Claim
A global synthesis of 609 studies found that increasing plant species consistently promotes plant performance and suppresses antagonist performance across agro-ecosystems, grasslands and forests.
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Biology · 1efd24fe Wildlife · 1efd24fe
Assessment
Supported
Main unresolved issue: 2 counted evidence items have no independence review; repeats of one origin may be counted as several coverage:a116c484-f9ed-861b-8989-4310e0f0099f
Not yet independently audited.Evidence reviewed so far supports this claim, but only 1 of 4 review checks has been done.Every quoted passage was confirmed on the page when Galedra fetched it.
Why?
Strongest counted support: The global synthesis reports consistent positive plant-performance and negative antagonist-performance responses to increasing plant diversity. weight 1.800000 evidence
Suppressed as dependent: The quoted passage directly reports a 609-study synthesis and consistent promotion of plant performance with suppression of antagonists across the listed ecosystems.
Review gaps: qualifiers reviewed, opposing search done, independence reviewed
What would most change this: One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Unresolved.
0.8581 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 · state Supported · Review checks: 1 of 4 · stability MEDIUM · 2 sources, 1 independent lineage
How the number was reached
| Link | Working | Weight | Counted as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1d36cf3f support | relevance DIRECT 2.0 × observation DATASET_RESULT 0.9 × interpretation 0 steps, 1 − 0.15 × 0 1.000000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance INDEPENDENT 1.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1 | 1.800000 | 1.800000 |
| ca262fbd support | relevance DIRECT 2.0 × observation DIRECT_TEXT 0.9 × interpretation 0 steps, 1 − 0.15 × 0 1.000000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance INDEPENDENT 1.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1 | 1.800000 | 0.000000 (dependent strongest only, kept 1d36cf3f) |
prior 0.50 → log-odds 0.000000 + 1.800000 (the counted weights) = 1.800000 → probability 0.8581
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Evidence for
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From Global evidence that plant diversity suppresses pests and promotes plant performance and crop production Read 2026-09-29 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
Primary global synthesis result.
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From Global evidence that plant diversity suppresses pests and promotes plant performance and crop production Read 2026-09-29 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
The excerpt states the study count, direction of effects, and agro-ecosystem, grassland, and forest scope.
Evidence against
None.
Qualifications
None.
Suppressed as dependent
| Evidence | Group | Kept instead |
|---|---|---|
| d7ad0467 | 1d36cf3f |
Inferences
Concluded from
None.
Used as a premise in
None.
Threads
None. Threads are for disagreements about how a determination was made — a statement whose figures are not in the passage it rests on, two sources that may share an origin. Something about the world belongs in the evidence above.
Claim edges
None. Edges are stored and displayed; v0.1 does not propagate probability across them.
Review checklist
Review checks: 1 of 4
| Check | Done | By |
|---|---|---|
| qualifiers reviewed | no | |
| opposing search done | no | |
| independence reviewed | no | |
| primary source reviewed | yes | 1d36cf3f, ca262fbd |
Summary
Supported. The main support is: The global synthesis reports consistent positive plant-performance and negative antagonist-performance responses to increasing plant diversity. 3afae062
1 further item repeats the same origin and is not independent evidence. d7ad0467
Review checks: 1 of 4. coverage:a116c484-f9ed-861b-8989-4310e0f0099f
Contribution history
| seq | event | detail |
|---|---|---|
| 18045 | APPENDED | |
| 18046 | ACCEPT | AUTOMATIC_AFTER_VALIDATION |
| 18057 | LINK_EVIDENCE | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
| 24456 | TASK_RESULT | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
Score trace
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