Creating testable questions in practical conservation: a process and 100 questions

William J. Sutherland; Jake M. Robinson; David C. Aldridge; Tim Alamenciak; Matthew Armes; Nina Baranduin; Andrew J. Bladon; Martin F. Breed; Nicki Dyas; Chris S. Elphick; Richard A. Griffiths; Jonny Hughes; Beccy Middleton; Nick A. Littlewood; Roger Mitchell; William H. Morgan; Roy Mosley; Silviu O. Petrovan; Kit Prendergast; Euan G. Ritchie; Hugh Raven; Rebecca K. Smith; Sarah H. Watts; Ann Thornton

doi:10.52201/CEJ19XIFF2753

Creating testable questions in practical conservation: a process and 100 questions

William J. Sutherland^*, Jake M. Robinson, David C. Aldridge, Tim Alamenciak, Matthew Armes, Nina Baranduin, Andrew J. Bladon, Martin F. Breed, Nicki Dyas, Chris S. Elphick, Richard A. Griffiths, Jonny Hughes, Beccy Middleton, Nick A. Littlewood, Roger Mitchell, William H. Morgan, Roy Mosley, Silviu O. Petrovan, Kit Prendergast, Euan G. RitchieHugh Raven, Rebecca K. Smith, Sarah H. Watts, Ann Thornton

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It is now clear that the routine embedding of experiments into conservation practice is essential for creating reasonably comprehensive evidence of the effectiveness of actions. However, an important barrier is the stage of identifying testable questions that are both useful but also realistic to carry out without a major research project. We identified approaches for generating such suitable questions. A team of 24 participants crowdsourced suggestions, resulting in a list of a hundred possible tests of actions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-7
Number of pages	7
Journal	Conservation Evidence
Volume	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.52201/CEJ19XIFF2753
Publication status	Print publication - Apr 2022

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Sutherland, W. J., Robinson, J. M., Aldridge, D. C., Alamenciak, T., Armes, M., Baranduin, N., Bladon, A. J., Breed, M. F., Dyas, N., Elphick, C. S., Griffiths, R. A., Hughes, J., Middleton, B., Littlewood, N. A., Mitchell, R., Morgan, W. H., Mosley, R., Petrovan, S. O., Prendergast, K., ... Thornton, A. (2022). Creating testable questions in practical conservation: a process and 100 questions. Conservation Evidence, 19, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.52201/CEJ19XIFF2753

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