Conservation Biology

Papers
(The TQCC of Conservation Biology is 7. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
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Editing the wild148
Issue Information ‐ Copyright page97
Achieving a real‐time online monitoring system for conservation culturomics90
Downscaling global reference points to assess the sustainability of local fisheries85
Indicators to monitor the status of the tree of life80
Using land‐use history and multiple baselines to determine bird responses to cocoa agroforestry73
Fragmentation effects on an endangered species across a gradient from the interior to edge of its range62
Use of the Ramsar Convention to protect springs and other wetlands60
Noted with Interest60
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The scientific method and p‐values: response to Mayo (2022)49
Noted with Interest47
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Issue Information ‐ TOC45
Issue Information ‐ Copyright page44
A guide to qualitative attribution methods for evaluation in conservation42
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Indirect effects of African megaherbivore conservation on bat diversity in the world's oldest desert39
Hidden demographic impacts of fishing and environmental drivers of fecundity in a sea turtle population36
Importance of methodological pluralism in deriving counterfactuals for evidence‐based conservation35
Experimentally testing animal responses to prescribed fire size and severity35
Open‐source intelligence for conservation biology35
Prioritizing conservation efforts based on future habitat availability and accessibility under climate change34
Relationship between two pathogens in an amphibian community that experienced mass mortalities34
Risks to conservation of species in the wild from promoting ex situ management: response to Farhadinia et al. 202033
Making a case for the consideration of trust, justice, and power in conservation relationships33
Optimizing efficiency and resilience of no‐take marine protected areas for fish conservation under climate change along the coastlines of China Seas30
Catalyzing success in community‐based conservation30
Using fisher‐contributed secondary fins to fill critical shark‐fisheries data gaps29
Contributions of the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems to risk‐based design and management of protected and conserved areas in Africa28
Closing the gap between existing large‐area imaging research and marine conservation needs28
Representation of the world's biophysical conditions by the global protected area network28
Modeling scale up of anthropogenic impacts from individual pollinator behavior to pollination systems28
Generalization of threats attributed to large carnivores in areas of high human–wildlife conflict28
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Flexibility trade‐offs in conservation offsets27
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Why the lack of environmental progress27
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Disrupted ecosystem and human phenology at the climate frontline in Gwich'in First Nation territory27
Mapping illegal trade routes of live cheetahs from the Horn of Africa to the Arabian Peninsula26
An assessment of potential interventions to reduce the totoaba illegal trade market26
Scaling up qualitative research to harness the capacity of lay people in invasive plant management25
Assessing the legal, illegal, and gray ornamental trade of the critically endangered helmeted hornbill25
Near‐term ecological forecasting for dynamic aeroconservation of migratory birds25
A call to include fungi in wildlife trade research and policy25
Connectivity between countries established by landbirds and raptors migrating along the African–Eurasian flyway24
Sentiment analysis of the Twitter response to Netflix's Our Planet documentary24
Importance of deepening integration of crime and conservation sciences24
Evaluating outcomes of conservation with multidimensional indicators of well‐being24
The statistics wars and intellectual conflicts of interest23
Assessing protected area vulnerability to climate change in a case study of South African national parks23
Impact on species' online attention when named after celebrities22
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Introducing a common taxonomy to support learning from failure in conservation22
Combating parachute science in Latin America through Indigenous agency21
Scientific contributions of citizen science applied to rare or threatened animals21
Motivating children's cooperation to conserve forests21
A multitaxonomic assessment of Natura 2000 effectiveness across European biogeographic regions21
Effects of management objectives and rules on marine conservation outcomes20
Challenges and opportunities in human dimensions behind cat–wildlife conflict20
Spatial cost–benefit analysis of blue restoration and factors driving net benefits globally20
Region‐wide retreats from lower elevations of range‐restricted birds across the Northern Andes20
Perspectives on the timing of ecosystem collapse in a changing climate20
How decisions about fitting species distribution models affect conservation outcomes20
Using social media records to inform conservation planning20
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The geographic extent of bird populations affected by renewable‐energy development19
Assessing the extinction risk of insular, understudied marine species19
Experimental evidence of the impact of framing of actors and victims in conservation narratives19
Usage and coordination of governance principles to address proximate and distal drivers of conflicts in fisheries commons19
