@article{fdi:010072426,
  title = {{G}enotypic variability enhances the reproducibility of an ecological study},
  author = {{M}ilcu, {A}. and {P}uga-{F}reitas, {R}. and {E}llison, {A}. {M}. and {B}louin, {M}. and {S}cheu, {S}. and {F}reschet, {G}. {T}. and {R}ose, {L}. and {B}arot, {S}{\'e}bastien and {C}esarz, {S}. and {E}isenhauer, {N}. and {G}irin, {T}. and {A}ssandri, {D}. and {B}onkowski, {M}. and {B}uchmann, {N}. and {B}utenschoen, {O}. and {D}evidal, {S}. and {G}leixner, {G}. and {G}essler, {A}. and {G}igon, {A}. and {G}reiner, {A}. and {G}rignani, {C}. and {H}ansart, {A}. and {K}ayler, {Z}. and {L}ange, {M}. and {L}ata, {J}. {C}. and {L}e {G}aillard, {J}. {F}. and {L}ukac, {M}. and {M}annerheim, {N}. and {M}uller, {M}. {E}. {H}. and {P}ando, {A}nne and {R}otter, {P}. and {S}cherer-{L}orenzen, {M}. and {S}eyhun, {R}. and {U}rban-{M}ead, {K}. and {W}eigelt, {A}. and {Z}avattaro, {L}. and {R}oy, {J}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{M}any scientific disciplines are currently experiencing a 'reproducibility crisis' because numerous scientific findings cannot be repeated consistently. {A} novel but controversial hypothesis postulates that stringent levels of environmental and biotic standardization in experimental studies reduce reproducibility by amplifying the impacts of laboratory-specific environmental factors not accounted for in study designs. {A} corollary to this hypothesis is that a deliberate introduction of controlled systematic variability ({CSV}) in experimental designs may lead to increased reproducibility. {T}o test this hypothesis, we had 14 {E}uropean laboratories run a simple microcosm experiment using grass ({B}rachypodium distachyon {L}.) monocultures and grass and legume ({M}edicago truncatula {G}aertn.) mixtures. {E}ach laboratory introduced environmental and genotypic {CSV} within and among replicated microcosms established in either growth chambers (with stringent control of environmental conditions) or glasshouses (with more variable environmental conditions). {T}he introduction of genotypic {CSV} led to 18% lower among-laboratory variability in growth chambers, indicating increased reproducibility, but had no significant effect in glasshouses where reproducibility was generally lower. {E}nvironmental {CSV} had little effect on reproducibility. {A}lthough there are multiple causes for the 'reproducibility crisis', deliberately including genetic variability may be a simple solution for increasing the reproducibility of ecological studies performed under stringently controlled environmental conditions.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{N}ature {E}cology and {E}volution},
  volume = {2},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {279--287},
  ISSN = {2397-334{X}},
  year = {2018},
  DOI = {10.1038/s41559-017-0434-x},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010072426},
}