI - 10.1111/geb.12964
Subject(s) - ecology , benthic zone , set (abstract data type) , transparency (behavior) , ecosystem , diversity (politics) , geography , biology , computer science , sociology , anthropology , computer security , programming language
Menegotto and colleagues’ (2019) commentary on our paper (Kinlock et al., 2018) does not negate our findings, but by recategorizing and reanalysing a portion of our data set, advances our knowledge of the latitudinal diversity gradients (LDGs) in marine ecosystems, particularly emphasizing different findings for benthic LDGs as a result of the recategorization of the data. Furthermore, we see the contribution by Menegotto et al. (2019) as highlighting the importance of scientific transparency; we believe that this insight into the nature of LDGs in marine systems would have been delayed, if not unobtainable, had we not provided fully transparent methods and complete data in our paper.