Biodiversity and Conservation

Article	Citations
Challenges and opportunities of area-based conservation in reaching biodiversity and sustainability goals	71
Climate warming in the Himalayas threatens biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and ecosystem services in the 21st century: is there a better solution?	48
Remote sensing of biodiversity: what to measure and monitor from space to species?	36
Regional Comparison of Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) Diet using DNA Metabarcoding	35
High-resolution topographic variables accurately predict the distribution of rare plant species for conservation area selection in a narrow-endemism hotspot in New Caledonia	33
The importance of traditional agricultural landscapes for preventing species extinctions	31
Remote sensing enabled essential biodiversity variables for biodiversity assessment and monitoring: technological advancement and potentials	30
The impacts of biofuel crops on local biodiversity: a global synthesis	27
Local ecological knowledge to assist conservation status assessments in data poor contexts: a case study with the threatened sharks of the Brazilian Northeast	25
eDNA metabarcoding illuminates species diversity and composition of three phyla (chordata, mollusca and echinodermata) across Indonesian coral reefs	24
The relationship between green roofs and urban biodiversity: a systematic review	24
Vanishing permanent glaciers: climate change is threatening a European Union habitat (Code 8340) and its poorly known biodiversity	24
Seed production areas are crucial to conservation outcomes: benefits and risks of an emerging restoration tool	23
Macrofauna communities across a seascape of seagrass meadows: environmental drivers, biodiversity patterns and conservation implications	23
Marine macroalgal biodiversity of northern Madagascar: morpho-genetic systematics and implications of anthropic impacts for conservation	23
Botanical gardens as key resources and hazards for biosecurity	22
Climate change-related changes in cephalopod biodiversity on the North East Atlantic Shelf	22
Sacred natural sites and biodiversity conservation: a systematic review	22
The ‘Goldilocks Zone’ of predation: the level of fox control needed to select predator resistance in a reintroduced mammal in Australia	22
How farmers think about insects: perceptions of biodiversity, biodiversity loss and attitudes towards insect-friendly farming practices	22
Beaver creates early successional hotspots for water beetles	22
Conservation of Brazilian freshwater biodiversity: Thinking about the next 10 years and beyond	21
Biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: different non-crop habitats increase diversity of ground-dwelling beetles (Coleoptera) but support different communities	21
Monoculture and mixture-planting of non-native Douglas fir alters species composition, but promotes the diversity of ground beetles in a temperate forest system	20
A century of pollen foraging by the endangered rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis): inferences from molecular sequencing of museum specimens	20

The Natura 2000 network and the ranges of threatened species in Greece	20
Habitat selection of cave-restricted fauna in a new hotspot of subterranean biodiversity in Neotropics	20
Prolonged blooming season of flower plantings increases wild bee abundance and richness in agricultural landscapes	20
A case study of a conservation flagship species: the monarch butterfly	19
Agricultural heritage systems and agrobiodiversity	19
A global analysis of habitat fragmentation research in reptiles and amphibians: what have we done so far?	19
Landscape structure shapes activity levels and composition of aerial insectivorous bats at different spatial scales	19
Foraging grounds of adult loggerhead sea turtles across the Mediterranean Sea: key sites and hotspots of risk	19
Prediction of the minimum effective size of a population viable in the long term	18
How to build a biodiverse city: environmental determinants of bird diversity within and among 1581 cities	18
Hunting pressure modulates the composition and size structure of terrestrial and arboreal vertebrates in Amazonian forests	18
Between a rock and a hard place: rugged terrain features and human disturbance affect behaviour and habitat use of Sumatran elephants in Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia	18
The Zygoptera/Anisoptera ratio as a tool to assess anthropogenic changes in Atlantic Forest streams	18
Diversity of Insects in Nature protected Areas (DINA): an interdisciplinary German research project	17
Biodiversity and conservation of Phoenix canariensis: a review	17
Pollinator enhancement in agriculture: comparing sown flower strips, hedges and sown hedge herb layers in apple orchards	17
Rewilding the world’s large carnivores without neglecting the human dimension	16
Assessing the storage potential of Australian rainforest seeds: a decision-making key to aid rapid conservation	16
Wildfires, heatwaves and human disturbance threaten insular endemic bats	16
How future climate change and deforestation can drastically affect the species of monkeys endemic to the eastern Amazon, and priorities for conservation	16
Many cameras make light work: opportunistic photographs of rare species in iNaturalist complement structured surveys of reef fish to better understand species richness	16
