Journal for Nature Conservation

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal for Nature 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)
ArticleCitations
Threats and protection policies of the aquatic biodiversity in the Yangtze River54
The impact of operating the mobile barriers in Venice (MOSE) under climate change49
Shifting apes: Conservation and welfare outcomes of Bornean orangutan rescue and release in Kalimantan, Indonesia27
Effects of cattle on habitat use and diel activity of large native herbivores in a South American rangeland26
The impact of pastoral activities on animal biodiversity in Europe: A systematic review and meta-analysis24
Benefits and challenges of collaborating with volunteers: Examples from National Wildlife Roadkill Reporting Systems in Europe23
Wildlife tourism in reintroduction projects: Exploring social and economic benefits of beaver in local settings22
Preferences for lion and tiger bone wines amongst the urban public in China and Vietnam22
Factors involved in the degradation of mangrove forests in Iran: A mixed study for the management of this ecosystem21
Women in parliament and deforestation: cross-country evidence21
A call for mainstreaming geodiversity in nature conservation research and praxis21
Cost–Benefit Analysis of China’s Natural Forest Conservation Program19
Corridors as a tool for linking habitats – Shortcomings and perspectives for plant conservation19
Understanding citizens’ action for nature: The profile, motivations and experiences of Dutch nature volunteers19
Value orientations and beliefs contribute to the formation of a marine conservation personal norm18
Invasive alien plant control improves foraging habitat quality of a threatened island flying fox17
Assessing the regional landscape connectivity for multispecies to coordinate on-the-ground needs for mitigating linear infrastructure impact in Brasov – Prahova region17
Willingness to pay for biodiversity conservation in Dachigam National Park, India17
Endangered species account for 10% of Brazil’s documented timber trade17
Coastal lagoons in focus: Their environmental and socioeconomic importance16
Taxonomic bias in amphibian research: Are researchers responding to conservation need?16
Global research trends and gaps in ecological compensation studies from 1990 to 2020: A scientometric review16
Integrating habitat risk assessment and connectivity analysis in ranking habitat patches for conservation in protected areas16
Addressing ‘biodiversity naivety’ through project-based learning using iNaturalist16
Human-climate interactions shape fire regimes in the Cerrado of São Paulo state, Brazil15
Understanding preferences for pricing policies in Japan’s national parks using the best–worst scaling method15
Fit for the task? Integration of biodiversity policy into the post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy: Illustration on the case of Slovenia15
Ecosystem services and ecological compensation of world heritage: A literature review15
The threats posed by the pet trade in alien terrestrial invertebrates in South Africa15
Understanding farmers’ willingness in arable land protection cooperation by using fsQCA: Roles of perceived benefits and policy incentives14
Reconciling coffee productivity and natural vegetation conservation in an agroecosystem landscape in Brazil14
Valuing a Caribbean coastal lagoon using the choice experiment method: The case of the Simpson Bay Lagoon, Saint Martin13
Lions do not change rivers: Complex African savannas preclude top-down forcing by large carnivores13
Assessing the effectiveness of protected areas against habitat fragmentation and loss: A long-term multi-scalar analysis in a mediterranean region13
The impact of the “World's 25 Most Endangered Primates” list on scientific publications and media12
Using drone imagery analysis in rare plant demographic studies12
Impact of climate and land cover changes on the potential distribution of four endemic salamanders in Mexico12
Ungulates and ecosystem services in Mediterranean woody systems: A semi-quantitative review12
Can rural tourism stimulate biodiversity conservation and influence farmer's management decisions?12
Conserving biodiversity through offsets? Findings from an empirical study on conservation banking12
Coexisting in the Peruvian Amazon: Interactions between fisheries and river dolphins12
Land consolidation negatively affects farmland bird diversity and conservation value11
Farmland management regulates ecosystem services in Mediterranean drylands: Assessing the sustainability of agri-environmental payments for bird conservation11
Population-level effects of wildlife rehabilitation and release vary with life-history strategy11
Importance of taxonomic group, life stage and circumstance of rescue upon wildlife rehabilitation in Ontario, Canada11
Comparison of methods to model species habitat networks for decision-making in nature conservation: The case of the wildcat in southern Belgium11
Restoration of rare bryophytes in degraded rich fens: The effect of sod-and-moss removal11
Snakes on a lane: Road type and edge habitat predict hotspots of snake road mortality11
The economic value of the Andean Condor: The national symbol of South America11
Modulating lighting regime favours a sustainable use of show caves: A case study in NW-Italy11
A decision-making tool for restoring lowland grasslands in Europe10
Farmers’ preferences for result-based schemes for grassland conservation in Slovenia10
Overwinter behavior, movement, and survival in a recently reintroduced, endangered amphibian, Rana muscosa10
European eel restocking programs based on wild-caught glass eels: Feasibility of quarantine stage compatible with implementation of prophylactic measures prior to scheduled reintroduction to the wild10
Developing a rural ecological assessment index for Jiangsu Province, China10
A warning call from mires of the Southern Alps (Italy): Impacts which are changing the bryophyte composition10
Assessing the future conservation potential of the Amazon and Andes Protected Areas: Using the woolly monkey (Lagothrix lagothricha) as an umbrella species10
Expansive shrubs: Expansion factors and ecological impacts in northern Ethiopia10
Conservation potential of semi-natural habitats for birds in intensively-used agricultural landscapes9
Mass of white stork nests predicted from their size: Online calculator and implications for conservation9
A day on the shore: Ecological impacts of non-motorised recreational activities in and around inland water bodies9
Species-specific responses to land-use change in island insectivorous bats9
A global review of the threats of mining on mid-sized and large mammals9
Seabird population changes following mammal eradication at oceanic Saint-Paul Island, Indian Ocean9
The value of flagship and umbrella species for restoration and sustainable development: Bale monkeys and bamboo forest in Ethiopia9
Human-nature connection and soundscape perception: Insights from Tierra del Fuego, Argentina9
The continuing march of Common Green Iguanas: arrival on mainland Asia9
Current threats faced by amphibian populations in the southern cone of South America9
Assessing ecological success and social acceptance of protected areas in semiarid ecosystems: A socio-ecological case study of Khabr National Park, Iran9
Valuing wetland conservation: A contingent valuation analysis among Iranian beneficiaries9
Illegal wildlife trade is threatening conservation in the transboundary landscape of Western Himalaya9
Planning practical evidence-based decision making in conservation within time constraints: the Strategic Evidence Assessment Framework9
What determines attitude of local people towards tiger and leopard in Nepal?9
Evenly split: Exploring the highly polarized public response to the use of lethal methods to manage overabundant native wildlife in Australia9
Transforming travel motivation into intention to pay for nature conservation in national parks: The role of Chatbot e-services9
Extensive horse grazing improves grassland vegetation diversity, seed bank and forage quality of artificial embankments (Rhône River - southern France)9
Habitat use by tiger prey in Thailand’s Western Forest Complex: What will it take to fill a half-full tiger landscape?9
A large scale analysis of threats to the nesting sites of Podocnemis species and the effectiveness of the coverage of these areas by the Brazilian Action Plan for Amazon Turtle Conservation8
Habitat suitability modelling to improve conservation status of two critically endangered endemic Afromontane forest bird species in Taita Hills, Kenya8
Potential contribution of OECMs to international area-based conservation targets in a biodiversity rich country, Spain8
Quantification of catch composition in fisheries: A methodology and its application to compare biodegradable and nylon gillnets8
Eradication of feral goats, not population control, as a strategy to conserve plant communities on Mediterranean islets8
Illegal trade of morphologically distinct populations prior to taxonomic assessment and elevation, with recommendations for future prevention8
Political polarization of conservation issues in the era of COVID-19: An examination of partisan perspectives and priorities in the United States8
Human footprint defining conservation strategies in Patagonian landscapes: Where we are and where we want to go?8
Genetic conservation strategies of endemic plants from edaphic habitat islands: The case of Jacobaea auricula (Asteraceae)8
Integration of preference heterogeneity into sustainable nature conservation: From practice to policy8
Prioritizing the next decade of freshwater turtle and tortoise conservation in West Africa8
High extinction risk and limited habitat connectivity of Muñoa’s pampas cat, an endemic felid of the Uruguayan Savanna ecoregion8
The role of Natura 2000 in relation to breeding birds decline on multiple land cover types and policy implications7
Stakeholder mental model analysis supports focused conservation policy and actions for Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) reintroduction7
How are biodiversity and carbon stock recovered during tropical forest restoration? Supporting the ecological paradigms and political context involved7
The effectiveness of regulatory signs in controlling human behaviour and Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) disturbance during breeding: an experimental test7
Prioritizing areas for conservation action in Kawthoolei, Myanmar using species distribution models7
One rule does not fit it all: Patterns and drivers of stakeholders perspectives of the endangered Iberian wolf7
“De-extinction” in conservation: Assessing risks of releasing “resurrected” species7
Saving species in a snap: On the feasibility and efficacy of augmented reality-based wildlife interactions for conservation7
Wildlife response to recreational trail building: An experimental method and Appalachian case study7
Unmanned aircraft systems for protected areas: Gadgetry or necessity?7
The effect of agri-environment schemes on bees on Shropshire farms7
Imbalances in attitudes of European citizens towards biodiversity: Did the communication of the European Biodiversity Strategy work?7
Peruvian Amazon disappearing: Transformation of protected areas during the last two decades (2001–2019) and potential future deforestation modelling using cloud computing and MaxEnt approach7
Targeting efforts in rescue programmes mitigating light-induced seabird mortality: First the fat, then the skinny7
Economic incentives for preserving biodiverse semi-natural pastures with calves from dairy cows7
Everything mammal conservation biologists always wanted to know about taxonomy (but were afraid to ask)7
Sustainable hunting and the conservation of the threatened houbara bustards7
A continental approach to jaguar extirpation: A tradeoff between anthropic and intrinsic causes7
Can we save critically endangered relict endemic plant species? A case study of Primula boveana Decne ex Duby in Egypt7
Understanding residents’ perceptions of nature and local economic activities using an open-ended question before protected area designation in Amami Islands, Japan7
Mowing is the greatest threat to Whinchat Saxicola rubetra nests even when compared to several natural induced threats7
Reintroduction approaches and challenges for Cyanea superba (Cham.) A. Gray subsp. superba7
Whitewashing improves relocated nest occupancy in the white stork: An experimental test of public information7
Habitat, water quality or geomorphological degradation in the streams: Which is most important for conserving an endemic amphibian of Central Mexico?7
Impact of human disturbance in Japan on the distribution and diel activity pattern of terrestrial mammals7
Applying a systematic conservation planning tool and ecological risk index for spatial prioritization and optimization of protected area networks in Iran7
Exploring expert perception of protected areas’ vulnerability to biological invasions6
Landscape Transformations and loss of Atlantic Forests: challenges for conservation6
Far from home: Tracking the global ornamental fish trade in endangered zebra loach, Botia striata, from freshwater ecoregion and biodiversity hotspot in India6
Biological and ecological constraints to the reintroduction of Eriocaulon heleocharioides (Eriocaulaceae): A species extinct in the wild6
Coral reef conservation in Bali in light of international best practice, a literature review6
Recovery of plains rough fescue grasslands on reclaimed well sites6
Ecological Infrastructure as a framework for mapping ecosystem services for place-based conservation and management6
Nature protection across countries: Do size and power matter?6
Geographical analysis of the Javan deer distribution in Indonesia and priorities for landscape conservation6
Rat and invasive birds control to save the Tahiti monarch (Pomarea nigra), a critically endangered island bird6
Potential risk of interspecific hybridization in ex situ collections6
Quantitative SWOT analysis: A structured and collaborative approach to reintroduction site selection for the endangered Pacific pocket mouse6
The importance of habitat selection for the reintroduction of the endangered Salix lapponum L. in eastern Poland6
Evaluating public interest in protected areas using Wikipedia page views6
Restoring pollination is not only about pollinators: Combining ecological and practical information to identify priority plant species for restoration of the Pampa grasslands of Argentina6
Recreational fisheries activities and management in national parks: A global perspective6
Plastic ingestion in Asian elephants in the forested landscapes of Uttarakhand, India6
An examination of the import of live reptiles from Indonesia by the United States from 2000 to 20156
Capturing endangered endemic Okinawan bats with acoustic lures6
Climate change causes rapid collapse of a keystone shrub from insular Alpine ecosystems6
A first attempt of citizen science in the genetic monitoring of a Posidonia oceanica meadow in the Italian Southern Adriatic Sea6
Using autonomous recorders and bioacoustics to monitor the globally endangered wildlife in the Annamite mountain landscape: A case study with crested argus in Song Thanh Nature Reserve6
Bycatch reduction in the deep-water shrimp (Pandalus borealis) trawl fishery with a large mesh top panel6
Effect of forest landscapes composition and configuration on bird community and its functional traits in a hotspot of biodiversity of Chile6
Climate change aggravates anthropogenic threats of the endangered savanna tree Pterocarpus erinaceus (Fabaceae) in Burkina Faso6
Where will species on the move go? Insights from climate connectivity modelling across European terrestrial habitats6
Economic evaluation of ecological restoration options in gypsum habitats after mining6
Invasion pathways and lag times in the spread of Callosciurus erythraeus introduced into Argentina5
Using angling logbook data to inform fishery management decisions5
Current capacity, bottlenecks, and future projections for offsetting habitat loss using Mitigation and Conservation banking in the United States5
A bare-bones scheme to choose between the species, subspecies, and ‘evolutionarily significant unit’ categories in taxonomy and conservation5
Effectiveness of crossings as wildlife passages for mammals in the Yungas of Argentina5
