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gcb-study-design

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Use when designing the study behind a Global Change Biology (GCB) manuscript — manipulative experiments, observational/gradient studies, or process modelling of biological responses to global change. GCB reviewers probe scale, replication, realism, and causal inference. Guides design choices; it does not collect or simulate data.

When to use

• Designing warming, eCO2, drought, or N-addition experiments
• Setting up gradient or observational studies
• Setting up process-model or species-distribution-model experiments
• Justifying scale, replication, controls, and manipulation realism
• Addressing confounding, pseudoreplication, or extrapolation concerns
• Designing evidence synthesis or meta-analysis protocols

When not to use

• Collecting data
• Simulating data
• Data analysis

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