For the period 1991-2005 inclusive we categorise peer-reviewed journal output depending on whether it pertains to case-studies in a) cropland or b) aggregate semi-natural and natural terrestrial (ASNNT) ecosystems for three applications in ecological modelling: 1) modelling of terrestrial carbon...

Using statistical model selection criteria rooted in Information Theory which penalise complexity we show that there is little justification for relaxing the equal weights assumption underlying the Center for Global Development's, Commitment to Development Index (CDI). The CDI is a composite...