Reply to Fattorini and Borges: Conditional CIs and sensitivity analysis characterize uncertainty in global insect richness estimates

Robert K. Colwell, Laura Melissa Guzman, Dirk Steinke, Anne Chao, Daniel H. Janzen, Winnie Hallwachs, Austin Baker, José L. Fernández-Triana, Paul D. N. Hebert, Frank Joyce, Robert Puschendorf, Donald L. J. Quicke, Rodolphe Rougerie, M. Alex Smith, Nelson Zamora, Michael J. Sharkey

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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2631365123
Published: 2026-10-05
Container: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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@article{allodium:10.1073/pnas.2631365123,
  title = {Reply to Fattorini and Borges: Conditional CIs and sensitivity analysis characterize uncertainty in global insect richness estimates},
  author = {Robert K. Colwell and Laura Melissa Guzman and Dirk Steinke and Anne Chao and Daniel H. Janzen and Winnie Hallwachs and Austin Baker and José L. Fernández-Triana and Paul D. N. Hebert and Frank Joyce and Robert Puschendorf and Donald L. J. Quicke and Rodolphe Rougerie and M. Alex Smith and Nelson Zamora and Michael J. Sharkey},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},
  doi = {10.1073/pnas.2631365123},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2631365123}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Reply to Fattorini and Borges: Conditional CIs and sensitivity analysis characterize uncertainty in global insect richness estimates
AU  - Robert K. Colwell
AU  - Laura Melissa Guzman
AU  - Dirk Steinke
AU  - Anne Chao
AU  - Daniel H. Janzen
AU  - Winnie Hallwachs
AU  - Austin Baker
AU  - José L. Fernández-Triana
AU  - Paul D. N. Hebert
AU  - Frank Joyce
AU  - Robert Puschendorf
AU  - Donald L. J. Quicke
AU  - Rodolphe Rougerie
AU  - M. Alex Smith
AU  - Nelson Zamora
AU  - Michael J. Sharkey
PY  - 2026
JO  - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
DO  - 10.1073/pnas.2631365123
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2631365123
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Colwell, R. K., Guzman, L. M., Steinke, D., Chao, A., Janzen, D. H., Hallwachs, W., Baker, A., Fernández-Triana, J. L., Hebert, P. D. N., Joyce, F., Puschendorf, R., Quicke, D. L. J., Rougerie, R., Smith, M. A., Zamora, N., & Sharkey, M. J. (2026). Reply to Fattorini and Borges: Conditional CIs and sensitivity analysis characterize uncertainty in global insect richness estimates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2631365123

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