Challenging the Raunkiaeran shortfall and the consequences of using imputed databases
Lucas Jardim, Luis Mauricio Bini, José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho, Fabricio Villalobos
This paper evaluates biases in ecological and evolutionary analyses caused by imputing missing species trait data, finding that missing data mechanisms and imputation methods significantly affect statistical estimates.
bioRxiv · Oct 18, 2016 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology