Biodiversity and Conservation

Papers
(The median citation count of Biodiversity and Conservation is 2. 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 2020-12-01 to 2024-12-01.)
ArticleCitations
Challenges and opportunities of area-based conservation in reaching biodiversity and sustainability goals77
Climate warming in the Himalayas threatens biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and ecosystem services in the 21st century: is there a better solution?60
Remote sensing of biodiversity: what to measure and monitor from space to species?36
Regional Comparison of Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) Diet using DNA Metabarcoding35
High-resolution topographic variables accurately predict the distribution of rare plant species for conservation area selection in a narrow-endemism hotspot in New Caledonia33
The importance of traditional agricultural landscapes for preventing species extinctions31
The impacts of biofuel crops on local biodiversity: a global synthesis27
Vanishing permanent glaciers: climate change is threatening a European Union habitat (Code 8340) and its poorly known biodiversity25
Botanical gardens as key resources and hazards for biosecurity25
Local ecological knowledge to assist conservation status assessments in data poor contexts: a case study with the threatened sharks of the Brazilian Northeast25
The relationship between green roofs and urban biodiversity: a systematic review24
eDNA metabarcoding illuminates species diversity and composition of three phyla (chordata, mollusca and echinodermata) across Indonesian coral reefs24
Macrofauna communities across a seascape of seagrass meadows: environmental drivers, biodiversity patterns and conservation implications23
Seed production areas are crucial to conservation outcomes: benefits and risks of an emerging restoration tool23
Marine macroalgal biodiversity of northern Madagascar: morpho-genetic systematics and implications of anthropic impacts for conservation23
A global analysis of habitat fragmentation research in reptiles and amphibians: what have we done so far?23
The ‘Goldilocks Zone’ of predation: the level of fox control needed to select predator resistance in a reintroduced mammal in Australia22
Beaver creates early successional hotspots for water beetles22
Sacred natural sites and biodiversity conservation: a systematic review22
Climate change-related changes in cephalopod biodiversity on the North East Atlantic Shelf22
How farmers think about insects: perceptions of biodiversity, biodiversity loss and attitudes towards insect-friendly farming practices22
Biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: different non-crop habitats increase diversity of ground-dwelling beetles (Coleoptera) but support different communities21
Prolonged blooming season of flower plantings increases wild bee abundance and richness in agricultural landscapes21
Habitat selection of cave-restricted fauna in a new hotspot of subterranean biodiversity in Neotropics20
The Natura 2000 network and the ranges of threatened species in Greece20
Landscape structure shapes activity levels and composition of aerial insectivorous bats at different spatial scales20
Foraging grounds of adult loggerhead sea turtles across the Mediterranean Sea: key sites and hotspots of risk20
Monoculture and mixture-planting of non-native Douglas fir alters species composition, but promotes the diversity of ground beetles in a temperate forest system20
A case study of a conservation flagship species: the monarch butterfly19
Many cameras make light work: opportunistic photographs of rare species in iNaturalist complement structured surveys of reef fish to better understand species richness19
Agricultural heritage systems and agrobiodiversity19
Prediction of the minimum effective size of a population viable in the long term18
The Zygoptera/Anisoptera ratio as a tool to assess anthropogenic changes in Atlantic Forest streams18
Hunting pressure modulates the composition and size structure of terrestrial and arboreal vertebrates in Amazonian forests18
Biodiversity in residential gardens: a review of the evidence base18
Between a rock and a hard place: rugged terrain features and human disturbance affect behaviour and habitat use of Sumatran elephants in Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia18
Wildfires, heatwaves and human disturbance threaten insular endemic bats18
Biodiversity and conservation of Phoenix canariensis: a review17
Pollinator enhancement in agriculture: comparing sown flower strips, hedges and sown hedge herb layers in apple orchards17
Rewilding the world’s large carnivores without neglecting the human dimension17
Diversity of Insects in Nature protected Areas (DINA): an interdisciplinary German research project17
Biodiversity associated with restored small-scale mussel habitats has restoration decision implications17
Assessing the storage potential of Australian rainforest seeds: a decision-making key to aid rapid conservation16
How future climate change and deforestation can drastically affect the species of monkeys endemic to the eastern Amazon, and priorities for conservation16
Mangrove fragments as key coastal reservoirs of taxonomic and functional biodiversity16
Review of the biology, uses and conservation of the critically endangered endemic Himalayan species Nardostachys jatamansi (Caprifoliaceae)16
Relict populations of Araucaria angustifolia will be isolated, poorly protected, and unconnected under climate and land-use change in Brazil15