Turtle biodiversity losses suggest coming sixth mass extinction	15
A global summary of local residents’ perceptions of benefits and problems of protected areas	15
Reframing urban “wildlife” to promote inclusive conservation science and practice	15
Landrace added value and accessibility in Europe: what a collection of case studies tells us	15
Research Progress on endangered plants: a bibliometric analysis	15
Identifying high priority conservation areas for Patagonian wetlands biodiversity	15
Fine-scale roadkill risk models: understanding the intersection of wildlife and roads	15
A species-specific qPCR assay provides novel insight into range expansion of the Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) by means of eDNA analysis	15
A herpetofauna with dramatic endemism signals an overlooked biodiversity hotspot	15
Contrasting responses of large carnivores to land use management across an Asian montane landscape in Iran	15
Contrasting wolf responses to different paved roads and traffic volume levels	15
Conservation planning of the genus Rhododendron in Northeast China based on current and future suitable habitat distributions	15
Relict populations of Araucaria angustifolia will be isolated, poorly protected, and unconnected under climate and land-use change in Brazil	15
Assessing awareness on biodiversity conservation among Nigerians: the Aichi Biodiversity Target 1	14
Intensive monitoring, the key to identifying cat predation as a major threat to native carnivore (Dasyurus geoffroii) reintroduction	14
Prevalence affects the evaluation of discrimination capacity in presence-absence species distribution models	14
The intrinsic value of Amazon biodiversity	14
Biodiversity associated with restored small-scale mussel habitats has restoration decision implications	14
Multi-taxa spatial conservation planning reveals similar priorities between taxa and improved protected area representation with climate change	14
Review of the biology, uses and conservation of the critically endangered endemic Himalayan species Nardostachys jatamansi (Caprifoliaceae)	14
Assessing evolutionary processes over time in a conservation breeding program: a combined approach using molecular data, simulations and pedigree analysis	14
Conservation of Mojave Desert springs and associated biota: status, threats, and policy opportunities	14
Central Asian wild tulip conservation requires a regional approach, especially in the face of climate change	13
Implementing Brazil’s Forest Code: a vital contribution to securing forests and conserving biodiversity	13
Factors influencing persistence of a threatened amphibian in restored wetlands despite severe population decline during climate change driven weather extremes	13
Modelling the amphibian chytrid fungus spread by connectivity analysis: towards a national monitoring network in Italy	13
Contribution of social media to cetacean research in Southeast Asia: illuminating populations vulnerable to litter	13
Bumble bee species distributions and habitat associations in the Midwestern USA, a region of declining diversity	13
Recurring fires in Mediterranean habitats and their impact on bats	13

Large fire initially reduces bird diversity in Poland’s largest wetland biodiversity hotspot	13
Effect of forest fragmentation and disturbance on diversity and structure of woody species in dry Afromontane forests of northern Ethiopia	13
Applying genomic data to seagrass conservation	13
Climate data source matters in species distribution modelling: the case of the Iberian Peninsula	13
The Calluna life cycle concept revisited: implications for heathland management	13
Mangrove fragments as key coastal reservoirs of taxonomic and functional biodiversity	12
“Pink round stones”—rhodolith beds: an overlooked habitat in Madeira Archipelago	12
GBIF information is not enough: national database improves the inventory completeness of Amazonian epiphytes	12
Application of protein nutrition in natural ecosystem management for European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) conservation	12
Subterranean “oasis” in the Brazilian semiarid region: neglected sources of biodiversity	12
An approach for using multiple indices for monitoring long-term trends of mesopredators at broad spatial scales	12
The value of local community knowledge in species distribution modelling for a threatened Neotropical parrot	12
South Africa’s private wildlife ranches protect globally significant populations of wild ungulates	12
Sparing or expanding? The effects of agricultural yields on farm expansion and deforestation in the tropics	12
Effect of non-native species on taxonomic and functional diversity of fish communities in different river types	12
Overcoming biases and identifying opportunities for citizen science to contribute more to global macroinvertebrate conservation	11
A review of management actions on insect pollinators on public lands in the United States	11
Diatom Red Lists: important tools to assess and preserve biodiversity and habitats in the face of direct impacts and environmental change	11
Efficacy of species distribution models (SDMs) for ecological realms to ascertain biological conservation and practices	11
Biodiversity in residential gardens: a review of the evidence base	11
Diversity, regeneration, and anthropogenic disturbance in major Indian Central Himalayan forest types: implications for conservation	11
