Animal Conservation

Papers
(The median citation count of Animal 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
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Life with big cats: local perceptions of big cat species47
Effects of wind farms on raptors: A systematic review of the current knowledge and the potential solutions to mitigate negative impacts25
Simulated genetic efficacy of metapopulation management and conservation value of captive reintroductions in a rapidly declining felid25
The distribution and current state of biobanking in Indonesian wildlife: a systematic review23
Using irregular ranger patrols to quantify elephant occupancy in non‐protected and community‐modified landscapes22
Evaluation of tenrec population viability and potential sustainable management under hunting pressure in northeastern Madagascar22
Strengthening protection of endemic wildlife threatened by the international pet trade: The case of the Australian shingleback lizard22
Genomic signatures of demographic declines in an imperiled amphibian inform conservation action21
Risk of bird electrocution in power lines: a framework for prioritizing species and areas for conservation and impact mitigation21
Will the new Chinese National Parks system save the world's rarest primate, the Hainan gibbon?21
Long‐term conservation efforts at flyway scale can halt the population decline in a globally endangered migratory raptor19
Feather forensics: tracing the origins of parrots in wildlife trade with stable isotopes and citizen science18
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The future of the barbary sheep and the dorcas gazelle populations in Algerian Sahara: On the brink of extinction?18
Plastic pollution can affect the emergence patterns of loggerhead turtle hatchlings18
Using public surveys to rapidly profile biological invasions in hard‐to‐monitor areas18
Genomic and environmental insights and conservation challenges for two hybridizing iconic crocodile species across Mexico: Crocodylus acutus and C. moreletii17
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Spatial acclimation of elk during population restoration to the Missouri Ozarks, USA16
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Combining species distribution models and moderate resolution satellite information to guide conservation programs for reticulated giraffe15
Response of farmland reptiles to agricultural intensification: Collapse of the common adder Vipera berus and the western green lizard Lacerta bilineata in a hedgerow landscape14
Unravelling unique responses of mammal abundance to road proximity in agricultural landscapes13
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Forest management affects the functional traits of birds and mammals differently13
Towards an improved evidence‐based Natura 2000 management strategy13
Mitigating the deceptive effects of smooth surfaces: subtle surface modifications can eliminate maladaptive drinking attempts by bats12
Introduction of summer houses into semi‐natural habitats: impacts on ground‐nesting birds12
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Climate Change‐Induced Distribution Shifts of Keratin‐Feeding Beetle Omorgus (Omorgus) suberosus: Implications for Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Lepidochelys olivacea Conservatio11
Lower Habitat Quality Increases Physiological Stress in an Endangered Neotropical Primate11
Missing species listing reveals undiagnosed extinction among reptiles, tropical, and island vertebrates11
Cast away on Mindoro island: lack of space limits population growth of the endangered tamaraw11
Unexpected effect of geographic origin on post‐translocation survival in a long‐lived reptile, the gopher tortoise11
Impact of forest fragmentation and associated edge effects on the population density of four nocturnal lemur species in North West Madagascar11
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Primate extinction, the legacy of 40 years' road expansion in Colombia10
Integrating threat mapping and animal movement data to identify high‐risk areas for endangered mobile species10
Erosion of primate functional diversity in small and isolated forest patches within movement‐resistant landscapes10
Impacts of land cover on reptile movement and habitat use in farming landscapes10
Metamorphosis and seasonality are major determinants of chytrid infection in a paedomorphic salamander10
Bat winter foraging habitat use in working forests: a multispecies spatial occupancy approach10
Population viability analysis for the common mudpuppy: Assessing potential impacts of TFM lampricide bycatch9
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Mapping human‐carnivore coexistence: approaches to integrating anthropogenic influences on carnivore distribution and connectivity modelling9
Understanding early reproductive failure in turtles and tortoises9
Climbing for dummies: recommendation for multi‐specific fishways for the conservation of tropical eels and gobies8
Understanding Post‐Release Dispersal and Habitat Selection Helps Refine Management of Translocated Populations8
Megafire causes persistent loss of an old‐forest species8
Blind shots: non‐natural mortality counteracts conservation efforts of a threatened waterbird8
Perceptions and reality in fisher coexistence with aquatic predators in the Peruvian Amazon8
A multiple trait assessment provides insights into the short‐time viability of a newly founded population in an endangered island passerine8
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Establishment, persistence and the importance of longitudinal monitoring in multi‐source reintroductions8
Environmental suitability and potential range expansion of the Eurasian beaver in Italy8
Subsidized Common Agricultural Policy grazing jeopardizes the protection of biodiversity and Natura 2000 targeted species7
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A conservation policy as a conservation threat7
Silencing the call of the wild – howling behaviour and responses of the wolf to Anthropocene in India7