Contrasting responses of large carnivores to land use management across an Asian montane landscape in Iran15
2020 Pantanal’s widespread fire: short- and long-term implications for biodiversity and conservation15
A species-specific qPCR assay provides novel insight into range expansion of the Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) by means of eDNA analysis15
Landrace added value and accessibility in Europe: what a collection of case studies tells us15
Turtle biodiversity losses suggest coming sixth mass extinction15
A global summary of local residents’ perceptions of benefits and problems of protected areas15
Reframing urban “wildlife” to promote inclusive conservation science and practice15
A herpetofauna with dramatic endemism signals an overlooked biodiversity hotspot15
Research Progress on endangered plants: a bibliometric analysis15
Identifying high priority conservation areas for Patagonian wetlands biodiversity15
Contrasting wolf responses to different paved roads and traffic volume levels15
Conservation planning of the genus Rhododendron in Northeast China based on current and future suitable habitat distributions15
Assessing awareness on biodiversity conservation among Nigerians: the Aichi Biodiversity Target 114
Assessing evolutionary processes over time in a conservation breeding program: a combined approach using molecular data, simulations and pedigree analysis14
Conservation of Mojave Desert springs and associated biota: status, threats, and policy opportunities14
Multi-taxa spatial conservation planning reveals similar priorities between taxa and improved protected area representation with climate change14
Intensive monitoring, the key to identifying cat predation as a major threat to native carnivore (Dasyurus geoffroii) reintroduction14
Diversity, regeneration, and anthropogenic disturbance in major Indian Central Himalayan forest types: implications for conservation14
Diversity and composition of plants species along elevational gradient: research trends14
Diatom Red Lists: important tools to assess and preserve biodiversity and habitats in the face of direct impacts and environmental change14
The intrinsic value of Amazon biodiversity14
The value of local community knowledge in species distribution modelling for a threatened Neotropical parrot14
Prevalence affects the evaluation of discrimination capacity in presence-absence species distribution models14
Effect of forest fragmentation and disturbance on diversity and structure of woody species in dry Afromontane forests of northern Ethiopia13
Applying genomic data to seagrass conservation13
Factors influencing persistence of a threatened amphibian in restored wetlands despite severe population decline during climate change driven weather extremes13
Large fire initially reduces bird diversity in Poland’s largest wetland biodiversity hotspot13
Central Asian wild tulip conservation requires a regional approach, especially in the face of climate change13
Implementing Brazil’s Forest Code: a vital contribution to securing forests and conserving biodiversity13
Recurring fires in Mediterranean habitats and their impact on bats13
The Calluna life cycle concept revisited: implications for heathland management13
South Africa’s private wildlife ranches protect globally significant populations of wild ungulates13
Contribution of social media to cetacean research in Southeast Asia: illuminating populations vulnerable to litter13
Bumble bee species distributions and habitat associations in the Midwestern USA, a region of declining diversity13
Modelling the amphibian chytrid fungus spread by connectivity analysis: towards a national monitoring network in Italy13
The human-elephant conflict in Sri Lanka: history and present status12
Are Himalayan ecosystems facing hidden collapse? Assessing the drivers and impacts of change to aid conservation, restoration and conflict resolution challenges12
Application of protein nutrition in natural ecosystem management for European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) conservation12
Sparing or expanding? The effects of agricultural yields on farm expansion and deforestation in the tropics12
“Pink round stones”—rhodolith beds: an overlooked habitat in Madeira Archipelago12
GBIF information is not enough: national database improves the inventory completeness of Amazonian epiphytes12
An approach for using multiple indices for monitoring long-term trends of mesopredators at broad spatial scales12
Identifying typical and early warning species by the combination of functional-based diagnostic species and dark diversity12
Subterranean “oasis” in the Brazilian semiarid region: neglected sources of biodiversity12
Effect of non-native species on taxonomic and functional diversity of fish communities in different river types12
Gap analyses of priority wild relatives of food crop in current ex situ and in situ conservation in Indonesia11
Long-term ecology and conservation of the Kungur forest-steppe (pre-Urals, Russia): case study Spasskaya Gora11
Unraveling the drivers of plant taxonomic and phylogenetic β-diversity in a human-modified tropical dry forest11
Forest cover loss in the Nevado de Toluca volcano protected area (Mexico) after the change to a less restrictive category in 201311
Niche shift in invasive species: is it a case of “home away from home” or finding a “new home”?11
Efficacy of species distribution models (SDMs) for ecological realms to ascertain biological conservation and practices11
