We have a new paper showing that processes like pollination or pest attacks are not independent process, but one process affects the other. But the title and abstract are quite explicative, so I’ll explain a few other things here.

First, this an example of a cost-opportunity paper. Vesna was already planing to collect data on pests, so she already had selected the fields, contacted the farmers, etc… so adding the pollinator (and soil) surveys was really cost effective, and allowed talking an important question (in addition to her studies on pest control).

Second, I posted a pre-print of this paper 11 months ago. This is how long it took to submit it to a couple of journals (which didn’t review it and rejected it quickly), and to go through the review process (three reviewers, two rounds!) and editorial typesetting. During this time not only I could share a citable pre-print with a couple of interested colleagues, but also get > 500 views and > 200 Downloads from bioRxive. Moreover, the preprint allows you to compare the submitted version with the accepted version. We removed one analysis and added a couple more. The main conclusions are unaltered, but its nice to see the process from an historical point of view.