Roadside provisioning threatens both humans and monkeys7
From elephant memory to conservation action: using chili oil to mitigate conflict one elephant at a time7
Correlates of persistence in remnant populations of two Critically Endangered cockatoos7
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A probabilistic time geographic approach to quantifying seabird‐vessel interactions7
The threat of Peters's Rock Agama (Agama picticauda) to reptile diversity across the Lesser Antilles7
Mother’s curse on conservation: assessing the role of mtDNA in sex‐specific survival differences in ex‐situ breeding programs7
Human impact and environmental conditions lead to a mass mortality event of David's Myotis (Myotis davidii) in Mongolia7
Characterization and Extent of Illegal Trade in Jaguars and Other Felid Species via Social Media in Mexico7
Urban restoration of common species: population genetics of reintroduced native bush rats Rattus fuscipes in Sydney, Australia6
Comparing estimates of census and effective population size in an endangered amphibian6
Prioritizing future evidence needs for marine and freshwater mammal conservation action6
Group composition impacts reproductive output and population viability in captive white rhinoceros6
Low hatching success in the critically endangered kākāpō is driven by early embryo mortality not infertility6
Influence of reduced‐impact logging on Central Amazonian bats using a before‐after‐control‐impact design6
Pheromones for amphibian conservation – considering new approaches in conservation breeding programmes6
Release strategies and ecological factors influence mitigation translocation outcomes for burrowing owls: a comparative evaluation6
Untangling the influences of fire, habitat and introduced predators on the endangered heath mouse6
Rendering a once common turtle species endangered in China6
Priorities for a coordinated effort on behalf of lost species: a commentary on Martin et al. (2022)6
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A country‐wide examination of effects of urbanization on common birds6
Socioeconomic changes influence hunter behavior in the northern periphery of Dja Faunal Reserve, Cameroon6
Quantifying the effects of Anthropocene activities on Mexican endemic amphibians6
Forest carnivores living on the edge with invasive predators6
Estimating global determinants of leopard home range size in a changing world5
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Numbers of seabirds attracted to artificial lights should not be the only indicator of population trends5
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Inbreeding status and implications for Amur tigers5
On the need and difficulty of evaluating management strategies improving species persistence5
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The wolf and the city: insights on wolves' conservation in the anthropocene5
Hiding in plain sight: risk mitigation by a cryptic carnivore foraging at the urban edge5
A multiscale perspective for improving conservation of Conchos pupfish5
The impact of headstarting on the survival and naiveté of an endangered terrestrial mammal after return to the wild5
Investigating differences in population recovery rates of two sympatrically nesting sea turtle species5
Optimal management decisions are robust to unknown dynamics in an amphibian metapopulation plagued by disease5
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From individual responses to population effects: Integrating a decade of multidisciplinary research on blue whales and sonar5
Disturbance and ecosystem management interact to shape reptile body condition5
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Successful Translocation of a Long‐Distance Migrating Passerine—New Impetus for the Conservation of the Globally Threatened Aquatic Warbler4
GPS collars as a tool to uncover environmental crimes in Brazil: The jaguar as a sentinel4
Long‐term reproductive costs of snare injuries in a keystone terrestrial by‐catch species4
Automated long‐term monitoring of RFID‐tagged individuals reveals high hibernaculum site fidelity in Daubenton's bats and Natterer's bats4
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Effects of age and captivity on the social structure and migration survival of a critically endangered bird4
Continuous forest at higher elevation plays a key role in maintaining bird and mammal diversity across an Andean coffee‐growing landscape4
Assessment of environmental DNA for detecting and monitoring translocated North American beaver4
Using citizen science data to assess the vulnerability of bottlenose dolphins to human impacts along England's South Coast4
‘Lost’ taxa and their conservation implications4
Conservation of thresher shark (Family: Alopiidae) in South‐west Aceh4
Drivers of Willingness to Pay for Conservation in Southeast Asia: Nature Relatedness Over Visual Cues Among Japanese People4
Global conservation genomics of blue whales calls into question subspecies taxonomy and refines knowledge of population structure4
Designing fit‐for‐purpose monitoring – A case study of a cryptic songbird4
Predictors of taxonomic splitting and its role in primate conservation4
Manipulating spectra of artificial light affects movement patterns of bats along ecological corridors4
Effects of habitat quality on body condition and chronic stress in Brazilian non‐volant small mammals4
Rediscovery and urgent conservation needs of the critically endangered spiny butterfly ray (Gymnura altavela) in the Adriatic Sea4
Reach and Effectiveness of Conservation Translocations When Founder Animals Are Sourced From Zoos4
Incorporating data‐based estimates of temporal variation into projections for newly monitored populations4
Examining the representation of locally threatened species in North American zoos4
What to expect from alternative management strategies to conserve seabirds? Hints from a dynamic modelling framework applied to an endangered population3
Assessing population viability and management strategies for species recovery of the critically endangered Puerto Rican parrot3