Overcoming biases and identifying opportunities for citizen science to contribute more to global macroinvertebrate conservation11
Landscape characterization of floral resources for pollinators in the Prairie Pothole Region of the United States11
The hotspots and conservation gaps of the mega genus Astragalus (Fabaceae) in the Old-World11
Traditional forest-related knowledge and agrobiodiversity preservation: the case of the chagras in the Indigenous Reserve of Monochoa (Colombia)11
A review of management actions on insect pollinators on public lands in the United States11
Local and landscape responses of biodiversity in calcareous grasslands10
The importance of livestock grazing at woodland-grassland interface in the conservation of rich oakwood plant communities in temperate Europe10
Cryptic extinction risk in a western Pacific lizard radiation10
Land and deep-sea mining: the challenges of comparing biodiversity impacts10
Priorities for cave fauna conservation in the Iuiú karst landscape, northeastern Brazil: a threatened spot of troglobitic species diversity10
Effectiveness of using nest boxes as a form of bird protection after building modernization10
Diversity and distribution of Genus Primula in Kashmir region: an indicator genus of the western Himalayan mountain wetlands and glacial forelands10
Human activities associated with reduced Komodo dragon habitat use and range loss on Flores10
How complete are insect inventories? An assessment of the british butterfly database highlighting the influence of dynamic distribution shifts on sampling completeness10
Initiatives for biodiversity conservation and utilization in crop protection: A strategy for sustainable crop production10
Just beautiful?! What determines butterfly species for nature conservation10
High evolutionary and functional distinctiveness of endemic monocots in world islands10
Ecological and acoustic responses of bush crickets to anthropogenic and natural ecotones10
Overexploitation and anthropogenic disturbances threaten the genetic diversity of an economically important neotropical palm10
Exploring interaction effects from mechanisms between climate and land-use changes and the projected consequences on biodiversity10
Current wildlife crime (Indian scenario): major challenges and prevention approaches10
Scat DNA provides important data for effective monitoring of mammal and bird biodiversity10
Conservation status of threatened land plants in China and priority sites for better conservation targets: distribution patterns and conservation gap analysis10
Exploring cultural differences in wildlife value orientations using student samples in seven nations10
Spatially heterogeneous habitat use across distinct biogeographic regions in a wide-ranging predator, the Persian leopard9
Connectivity of Natura 2000 potential natural riparian habitats under climate change in the Northwest Iberian Peninsula: implications for their conservation9
Dynamics in plant diversity and composition on Australian alpine summits over time9
Butterfly population trends track vegetation encroachment but not climate warming in a Mediterranean mountain9
Species distribution models for conservation planning in fire‐prone landscapes9
Analysing the distribution of strictly protected areas toward the EU2030 target9
Agricultural expansion in African savannas: effects on diversity and composition of trees and mammals9
Genomic data inform conservation of rare tree species: clonality, diversity and hybridity in Eucalyptus series in a global biodiversity hotspot9
An index of ecological value for European arable plant communities9
Ant-gardens: a specialized ant-epiphyte mutualism capable of facing the effects of climate change9
Short term, but high risk of predation for endangered mountain caribou during seasonal migration9
Conserving Galapagos landbirds in agricultural landscapes: forest patches of native trees needed to increase landbird diversity and abundance9
Diversity, diversification and distribution of Iranian vertebrates: the legacy of mountains uplifting, past climatic oscillations, sea level fluctuations and geographical barriers9
Impacts of the removal of invasive Carpobrotus on spider assemblage dynamics9
Gap analysis of the Ramsar site network at 50: over 150 important Mediterranean sites for wintering waterbirds omitted9
Atlantic Forest: centres of diversity and endemism for ferns and lycophytes and conservation status9
High abundance of a single taxon (amphipods) predicts aquatic macrophyte biodiversity in prairie wetlands9
Garry oak ecosystem stand history in Southwest British Columbia, Canada: implications of environmental change and indigenous land use for ecological restoration and population recovery9
The relevance of transition habitats for butterfly conservation9
Landscape features associated to wind farms increase mammalian predator abundance and ground-nest predation9
Density trends of wild felids in northern Laos9
Species at risk habitat conservation on private land: the perspective of cattle ranchers8
The eighth plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-8): online, nexus, and transformative change8
Deep learning improves acoustic biodiversity monitoring and new candidate forest frog species identification (genus Platymantis) in the Philippines8
Tropical land use drives endemic versus exotic ant communities in a global biodiversity hotspot8