Forest cover loss in the Nevado de Toluca volcano protected area (Mexico) after the change to a less restrictive category in 2013	11
Landscape characterization of floral resources for pollinators in the Prairie Pothole Region of the United States	11
Long-term ecology and conservation of the Kungur forest-steppe (pre-Urals, Russia): case study Spasskaya Gora	11
Unraveling the drivers of plant taxonomic and phylogenetic β-diversity in a human-modified tropical dry forest	11
Diversity and composition of plants species along elevational gradient: research trends	11
Niche shift in invasive species: is it a case of “home away from home” or finding a “new home”?	11
Traditional forest-related knowledge and agrobiodiversity preservation: the case of the chagras in the Indigenous Reserve of Monochoa (Colombia)	11
Exploring interaction effects from mechanisms between climate and land-use changes and the projected consequences on biodiversity	10
How complete are insect inventories? An assessment of the british butterfly database highlighting the influence of dynamic distribution shifts on sampling completeness	10
Effectiveness of using nest boxes as a form of bird protection after building modernization	10
Human activities associated with reduced Komodo dragon habitat use and range loss on Flores	10
Cryptic extinction risk in a western Pacific lizard radiation	10
Land and deep-sea mining: the challenges of comparing biodiversity impacts	10
Conservation status of threatened land plants in China and priority sites for better conservation targets: distribution patterns and conservation gap analysis	10
Exploring cultural differences in wildlife value orientations using student samples in seven nations	10
Overexploitation and anthropogenic disturbances threaten the genetic diversity of an economically important neotropical palm	10
Ecological and acoustic responses of bush crickets to anthropogenic and natural ecotones	10
Gap analyses of priority wild relatives of food crop in current ex situ and in situ conservation in Indonesia	10
Scat DNA provides important data for effective monitoring of mammal and bird biodiversity	10
Conservation of Asian horseshoe crabs on spotlight	10
Priorities for cave fauna conservation in the Iuiú karst landscape, northeastern Brazil: a threatened spot of troglobitic species diversity	10
The importance of livestock grazing at woodland-grassland interface in the conservation of rich oakwood plant communities in temperate Europe	10
Diversity and distribution of Genus Primula in Kashmir region: an indicator genus of the western Himalayan mountain wetlands and glacial forelands	10
Local and landscape responses of biodiversity in calcareous grasslands	10
2020 Pantanal’s widespread fire: short- and long-term implications for biodiversity and conservation	10
Initiatives for biodiversity conservation and utilization in crop protection: A strategy for sustainable crop production	10
Just beautiful?! What determines butterfly species for nature conservation	10
High evolutionary and functional distinctiveness of endemic monocots in world islands	10
Analysing the distribution of strictly protected areas toward the EU2030 target	9
Gap analysis of the Ramsar site network at 50: over 150 important Mediterranean sites for wintering waterbirds omitted	9
Dynamics in plant diversity and composition on Australian alpine summits over time	9
The hotspots and conservation gaps of the mega genus Astragalus (Fabaceae) in the Old-World	9
Short term, but high risk of predation for endangered mountain caribou during seasonal migration	9
Species distribution models for conservation planning in fire‐prone landscapes	9
The human-elephant conflict in Sri Lanka: history and present status	9
From global to local scale: where is the best for conservation purpose?	9
Impacts of the removal of invasive Carpobrotus on spider assemblage dynamics	9
Spatially heterogeneous habitat use across distinct biogeographic regions in a wide-ranging predator, the Persian leopard	9
An index of ecological value for European arable plant communities	9
Ant-gardens: a specialized ant-epiphyte mutualism capable of facing the effects of climate change	9
Are Himalayan ecosystems facing hidden collapse? Assessing the drivers and impacts of change to aid conservation, restoration and conflict resolution challenges	9
High abundance of a single taxon (amphipods) predicts aquatic macrophyte biodiversity in prairie wetlands	9
Conserving Galapagos landbirds in agricultural landscapes: forest patches of native trees needed to increase landbird diversity and abundance	9
Diversity, diversification and distribution of Iranian vertebrates: the legacy of mountains uplifting, past climatic oscillations, sea level fluctuations and geographical barriers	9
Agricultural expansion in African savannas: effects on diversity and composition of trees and mammals	9
Density trends of wild felids in northern Laos	9
Genomic data inform conservation of rare tree species: clonality, diversity and hybridity in Eucalyptus series in a global biodiversity hotspot	9
Atlantic Forest: centres of diversity and endemism for ferns and lycophytes and conservation status	9
Garry oak ecosystem stand history in Southwest British Columbia, Canada: implications of environmental change and indigenous land use for ecological restoration and population recovery	9
Butterfly population trends track vegetation encroachment but not climate warming in a Mediterranean mountain	9