Predicting how defaunation‐induced changes in seed predation and dispersal will affect tropical tree populations19
Disentangling the biotic and abiotic drivers of bird–building collisions in a tropical Asian city with ecological niche modeling18
Prioritizing global tall forests toward the 30 × 30 goals18
Effect of IUCN Red List category on public attention to mammals18
Genetic erosion in an endangered desert fish during a megadrought despite long‐term supportive breeding18
Alarming decline of freshwater trigger species in western Mediterranean key biodiversity areas18
How to prioritize species recovery after a megafire18
Effects of forest cover on richness of threatened fish species in Japan18
Modeling genetic benefits and financial costs of integrating biobanking into the conservation breeding of managed marsupials17
Impacts of climate change on herpetofauna diversity in the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau17
Power, politics, and culture of marine conservation technology in fisheries17
Issue Information ‐ Copyright page17
Considering science needs to deliver actionable science17
Practical implementation of cumulative‐effects management of marine ecosystems in western North America17
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Bottom‐up global biodiversity metrics needed for businesses to assess and manage their impact17
Conservation priorities for functionally unique and specialized terrestrial vertebrates threatened by biological invasions16
Effects of snake fungal disease (ophidiomycosis) on the skin microbiome across two major experimental scales16
A multidisciplinary approach to estimating wolf population size for long‐term conservation16
Extending conservation of coastal and oyster reef restoration for First Nations cultural revitalization16
Identifying and mitigating the impacts on primates of transportation and service corridors16
Tropical and subtropical Asia's valued tree species under threat16
Applying assessments of adaptive capacity to inform natural‐resource management in a changing climate15
Reframing wildlife disease management problems with decision analysis15
A guide to using the internet to monitor and quantify the wildlife trade15
Expert assessment of illegal collecting impacts on Venus flytraps and priorities for research on illegal trade15
Ecological responses to variation in seasonal snow cover15
Evaluating the potential of biodiversity offsets to achieve net gain15
A systematic review of animal personality in conservation science15
Assessing the global prevalence of wild birds in trade15
Importance of conserving large and old trees to continuity of tree‐related microhabitats15
Use of historical and contemporary distribution of mammals in China to inform conservation15
Impact of marine protected areas on temporal stability of fish species diversity15
Effects of climate on the distribution and conservation of commonly observed European earthworms14
A roadmap for ladybird conservation and recovery14
Validating graph‐based connectivity models with independent presence–absence and genetic data sets14
Impact of cocoa agricultural intensification on bird diversity and community composition14
Identifying socioeconomic and biophysical factors driving forest loss in protected areas14
Protected area characteristics that help waterbirds respond to climate warming14
A classification framework for interspecific trade‐offs in aquatic ecology13
Effects of anthropogenic landscapes on population maintenance of waterbirds13
Relationships between hope, optimism, and conservation engagement13
Phylogeny‐based conservation priorities for Australian freshwater fishes13
Progress developing the concept of other effective area‐based conservation measures13
Evident but context‐dependent mortality of fish passing hydroelectric turbines13
Evaluating the impact of private land conservation with synthetic control design12
Effects of wind turbine noise on songbird behavior during nonbreeding season12
Community perceptions of invasive species and environmental management in a US island territory12
Global drivers of mangrove loss in protected areas12
Global assessment of the biodiversity safeguards of development banks that finance infrastructure12
Role of low‐impact‐factor journals in conservation implementation12
Advancing at‐risk species recovery planning in an era of rapid ecological change with a transparent, flexible, and expert‐engaged approach12
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Efficacy‐based and normative interventions for facilitating the diffusion of conservation behavior through social networks12
Effects of land cover and protected areas on flying insect diversity12
Niche‐based approach to explore the impacts of environmental disturbances on biodiversity12
Deciphering the enigma of human−lion coexistence in India12
Issue Information11
Issue Information11
Using positionality and reflexivity to support equity in partnership‐driven research11
Understanding why consumers in China switch between wild, farmed, and synthetic bear bile products11
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Books received (January 2023 to May 2024)11
Conceptual frameworks and key questions for assessing the contribution of marine protected areas to shark and ray conservation11
Conservation and coexistence at a crossroads11
Quantitative support for the benefits of proactive management for wildlife disease control10
Quantifying the impacts of future shoreline modification on biodiversity in a case study of coastal Georgia, United States10
Automated detection of frog calls and choruses by pulse repetition rate10
Opportunities and challenges for Common Agricultural Policy reform to support the European Green Deal10
