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Thinking backwards can inform concerns about 'incomplete' data

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TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
Volume 29, Issue 10, Pages 546-547

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.07.007

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incomplete data; inverse problems; speculation; noise

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Ecologists often feel that they need complete data before they are able to advise or make decisions. Thinking backwards, an idea from mathematics, suggests that we need to focus on the desired outcome to tell us which way to go for practical solutions for our ecological ambitions.

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