The relevance of transition habitats for butterfly conservation	9
Identifying typical and early warning species by the combination of functional-based diagnostic species and dark diversity	9
Landscape features associated to wind farms increase mammalian predator abundance and ground-nest predation	9
Detecting spider monkeys from the sky using a high-definition RGB camera: a rapid-assessment survey method?	8
Species at risk habitat conservation on private land: the perspective of cattle ranchers	8
Deep learning improves acoustic biodiversity monitoring and new candidate forest frog species identification (genus Platymantis) in the Philippines	8
Forest fragmentation and its associated edge-effects reduce tree species diversity, size, and structural diversity in Madagascar’s transitional forests	8
Tropical land use drives endemic versus exotic ant communities in a global biodiversity hotspot	8
Plant diversity conservation in an agricultural frontier in the Brazilian Cerrado	8

Connectivity of Natura 2000 potential natural riparian habitats under climate change in the Northwest Iberian Peninsula: implications for their conservation	8
50 Years on, w(h)ither the Ramsar convention? A case of institutional drift	8
Stoneflies in the genus Lednia (Plecoptera: Nemouridae): sentinels of climate change impacts on mountain stream biodiversity	8
Extreme climate refugia: a case study of wild relatives of cacao (Theobroma cacao) in Colombia	8
A comprehensive review on biodiversity information portals	8
Modelling potential Pleistocene habitat corridors between Afromontane forest regions	8
Range restriction leads to narrower ecological niches and greater extinction risk in Australian freshwater fish	8
Variable effects of forest diversity on invasions by non-native insects and pathogens	8
Going beyond species richness and abundance: robustness of community specialisation measures in short acoustic surveys	8
The eighth plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-8): online, nexus, and transformative change	8
Molecular evidence of species- and subspecies-level distinctions in the rare Orchis patens s.l. and implications for conservation	8
Exploring the bushmeat market in Brussels, Belgium: a clandestine luxury business	8
Assessing woodpeckers as indicators of bird diversity and habitat structure in managed forests	8
The impacts of climate change on biodiversity loss and its remedial measures using nature based conservation approach: a global perspective	8
Genetic evidence for sex-biased dispersal and cryptic diversity in the greater horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum	8
Agrobiodiversity and gender: the role of women in farm diversification among smallholder farmers in Sinana district, Southeastern Ethiopia	8
Flight speed and time of day heavily influence rainforest canopy wildlife counts from drone-mounted thermal camera surveys	8
The Eurasian beaver range expansion reveals uneven future trends and possible conservation issues: an European assessment	8
Occupancy and co-occurrence patterns of endemic mammals and introduced predators across a broad geographical gradient in eastern Australia	8
Conserving the Chinese caterpillar fungus under climate change	8
Biodiversity conservation in climate change driven transient communities	8
Unexpected overlapping use of tree hollows by birds, reptiles and declining mammals in an Australian tropical savanna	8
In vitro conservation and genetic diversity of threatened species of Melocactus (Cactaceae)	8
Mainstreaming Barahnaja cultivation for food and nutritional security in the Himalayan region	8
Human presence drives bobcat interactions among the U.S. carnivore guild	8
The relationship between scale and predictor variables in species distribution models applied to conservation	7
Mediterranean grassland succession as an indicator of changes in ecosystem biodiversity and functionality	7
Cities in drylands as artificial protected areas for plants	7
Defining critical habitat for plant species with poor occurrence knowledge and identification of critical habitat networks	7
Current wildlife crime (Indian scenario): major challenges and prevention approaches	7
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 targets	7
Business and biodiversity: achieving the 2050 vision for biodiversity conservation through transformative business practices	7
Urban remnant size alters fungal functional groups dispersed by a digging mammal	7
Threats to Australia’s rock-wallabies (Petrogale spp.) with key directions for effective monitoring	7
The potential role of public gardens as sentinels of plant invasion	7
Rodents of the Afar Triangle (Ethiopia): geographical isolation causes high level of endemism	7
A critical inventory of the mediterranean endemics in the egyptian flora	7
Novel insights into coastal site affinity and habitat connectivity of a benthic stingray with implications for management	7
Long-term changes in bryophyte diversity of central European managed forests depending on site environmental features	7
The management effectiveness of protected areas in Kenya	7
Fecal steroids as a potential tool for conservation paleobiology in East Africa	7
Understanding the sustainability of Chinese caterpillar fungus harvesting: the need for better data	7
Species–genetic diversity correlation in phyllostomid bats of the Bodoquena plateau, Brazil	7