Analyzing the relative importance of habitat quantity and quality for boosting pollinator populations in agricultural landscapes10
Island restoration to rebuild seabird populations and amplify coral reef functioning10
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Accounting for spatial heterogeneity in the added conservation value of land protection when prioritizing protected areas10
Exploring human–nature interactions in national parks with social media photographs and computer vision10
Effects of protected area coverage and research on conservation status of primates globally10
Simulating the efficacy of wolf–dog hybridization management with individual‐based modeling10
Critical pedagogy of place to enhance ecological engagement activities10
Lessons from an experiment with values‐based messaging to support watershed conservation10
COP16 and the process of consolidating an inclusive conservation paradigm10
Issue Information ‐ TOC9
Quantifying uncertainty about how interventions are assigned would improve impact evaluation in conservation: reply to Rasolofoson 20229
Benefits of permanent adoption of virtual conferences for conservation science9
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Frontiers of conservation9
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Identifying global conservation priorities for terrestrial vertebrates based on multiple dimensions of biodiversity9
Selection of both habitat and genes in specialized and endangered caribou9
Strengths and complementarity of systematic conservation planning and Key Biodiversity Area approaches for spatial planning9
Assessing how restoration can facilitate 30×30 goals for climate‐resilient coastal ecosystems in the United States9
A mixed methodology for evaluating use of evidence in conservation planning9
Global status, impacts, and management of rocky temperate mesophotic ecosystems9
Combining payment for crop damages and reward for productivity to address wildlife conflict9
Systematic nature positive markets9
Implications of the scale of detection for inferring co‐occurrence patterns from paired camera traps and acoustic recorders9
Community engagement and power dynamics in conservation philanthropy grant making9
Conservation Biology Awards8
Ecological impacts of traffication8
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Cats among the Conservationists8
Recommendations for improving peer review of qualitative research in conservation journals8
Identifying management opportunities to combat climate, land, and marine threats across less climate exposed coral reefs8
Book Review8
Support for rodent ecology and conservation to advance zoonotic disease research8
Conservation museomics8
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An impact evaluation of conservation investments targeting long‐distance migratory species8
The need for formal reflexivity in conservation science8
Global rarity of intact coastal regions8
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Defining practical and robust study designs for interventions targeted at terrestrial mammalian predators8
Rates of tree cover loss in key biodiversity areas on Indigenous Peoples’ lands8
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Sensitivity of tropical montane birds to anthropogenic disturbance and management strategies for their conservation in agricultural landscapes8
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Noted with interest8
Books Received (November 2021–December 2022)7
Drivers of support for citizen science across state wildlife management agencies in the United States7
Lessons from other disciplines for setting management thresholds for biodiversity conservation7
Effects of human footprint and biophysical factors on the body‐size structure of fished marine species7
A deep dive into evolutionary genomics and its use in conservation science7
Trait groups as management entities in a complex, multispecies reef fishery7
Bridging research and practice in conservation7
Decision context as a necessary component of population viability analysis assessments: response to Chaudhary and Oli 20207
Evaluating the impact of caribou habitat restoration on predator and prey movement7
Typifying conservation practitioners’ views on the role of education7
Book Reviewers (August 2021–December 2022)7
Identifying opportunities for expert‐mediated triangulation in monitoring wildlife trade on social media7
Anthropogenic disturbance driving population decline of a dominant tree in East Asia evergreen broadleaved forests over the last 11,000 years7
Balancing making a difference with making a living in the conservation sector7
The scope and severity of white‐nose syndrome on hibernating bats in North America7
Implications for biological invasion of non‐native plants for sale in the world's largest online market7
Systematic review of conservation interventions to promote voluntary behavior change7
Projecting biodiversity benefits of conservation behavior‐change programs7
Social comfort zones for transformative conservation decisions in a changing climate7
Modeling minimum viable population size with multiple genetic problems of small populations7
The promise and perils of engineering cave climates: response to Turner et al.7
Statistical matching for conservation science revisited: response to Schleicher et al. 20207
Cooling of bat hibernacula to mitigate white‐nose syndrome7
Application of decision tools to ethical analysis in biodiversity conservation7
Scaling up private land conservation to meet recovery goals for grassland birds7
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The immediate costs and long‐term benefits of assisted gene flow in large populations7
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