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Umer Gurchani

Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueORCID 0000-0001-8605-3629Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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EcologybioRxivPreprintApr 29, 2026

Too Soon to Save: structural uncertainty inverts the value of precautionary conservation action

Umer Gurchani, José M. Montoya, Sacha Bourgeois‐Gironde

This paper shows that adaptive conservation strategies, which learn before committing to protection, outperform precautionary strategies when ecological structure is uncertain and protection is irreversible.

DOI 10.64898/2026.04.28.721297

statistical modelecology & biodiversity

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