Eight quick tips for data-model integration in ecology

• Laurinne J. Balstad ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: laurinne.balstad@ubc.ca (LJB); jlbrennan@ucdavis.edu (JB)

  Current address: Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  ¶‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

  Affiliations Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America, Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4615-529X

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• Joe Brennan ,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: laurinne.balstad@ubc.ca (LJB); jlbrennan@ucdavis.edu (JB)

  ¶‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

  Affiliations Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4178-9919

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• Marissa L. Baskett,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America, Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America, Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Mattea K. Berglund,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Mei Z. Blundell,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America, Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America, Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Jessica A. Bolin,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Amy A. Briggs,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Mary C. Fisher,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America, Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Christopher M. Heggerud,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America, Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Mathematics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0497-9506

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• Madeline Jarvis-Cross,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America, Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0527-9369

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• Lauren Mossman,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America, Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5700-7170

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• Andrea N. Odell,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Jennifer Paige,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America, Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Sophia Pelletier,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Mikaela M. Provost

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8301-515X

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