Impact of weather conditions, seasonality and moonlight on the use of artificial canopy bridges by nocturnal arboreal mammals	7
Conservation value of semi-open habitats for ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Cicindelidae) in Central Europe	7
Simplicity or complexity? Important aspects of high nature value grassland management in nature conservation	7
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 Malaysia	7
Historical reconstruction of sturgeon (Acipenser spp.) spatiotemporal distribution and causes for their decline in North-Western Europe	7
Distribution and phenology of monarch butterfly larvae and their milkweed hosts in the South Central US	7
Temporal shifts as elusive responses to anthropogenic stressors in a mammal community	7
Bird communities in a degraded forest biodiversity hotspot of East Africa	6
Recovering the drivers of sampling bias in Bignonieae (Bignoniaceae) and identifying priority areas for new survey efforts	6
The Ninth Plenary of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-9): sustainable use, values, and business (as usual)	6
Positive relationships between species diversity and genetic diversity on a local scale at Mt. Wu Yi, China	6
Dietary and habitat specialization, eye size, clutch size, and aerial lifestyle predict avian fragmentation sensitivity in an Andean biodiversity hotpot	6
Willows in the farming landscape: a forgotten eco-cultural icon	6
Prospects and challenges coexist in China’s new protected area system	6
Can indicator species guide conservation investments to restore connectivity in Great Lakes tributaries?	6
Citizen-science data shows long-term decline of snakes in southwestern Europe	6
Conserving populations at the edge of their geographic range: the endangered Caspian red deer (Cervus elaphus maral) across protected areas of Iran	6
Potential of agroforestry orchards as a conservation set-aside initiative in industrial rubber tree and oil palm plantations for avian biodiversity	6
The effect of sampling effort and methodology on range size estimates of poorly-recorded species for IUCN Red List assessments	6
Improving insect conservation management through insect monitoring and stakeholder involvement	6
Climate change is creating a mismatch between protected areas and suitable habitats for frogs and birds in Puerto Rico	6
The long history of rich fens supports persistence of plant and snail habitat specialists	6
The environmental filtering and the conservation of tropical dry forests in mountains in a global change scenario	6
The conservation of non-marine molluscs in South America: where we are and how to move forward	6
Fireflies in Southeast Asia: knowledge gaps, entomotourism and conservation	6
Bridging global knowledge gaps in biodiversity databases: a comprehensive data synthesis on tree diversity of India	6
The contribution of wetland flora to regional floristic diversity across a wide range of climatic conditions in southern Africa	6
Taxonomic and functional responses of bats to habitat flooding by an Amazonian mega-dam	6
The successive trend of vegetation confirms the removal of non-indigenous woody species as an insufficient restoration action	6
Genetic and ecological consequences of recent habitat fragmentation in a narrow endemic plant species within an urban context	6
First spatially-explicit density estimate for a snow leopard population in the Altai Mountains	6
Projected biodiversity in the Hyrcanian Mountain Forest of Iran: an investigation based on two climate scenarios	6
Tree diversity, congruence and endemism: Himalaya ‘The land of diversity’	6
High endemism of cacti remains unprotected in the Caatinga	6
Inconsistent results from trait-based analyses of moth trends point to complex drivers of change	6
Effect of anthropic disturbances on the activity pattern of two generalist mesocarnivores inhabiting Mediterranean forestry plantations	6
Mapping biodiversity conservation priorities for threatened plants of Indian Himalayan Region	6
The continental shelf seascape: a network of species and habitats	6
Quantifying an online wildlife trade using a web crawler	6
High uncertainty over the future of tidal marsh birds under current sea-level rise projections	6
Prospects and constraints in studying the biodiversity of agriculturally important microalgae and cyanobacteria and useful statistical tools	6
Where ecologically ‘tis better to go brown than green: enhanced seagrass macrobenthic biodiversity within the canals of a brownfield coastal marina	6
Natural and anthropogenic determinants of peatland dragonfly assemblages: Implications for management and conservation	6
Silvopastoralism, local ecological knowledge and woodland trajectories in a category V- type management area	6
Dynamics of Conservation Agriculture: a societal perspective	6
Ranking the direct threats to biodiversity in sub-Saharan Africa	6
Unintended consequences of valuing the contributions of non-native species: misguided conservation initiatives in a megadiverse region	5
Conservation by trans-border cooperation: population genetic structure and diversity of geoffroy’s bat (Myotis emarginatus) at its north-western european range edge	5
Origins and diversity of the Bering Sea Island fauna: shifting linkages across the northern continents	5
Spatial prioritisation of management zones in protected areas for the integration of multiple objectives	5