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dc.contributor.authorPlanque, Benjamin
dc.contributor.authorAarflot, Johanna Myrseth
dc.contributor.authorButtay, Lucie
dc.contributor.authorCarroll, JoLynn
dc.contributor.authorFransner, Sara Filippa Krusmynta
dc.contributor.authorHansen, Cecilie
dc.contributor.authorHusson, Berengere
dc.contributor.authorLangangen, Øystein Ole Gahr
dc.contributor.authorLindstrøm, Ulf Ove
dc.contributor.authorPedersen, Torstein
dc.contributor.authorPrimicerio, Raul
dc.contributor.authorSivel, Elliot Manuarii
dc.contributor.authorSkogen, Morten D.
dc.contributor.authorStrombom, Evelyn
dc.contributor.authorStige, Leif Christian
dc.contributor.authorVarpe, Øystein
dc.contributor.authorYoccoz, Nigel
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-15T10:06:09Z
dc.date.available2022-09-15T10:06:09Z
dc.date.issued2022-07-21
dc.description.abstractNumerical models of ecological systems are increasingly used to address complex environmental and resource management questions. One challenge for scientists, managers, and stakeholders is to appraise how well suited these models are to answer questions of scientific or societal relevance, that is, to perform, communicate, or access transparent evaluations of ecological models. While there have been substantial developments to support standardised descriptions of ecological models, less has been done to standardise and to report model evaluation practices. We present here a general protocol designed to guide the reporting of model evaluation. The protocol is organised in three major parts: the objective(s) of the modelling application, the ecological patterns of relevance and the evaluation methodology proper, and is termed the OPE (objectives, patterns, evaluation) protocol. We present the 25 questions of the OPE protocol which address the many aspects of the evaluation process and then apply them to six case studies based on a diversity of ecological models. In addition to standardising and increasing the transparency of the model evaluation process, we find that going through the OPE protocol helps modellers to think more deeply about the evaluation of their models. From this last point, we suggest that it would be highly beneficial for modellers to consider the OPE early in the modelling process, in addition to using it as a reporting tool and as a reviewing tool.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPlanque, Aarflot, Buttay, Carroll, Fransner, Hansen, Husson, Langangen, Lindstrøm, Pedersen, Primicerio, Sivel, Skogen, Strombom, Stige, Varpe, Yoccoz. A standard protocol for describing the evaluation of ecological models. Ecological Modelling. 2022;471en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2045021
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.110059
dc.identifier.issn0304-3800
dc.identifier.issn1872-7026
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/26799
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.journalEcological Modelling
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2022 The Author(s)en_US
dc.titleA standard protocol for describing the evaluation of ecological modelsen_US
dc.type.versionacceptedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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