Extreme climate refugia: a case study of wild relatives of cacao (Theobroma cacao) in Colombia8
Assessing woodpeckers as indicators of bird diversity and habitat structure in managed forests8
The impacts of climate change on biodiversity loss and its remedial measures using nature based conservation approach: a global perspective8
Genetic evidence for sex-biased dispersal and cryptic diversity in the greater horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum8
Range restriction leads to narrower ecological niches and greater extinction risk in Australian freshwater fish8
Variable effects of forest diversity on invasions by non-native insects and pathogens8
The Eurasian beaver range expansion reveals uneven future trends and possible conservation issues: an European assessment8
Conserving the Chinese caterpillar fungus under climate change8
50 Years on, w(h)ither the Ramsar convention? A case of institutional drift8
Molecular evidence of species- and subspecies-level distinctions in the rare Orchis patens s.l. and implications for conservation8
Occupancy and co-occurrence patterns of endemic mammals and introduced predators across a broad geographical gradient in eastern Australia8
Unexpected overlapping use of tree hollows by birds, reptiles and declining mammals in an Australian tropical savanna8
In vitro conservation and genetic diversity of threatened species of Melocactus (Cactaceae)8
Ranking the direct threats to biodiversity in sub-Saharan Africa8
Human presence drives bobcat interactions among the U.S. carnivore guild8
Agrobiodiversity and gender: the role of women in farm diversification among smallholder farmers in Sinana district, Southeastern Ethiopia8
Flight speed and time of day heavily influence rainforest canopy wildlife counts from drone-mounted thermal camera surveys8
Forest fragmentation and its associated edge-effects reduce tree species diversity, size, and structural diversity in Madagascar’s transitional forests8
Plant diversity conservation in an agricultural frontier in the Brazilian Cerrado8
Going beyond species richness and abundance: robustness of community specialisation measures in short acoustic surveys8
Biodiversity conservation in climate change driven transient communities8
Conservation value of semi-open habitats for ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Cicindelidae) in Central Europe8
Stoneflies in the genus Lednia (Plecoptera: Nemouridae): sentinels of climate change impacts on mountain stream biodiversity8
Mainstreaming Barahnaja cultivation for food and nutritional security in the Himalayan region8
A comprehensive review on biodiversity information portals8
Modelling potential Pleistocene habitat corridors between Afromontane forest regions8
Detecting spider monkeys from the sky using a high-definition RGB camera: a rapid-assessment survey method?8
The potential role of public gardens as sentinels of plant invasion7
Rodents of the Afar Triangle (Ethiopia): geographical isolation causes high level of endemism7
A critical inventory of the mediterranean endemics in the egyptian flora7
Species–genetic diversity correlation in phyllostomid bats of the Bodoquena plateau, Brazil7
What is the role of topographic heterogeneity and climate on the distribution and conservation of vascular epiphytes in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest?7
Predicting fish community responses to environmental policy targets7
The management effectiveness of protected areas in Kenya7
Temporal shifts as elusive responses to anthropogenic stressors in a mammal community7
Understanding the sustainability of Chinese caterpillar fungus harvesting: the need for better data7
Mediterranean grassland succession as an indicator of changes in ecosystem biodiversity and functionality7
Simplicity or complexity? Important aspects of high nature value grassland management in nature conservation7
Non-invasive genetic sampling is one of our most powerful and ethical tools for threatened species population monitoring: a reply to Lavery et al.7
Understanding potential conflicts between human and non-human-primates: a large-scale survey in Malaysia7
Long-term changes in bryophyte diversity of central European managed forests depending on site environmental features7
Distribution and phenology of monarch butterfly larvae and their milkweed hosts in the South Central US7
Urban remnant size alters fungal functional groups dispersed by a digging mammal7
The relationship between scale and predictor variables in species distribution models applied to conservation7
Impact of weather conditions, seasonality and moonlight on the use of artificial canopy bridges by nocturnal arboreal mammals7
Defining critical habitat for plant species with poor occurrence knowledge and identification of critical habitat networks7
Threats to Australia’s rock-wallabies (Petrogale spp.) with key directions for effective monitoring7
Novel insights into coastal site affinity and habitat connectivity of a benthic stingray with implications for management7
Historical reconstruction of sturgeon (Acipenser spp.) spatiotemporal distribution and causes for their decline in North-Western Europe7
Business and biodiversity: achieving the 2050 vision for biodiversity conservation through transformative business practices7
Fecal steroids as a potential tool for conservation paleobiology in East Africa7
Dietary and habitat specialization, eye size, clutch size, and aerial lifestyle predict avian fragmentation sensitivity in an Andean biodiversity hotpot7