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Disproportionate admixture improves reintroduction outcomes despite the use of low‐diversity source populations: population viability analysis for a translocation of the greater stick‐nest rat3
Reinforcements in the face of ongoing threats: a case study from a critically small carnivore population3
Australia's 2019–20 mega‐fires are associated with lower occupancy of a rainforest‐dependent bat3
Using life history to predict outcomes of conservation translocations of herpetofauna3
The effects of maternal penning on the movement ecology of mountain caribou3
How to reverse the rhino poaching crisis: a commentary on Nhleko et al. (2022)3
Wildlife mammal communities in post‐war Angola are depleted and simplified: Implications for biodiversity conservation3
Comparing abundance estimates of a cryptic carnivore in southern Patagonia using two experimental methods3
Outdoor recreation alters terrestrial vertebrate scavenger assemblage and carrion removal in a protected Mediterranean wetland3
Go where you know: range expansion and fidelity in mountain caribou following eight years of maternity penning3
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Ground‐based vegetation descriptions and remote sensing as complementary methods describing habitat requirements of a frugivorous primate in northern Madagascar: implications for forest restoration3
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Identifying demographic and environmental drivers of population dynamics and viability in an endangered top predator using an integrated model3
Down‐listing pandas and upgrading conservation: China setting an example to preserve wildlife worldwide3
Climate and behaviour influence thermal suitability of artificial hollows for a critically endangered mammal3
Global review of anticoagulant rodenticide exposure in wild mammalian carnivores3
Habitat disturbance trumps moonlight effects on the activity of tropical insectivorous bats3
Climate change would prevail over land use change in shaping the future distribution of Triturus marmoratus in France3
Safe harbor: translocating California red‐legged frogs to a climate refuge in Yosemite National Park3
Integrated spatial models foster complementarity between monitoring programmes in producing large‐scale bottlenose dolphin indicators3
Trending extinctions: online interest in recently extinct animals3
Living in the Hedge: Farmland Reptile Diversity Is Driven by Hedgerow Structural Complexity and Landscape Connectivity3
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The necessity of considering founder kinships in conservation breeding programs2
Balancing conservation and welfare in ex situ management of the extinct‐in‐the‐wild sihek: sex‐ and age‐specific causes of mortality and contributions to population growth rate2
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How do landscape and life history traits contribute to the threat context of Brazilian primates?2
Improving population estimates of difficult‐to‐observe species: A dung decay model for forest elephants with remotely sensed imagery2
Here be dragons: important spatial uncertainty driven by climate data in forecasted distribution of an endangered insular reptile2
Roads as ecological traps for giant anteaters2
Counting in the dark: estimating population size and trends of bat assemblages at hibernacula using infrared light barriers2
The dark side of the Common Agricultural Policy2
Cascading effects of social dynamics on the reproduction, survival, and population growth of mountain gorillas2
Combined COI barcode‐based methods to avoid mislabelling of threatened species of deep‐sea skates2
No quiet after the storm: Emergency forestry operations put Alpine forest biodiversity at risk 5 years after major windstorm2
Landowner perceptions of livestock predation: implications for persecution of an Amazonian apex predator2
Why we went to the woods?: effects of human disturbance on species presence in a disturbed Myanmar forest ecosystem2
An integrative approach to assess non‐native iguana presence on Saba and Montserrat: Are we losing all native Iguana populations in the Lesser Antilles?2
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The future is here: an easy‐to‐use toolkit for integrating genetics into conservation management2
Instagram as a data source for sea turtle surveys in shipwrecks in Brazil2
Brazil’s marine protected areas fail to meet global conservation goals2
Conserving low‐intensity farming is key to halting the declines of migratory passerines in their tropical wintering grounds2
Integrating immersion withGPSdata improves behavioural classification for wandering albatrosses and shows scavenging behind fishing vessels mirrors natural foraging2
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Don't Stand So Close: Social Crowding Negatively Impacts Reproduction in an Endangered, Territorial Hawaiian Bird2
A review of the ecological and socioeconomic characteristics of trophy hunting across Asia2
Community‐based monitoring of wild felid hunting in Central Amazonia2
Early life experience with predators impacts development, behavior, and post‐translocation outcomes in an endangered amphibian2
Estimating arboreality and the effects of forest structure on tropical tree‐dwelling mesomammals using arboreal camera traps2
Delayed responses and extinction debt: an opportunity for the conservation of Chaco Serrano forest birds2
Chytridiomycosis and climate change: exposure to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and mild winter conditions do not increase mortality in juvenile agile frogs during hibernation2
Why Australian farmers should not kill venomous snakes2
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Home Is Where the Newts Are: Suitability of Artificial Aquatic Sites for the Italian Crested Newt in a Traditional Farming Landscape in Central Italy2
Trends in the bushmeat market trade in North Sulawesi and conservation implications2
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