Replicating research in ecology and evolution: feasibility, incentives, and the cost-benefit conundrum.
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.
School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia. s.nakagawa@unsw.au.edu.
Shinichi
S
Nakagawa
Biology Department, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, USA.
Timothy H
TH
Parker
D005075:Biological Evolution; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004463:Ecology / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods*; D005821:Genetic Techniques / Q000191:economics; D012107:Research Design