Mapping biodiversity conservation priorities for threatened plants of Indian Himalayan Region6
Quantifying an online wildlife trade using a web crawler6
Prospects and challenges coexist in China’s new protected area system6
The successive trend of vegetation confirms the removal of non-indigenous woody species as an insufficient restoration action6
Genetic and ecological consequences of recent habitat fragmentation in a narrow endemic plant species within an urban context6
First spatially-explicit density estimate for a snow leopard population in the Altai Mountains6
Potential of agroforestry orchards as a conservation set-aside initiative in industrial rubber tree and oil palm plantations for avian biodiversity6
Tree diversity, congruence and endemism: Himalaya ‘The land of diversity’6
Plant species surplus in recent peri-urban forests: the role of forest connectivity, species’ habitat requirements and dispersal types6
Fireflies in Southeast Asia: knowledge gaps, entomotourism and conservation6
The long history of rich fens supports persistence of plant and snail habitat specialists6
Recovering the drivers of sampling bias in Bignonieae (Bignoniaceae) and identifying priority areas for new survey efforts6
Bridging global knowledge gaps in biodiversity databases: a comprehensive data synthesis on tree diversity of India6
Inconsistent results from trait-based analyses of moth trends point to complex drivers of change6
Living in discarded containers: spiders explore a new niche created by littering in urban woodlands6
Taxonomic and functional responses of bats to habitat flooding by an Amazonian mega-dam6
Where ecologically ‘tis better to go brown than green: enhanced seagrass macrobenthic biodiversity within the canals of a brownfield coastal marina6
Examining diversity of terrestrial mammal communities across forest reserves in Sabah, Borneo6
Natural and anthropogenic determinants of peatland dragonfly assemblages: Implications for management and conservation6
Improving insect conservation management through insect monitoring and stakeholder involvement6
Dynamics of Conservation Agriculture: a societal perspective6
Bird communities in a degraded forest biodiversity hotspot of East Africa6
The contribution of wetland flora to regional floristic diversity across a wide range of climatic conditions in southern Africa6
Effect of anthropic disturbances on the activity pattern of two generalist mesocarnivores inhabiting Mediterranean forestry plantations6
The environmental filtering and the conservation of tropical dry forests in mountains in a global change scenario6
The conservation of non-marine molluscs in South America: where we are and how to move forward6
Willows in the farming landscape: a forgotten eco-cultural icon6
High uncertainty over the future of tidal marsh birds under current sea-level rise projections6
Prospects and constraints in studying the biodiversity of agriculturally important microalgae and cyanobacteria and useful statistical tools6
Citizen-science data shows long-term decline of snakes in southwestern Europe6
Silvopastoralism, local ecological knowledge and woodland trajectories in a category V- type management area6
The effect of sampling effort and methodology on range size estimates of poorly-recorded species for IUCN Red List assessments6
Projected biodiversity in the Hyrcanian Mountain Forest of Iran: an investigation based on two climate scenarios6
High endemism of cacti remains unprotected in the Caatinga6
Climate change is creating a mismatch between protected areas and suitable habitats for frogs and birds in Puerto Rico6
The continental shelf seascape: a network of species and habitats6
Positive relationships between species diversity and genetic diversity on a local scale at Mt. Wu Yi, China6
The Ninth Plenary of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-9): sustainable use, values, and business (as usual)6
Beauty and the beast: multiple effects of wild boar rooting on butterfly microhabitat5
Time pattern variation of alien plant introductions in an insular biodiversity hotspot: the Balearic Islands as a case study for the Mediterranean region5
Palaeoecology and conservation of endangered hidden species; example of the liverwort Riella (Riellaceae)5
Origins and diversity of the Bering Sea Island fauna: shifting linkages across the northern continents5
Revealing the long-term trend of the global-scale Ginkgo biloba distribution and the impact of future climate change based on the ensemble modeling5
Odonates in warm regions of south america largely do not follow Rapoport’s rule5
Modelling habitat suitability of the critically endangered Agarwood (Aquilaria malaccensis) in the Indian East Himalayan region5
Spatial prioritisation of management zones in protected areas for the integration of multiple objectives5
Unintended consequences of valuing the contributions of non-native species: misguided conservation initiatives in a megadiverse region5
Differentiating the effects of organic management, pesticide reduction, and landscape diversification for arthropod conservation in viticulture5
Importance of water availability for amphibian roadkill in a mediterranean landscape5
Conservation of Latin America freshwater biodiversity: beyond political borders5
Conservation by trans-border cooperation: population genetic structure and diversity of geoffroy’s bat (Myotis emarginatus) at its north-western european range edge5
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