Conservation Biology

Papers
(The TQCC of Conservation Biology is 8. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
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Making a case for the consideration of trust, justice, and power in conservation relationships82
Effects of snake fungal disease (ophidiomycosis) on the skin microbiome across two major experimental scales73
Quantifying the impacts of future shoreline modification on biodiversity in a case study of coastal Georgia, United States53
Conservation and coexistence at a crossroads52
Identifying and mitigating the impacts on primates of transportation and service corridors49
Practical implementation of cumulative‐effects management of marine ecosystems in western North America48
Tropical and subtropical Asia's valued tree species under threat47
Optimizing efficiency and resilience of no‐take marine protected areas for fish conservation under climate change along the coastlines of China Seas46
A call to include fungi in wildlife trade research and policy45
Issue Information44
Contributions of the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems to risk‐based design and management of protected and conserved areas in Africa41
Closing the gap between existing large‐area imaging research and marine conservation needs41
Noted with Interest39
Conservation priorities for functionally unique and specialized terrestrial vertebrates threatened by biological invasions38
Global assessment of the biodiversity safeguards of development banks that finance infrastructure38
Forest citizens and people‐centered conservation in the Brazilian Amazon38
Fragmentation effects on an endangered species across a gradient from the interior to edge of its range37
How to prioritize species recovery after a megafire37
A systematic review of animal personality in conservation science36
Using positionality and reflexivity to support equity in partnership‐driven research36
Analysis of morphological attributes as a driver of trade in poison dart frogs35
Lessons from Palau to end parachute science in international conservation research35
Diversification of refugia types needed to secure the future of coral reefs subject to climate change35
Interdependencies between Indigenous peoples, local communities, and freshwater systems in a changing Amazon34
Sensitivity of tropical montane birds to anthropogenic disturbance and management strategies for their conservation in agricultural landscapes34
Drivers of support for citizen science across state wildlife management agencies in the United States33
Opportunities and challenges for Common Agricultural Policy reform to support the European Green Deal33
Community engagement and power dynamics in conservation philanthropy grant making33
Application of decision tools to ethical analysis in biodiversity conservation32
Noted with interest32
Human disturbance and shifts in vertebrate community composition in a biodiversity hotspot32
Landscape‐scale predictions of future grassland conversion to cropland or development32
Identifying climate change refugia for South American biodiversity31
Effects of climate and land‐cover change on the conservation status of gibbons31
Noted with Interest30
Systematic review of conservation interventions to promote voluntary behavior change30
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Ecological impacts of traffication28
Identifying management opportunities to combat climate, land, and marine threats across less climate exposed coral reefs27
Avoiding an impending collision in international conservation27
Global rarity of intact coastal regions27
Incorporation of human–wildlife interactions in ecosystem‐based management to enhance conservation of endangered guitarfish27
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Improving protected area effectiveness through consideration of different human‐pressure baselines26
Defining practical and robust study designs for interventions targeted at terrestrial mammalian predators26
Perspectives on inclusion, safety, and belonging from members of the North American LGBTQIA+ conservation community26
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Effects of agriculture and nature reserves on avian behavior in northwestern Costa Rica25
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Highlighting the importance of biodiversity conservation through the Holy Qur'an25
Bibliometric investigation of the integration of animal personality in conservation contexts24
Examining the structure of plant–lemur interactions in the face of imperfect knowledge24
Issue Information24
Factors associated with preemptive conservation under the U.S. Endangered Species Act24
Social valuation of biodiversity relative to other types of assets at risk in wildfire23
Three‐dimensional conservation planning of fish biodiversity metrics to achieve the deep‐sea 30×30 conservation target22
Communicating the true challenges of saving species: response to Wiedenfeld et al.22
Importance of habitat heterogeneity in tidal flats to the conservation of migratory shorebirds22
A stochastic model for estimating sustainable limits to wildlife mortality in a changing world22
Scale of unregulated international trade in Australian reptiles and amphibians22
In memoriam: Eleanor Jane Sterling (1960–2023)22
Integrating data to assess occupancy patterns of an endangered bumble bee21
Defaunation impacts on the carbon balance of tropical forests21
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Establishing a protected area network in Xinlong with other effective area‐based conservation measures21
Insights from equitable governance assessments in conservation areas around the world21
Supporting conservationists’ mental health through better working conditions21
