20.500.12556/RUL-114215 Predator control needs a standard of unbiased randomized experiments with cross-over design Rapid, global changes, such as extinction and climate change, put a premium on evidence-based, environmental policies and interventions, including predator control efforts. Lack of solid scientific evidence precludes strong inference about responses of predators, people, and prey of both, to various types of predator control. Here we formulate two opposing hypotheses with possible underlying mechanisms and propose experiments to test four pairs of opposed predictions about responses of predators, domestic animals, and people in a coupled, dynamic system. We outline the design of a platinum-standard experiment, namely randomized, controlled experiment with cross-over design and multiple steps to blind measurement, analysis, and peer review to avoid pervasive biases. The gold-standard has been proven feasible in field experiments with predators and livestock, so we call for replicating that across the world on different methods of predator control, in addition to striving for an even higher standard that can improve reproducibility and reliability of the science of predator control. effective intervention wildlife damage strong inference standards of evidence predator control experiments randomized controlled trials učinkovita intervencija škode zaradi divjadi zanesljivo sklepanje standardi dokazovanja nadzor plenilcev kontrolni poskusi true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2020-02-19 13:45:03 2020-02-19 13:45:04 2025-04-22 15:55:31 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2019 0 0 14 str. art. 462 Vol. 7 2019 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 630* 2296-701X 10.3389/fevo.2019.00462 5568934 37643053 fevo-07-00462_(1).pdf fevo-07-00462_(1).pdf 1 853D193BB0D80887B11B1B95A0B0AEBD 6e499bf79bba149c957fac351076d1b5d6cd6e37b553a5f9a6200ad7cade5bea 3a500dab-1b6d-11f0-b232-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=208645 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/ecology-and-evolution/articles/10.3389/fevo.2019.00462/full 0 4b05d9b2-1b6d-11f0-b232-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=208646 Biotehniška fakulteta 0 0 0