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Mechanistic Hypotheses

Mechanistic Hypotheses is a type of scientific hypothesis that specifies the underlying processes or causal pathways through which a phenomenon occurs, distinguishing itself from descriptive or associative hypotheses by explicitly accounting for the functional mechanisms linking cause and effect.

866

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2.8K

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1.1K

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2017–2026

182

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Publications

866

Causal analysis approaches in Ingenuity Pathway Analysis

A. Krämer, Jeff Green, Jack Pollard et al. · Bioinformatics · 2013 · 6.1K citations · Full text

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Sexual Strategies Theory: An evolutionary perspective on human mating.

David M. Buss, David P. Schmitt · Psychological Review · 1993 · 4.3K citations

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Five Potential Consequences of Climate Change for Invasive Species

Jessica J. Hellmann, James E. Byers, Britta Bierwagen et al. · Conservation Biology · 2008 · 1.4K citations

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Global amphibian declines: sorting the hypotheses

James P. Collins, Andrew Storfer · Diversity and Distributions · 2003 · 1K citations · Full text

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Complex signal function: developing a framework of testable hypotheses

Eileen A. Hebets, Daniel R. Papaj · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · 2004 · 966 citations

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Authors

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  1. JM
    Jonathan M. Jeschke

    Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

    4 publications · 741 citations

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  2. TH
    Tina Heger

    Technical University of Munich, Germany

    3 publications · 665 citations

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  3. CJ
    Christopher J. Lortie

    York University, Canada

    3 publications · 564 citations

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  4. TM
    Tudor M. Baetu

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    3 publications · 82 citations

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  5. JK
    Jeffrey K Aronson

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 238 citations

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Institutions

1.1K

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    23 h-index

    95 publications

    5.1K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    14 h-index

    27 publications

    3.1K citations

  3. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    14 h-index

    28 publications

    9.4K citations

  4. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    13 h-index

    44 publications

    1.6K citations

  5. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    13 h-index

    31 publications

    3.9K citations

  6. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    13 h-index

    22 publications

    1K citations

  7. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    12 h-index

    31 publications

    2K citations

  8. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    11 h-index

    20 publications

    2.4K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of the American Chemical Society

    JACS · 20 publications · 1.6K citations

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 40 publications · 1.6K citations

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  3. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 18 publications · 2.4K citations

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  4. Oikos

    14 publications · 1.1K citations

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  5. PLoS ONE

    13 publications · 492 citations

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