Enhancing disciplinary diversity and inclusion in conservation science and practice based on a case study of the Society for Conservation Biology21
Experimental validation of specialized questioning techniques in conservation20
Enhancing global nature conservation by integrating geodiversity in policy and practice20
Stimulating the capacity to govern the commons20
Call for new criteria for monitoring and registering Natura 2000 species data20
Wildlife mortality risk posed by high and low traffic roads19
Influence of interactive effects on long‐term population trajectories in multispecies reintroductions19
Habitat‐based biodiversity assessment for ecosystem accounting in the Murray–Darling Basin19
Defining performance thresholds for effective management of biodiversity within protected areas19
Challenges and a call to action for protecting European red wood ants19
Spatial mismatch between wild bee diversity hotspots and protected areas19
Strategies for advancing inclusive biodiversity research through equitable practices and collective responsibility18
Impacts of bat use of anthropogenic structures on bats and humans18
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A social network analysis of an epistemic community studying neoliberal conservation18
Taxonomy, behavior, and intelligence of bees18
Documenting the disappearance of primates from spaces where they once occurred17
Modeling mammal response to fire based on species’ traits17
Diversifying Voices in Conservation17
Using camera traps to enhance community‐based management of subsistence hunting in the Amazon17
Issue Information ‐ TOC17
A practical approach to meeting national obligations for sustainable trade under CITES16
A field experiment characterizing variable detection rates during plant surveys16
Quantifying and mapping species threat abatement opportunities to support national target setting16
Fundamental principles of the effect of habitat fragmentation on species with different movement rates16
A qualitative systematic review of governance principles for mangrove conservation16
Four challenges to an effective national nature assessment16
Use of community characteristics to predict hunting and game harvests in western Amazonian forests16
Using interview surveys and multispecies occupancy models to inform vertebrate conservation16
Identifying inconsistencies in exotic pet regulations that perpetuate trade in risky species16
Quantifying regulatory limits for multiple stressors in an open and transparent way15
Linking extinction risk to the economic and nutritional value of sharks in small‐scale fisheries15
Pitfalls in evaluating the sustainability of wildlife trade: reply to Sosnowski and Petrossian and Edwards et al.15
New opportunities and challenges for conservation evidence synthesis from advances in natural language processing15
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An update on allegations of invasive species denialism14
Knowledge coproduction to improve assessments of nature's contributions to people14
Urbanization of seed dispersal networks14
Achieving conservation and restoration outcomes through ecologically beneficial aquaculture14
Extinction risk of the endemic vascular flora of Kauai, Hawaii, based on IUCN assessments14
Using experimental reintroductions to resolve the roles of habitat quality and metapopulation dynamics on patch occupancy in fragmented landscapes14
A global ecological signal of extinction risk in terrestrial vertebrates14
A standard approach for including climate change responses in IUCN Red List assessments14
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Translating habitat class to land cover to map area of habitat of terrestrial vertebrates14
Understanding variation in impacts from private protected areas across regions and protection mechanisms to inform organizational practices13
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Free, prior, and informed consent, local officials, and changing biodiversity governance in Hin Nam No, Laos13
Predicting landscape‐scale biodiversity recovery by natural tropical forest regrowth13
Eliciting diverse perspectives to prioritize community actions for biodiversity conservation13
Efficacy of created and restored nesting sites for the conservation of colonial Laridae in the South of France12
Facilitating biodiversity conservation through partnerships to achieve transformative outcomes12
Alarming decline of freshwater trigger species in western Mediterranean key biodiversity areas12
Issue Information12
A habitat‐based approach to reporting the direct impacts of an organization on biodiversity12
Evaluating hybrid speciation and swamping in wild carnivores with a decision‐tree approach12
Exploring the potential for online data sources to enhance species threat mapping through the case study of global bat exploitation12
Power, politics, and culture of marine conservation technology in fisheries12
Assessing limits of sustainable seed harvest in wild plant populations12
Functional diversity loss and change in nocturnal behavior of mammals under anthropogenic disturbance12
Including the urbanization gradient in people‐centered wildlife conservation in Amazonia12
How percentage‐protected targets can support positive biodiversity outcomes12
A tiered assessment framework for interregional flows of ecosystem services from migratory species12
Impact of cocoa agricultural intensification on bird diversity and community composition12
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Connectivity between countries established by landbirds and raptors migrating along the African–Eurasian flyway11
Assessing the global prevalence of wild birds in trade11
