Modern causal inference approaches to investigate biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships
Detecting and quantifying the causal relations of ecosystem functioning is a challenging endeavor. A global study on grasslands illustrates how reasoning about underlying assumptions, from confounding and nonlinearity to fundamental questions of determinism, is key to unlocking the potential of mode...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2023-04-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37546-1 |