Expert assessment of illegal collecting impacts on Venus flytraps and priorities for research on illegal trade11
Bottom‐up global biodiversity metrics needed for businesses to assess and manage their impact11
Combating parachute science in Latin America through Indigenous agency11
Prioritizing global tall forests toward the 30 × 30 goals11
Impacts of climate change on herpetofauna diversity in the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau11
A guide to qualitative attribution methods for evaluation in conservation11
Impact on species' online attention when named after celebrities11
Motivating children's cooperation to conserve forests11
Habitat dynamics of flagship species for conservation prioritization in southern Europe11
Issue Information ‐ Copyright page11
Effects of wind turbine noise on songbird behavior during nonbreeding season11
A multidisciplinary approach to estimating wolf population size for long‐term conservation11
Assessing the Corn Belt as an anthropogenic barrier to migrating landbirds in the United States10
Vulnerability of tropical fish communities across depth in the central Indian Ocean10
Trait groups as management entities in a complex, multispecies reef fishery10
Global status, impacts, and management of rocky temperate mesophotic ecosystems10
Balancing making a difference with making a living in the conservation sector10
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Patterns and correlates of potential range shifts of bat species in China in the context of climate change10
Lessons from other disciplines for setting management thresholds for biodiversity conservation10
Consumer characteristics and preferences for mobulid gill plates in China10
Trade and socioeconomic importance of an invasive giant snail in the endemic‐rich island of São Tomé, Central Africa10
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Navigating ethical challenges in online wildlife trade research10
Relative effects of sacred forests and protected areas on forest conservation and structure in Japan10
Systematic nature positive markets10
Book Review10
Forecasting the influence of conservation strategies on landscape connectivity9
Challenges in assessing the effects of environmental governance systems on conservation outcomes9
Global justice and the opportunity costs of conservation9
Socioeconomic development and ecological traits as predictors of human–bird conflicts9
The need for formal reflexivity in conservation science9
Use of the terms efficiency versus effective in conservation9
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Intimidation as epistemological violence against social science conservation research9
The scope of empowerment for conservation and communities9
Benefits of permanent adoption of virtual conferences for conservation science9
A spatial planning approach for the identification of critical habitat for threatened species9
The Importance of Context9
Issue Information9
Improving the science and practice of using artificial roosts for bats9
Setting goals for pollinator gardens9
Ecological and economic implications of alternative metrics in biodiversity offset markets9
Projecting biodiversity benefits of conservation behavior‐change programs9
Coexisting with large carnivores based on the Volterra principle8
Adivasi (Tea Tribe) worldviews of living close to wild Asian elephants in Assam, India8
Review of ecological valuation and equivalency analysis methods for assessing temperate nearshore submerged aquatic vegetation8
Forest fire smoke as a threat to the health of river dolphins8
Underrepresentation of bats in Africa's protected areas8
Improving climate and biodiversity outcomes through restoration of forest integrity8
Revisiting two dogmas of conservation science8
Identification, spatial distribution, and associated factors of urban protected areas in China8
Reptile responses to fire across the western Mediterranean Basin8
Noted with interest8
Noted with interest8
Design and management considerations for the Kenya–Tanzania marine transboundary conservation area8
Modeling total predation to avoid perverse outcomes from cat control in a data‐poor island ecosystem8
Evidence‐based guidelines for automated conservation assessments of plant species8
The controversy over p‐values as an illustration of the difficulty of statistics: response to Mayo (2022)8
Collective effects of rising average temperatures and heat events on oviparous embryos8
Evaluating drivers of recent large whale strandings on the East Coast of the United States8
Identifying and developing effective post‐2020 conservation bridging leaders8
Biodiversity conservation, human–animal interactions, and zootherapy in ecological knowledge of Indonesian Healers8
Erratum to “Conceptual frameworks and key questions for assessing the contribution of marine protected areas to shark and ray conservation”8
Solving identification challenges in cetaceans and seabirds.8
Effect of reserve protection level and governance on tree cover loss and gain8
Issue Information ‐ TOC8
A standard lexicon of terms for area‐based conservation version 1.08
Use of bird‐borne radar to examine shearwater interactions with legal and illegal fisheries8
Identifying priority areas for conservation to promote connectivity and mitigate the impacts of anthropogenic disturbance8
Effectiveness of protected areas in conserving avian communities amid human impact in Nigeria8
How expert insight into alpine peatland conservation complements global scientific evidence8
Using online reports of seahorse seizures to track their illegal trade8
Evaluating ecosystem protection and fragmentation of the world's major mountain regions8
Conserving the evolutionary history of birds8
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