Rubus humulifolius rescued by narrowest possible margin, conserved ex situ, and reintroduced in the wild5
Occupation rates of artificial nest boxes by secondary cavity-nesting birds: The influence of nest site characteristics5
Determination of priority areas for amphibian conservation in Guerrero (Mexico), through systematic conservation planning tools5
The invasion by the Yellow-legged hornet: A systematic review5
Wolf depredation on livestock in Daursky State Nature Biosphere Reserve, Russia5
Rare or overlooked? The distribution of Hairy Jointgrass in north coast New South Wales, Australia, and implications for its conservation status5
Public perceptions of Ireland’s pollinators: A case for more inclusive pollinator conservation initiatives5
The impact of climate change and potential distribution of the endangered white winged wood duck (Asarcornis scutulata, 1882) in Indian eastern Himalaya5
The importance of considering human well-being to understand social preferences of ecosystem services5
Applying IUCN reintroduction guidelines: An effective medium for raising public support prior to conducting a reintroduction project5
Exploring the participation motivations of ongoing and former citizen scientists in Taiwan Roadkill Observation Network5
Ecological niche modelling of endemic fish within La Paz Bay: Implications for conservation5
Reversing a downward trend in threatened peripheral amphibian (Triturus cristatus) populations through interventions combining species, habitat and genetic information5
Making space for birds: Sourcing solutions from the mountain gorilla conservation model in Rwanda5
End of the road: Short-term responses of a large mammal community to forest road decommissioning5
Impact of anthropogenic factors on occupancy and abundance of carnivorans in the Austral Atlantic forest5
The adequacy of alfalfa crops as an agri-environmental scheme: A review of agronomic benefits and effects on biodiversity5
Light pollution as an ecological edge effect: Landscape ecological analysis of light pollution in protected areas in Korea5
Two decades of wildlife rehabilitation in Greece: Major threats, admission trends and treatment outcomes from a prominent rehabilitation centre5
Microclimate species distribution models estimate lower levels of climate-related habitat loss for salamanders5
Best of both worlds: Combining ecological and social research to inform conservation decisions in a Neotropical biodiversity hotspot5
Evaluation of five taxa as surrogates for conservation prioritization in the Transmexican Volcanic Belt, Mexico5
Carbon sequestration and vegetation properties across the age of community managed exclosures in Northern Ethiopia5
Post-release settlement and survival of endangered European ground squirrel after conservation reinforcement5
Assessment of wildlife crime in a high-biodiversity region of Mexico5
Pilot perceptions of options to manage drone-wildlife interactions; associations with wildlife value orientations and connectedness to nature5
Effects of livestock grazing on biodiversity: A meta-analysis on three trophic levels4
From ex situ cultivation to stands in natural habitats: Critical periods for plants during the reintroduction of Salix lapponum L. in Eastern Poland4
Do strictly protected areas protect vulnerable local tree species better than human land use? Disentangling conservation value from biodiversity value4
Estimating the effects of road-kills on the Fire Salamander population along a river4
Use of native plants for ornamental purposes to conserve plant biodiversity: Case of study of Majella National Park4
Molecular tools against the illegal exploitation of the threatened Pacific seahorse Hippocampus ingens Girard, 18584
Climate suitability as indicative of invasion potential for the most seized bird species in Brazil4
Ex situ conservation of plant diversity in Romania: A synthesis of threatened and endemic taxa4
From military training area to National Park over 20 years: Indicators for outcome evaluation in a large-scale restoration project in alpine Norway4
Evaluating determinants of wire-snare poaching risk in the Boland Mountain Complex of South Africa4
Environmental DNA (eDNA): Powerful technique for biodiversity conservation4
Making the most of scarce data: Mapping distribution range and variation in population abundance of a threatened narrow-range endemic plant4
Frankenstein’s work or everyday conservation? How reintroductions are informing the de-extinction debate4
Phylogeography and population structure of Squalius lucumonis: A baseline for conservation of an Italian endangered freshwater fish4
Biogeographic tools help to assess the effectiveness of protected areas for the conservation of anurans in the Mantiqueira mountain range, Southeastern Brazil4
Insights into medicinal wildlife consumption and bear part use in Rakhine, Myanmar4
A framework to identify constraints to post-extinction recovery of plant species—Application to the case of Bromus bromoideus4
A practical novel assessment tool for the socio-ecological condition of Protected Areas: The Protection Level Index (PLI)4
Red list of Natura 2000 habitat types of Poland4
Modelling potential habitat suitability for critically endangered Arabian leopards (Panthera pardus nimr) across their historical range in Saudi Arabia4
Monitoring a critical population of the Bolivian river dolphin, Inia boliviensis, before and after closing the floodgates of a hydroelectric dam in the Amazon Basin, Brazil: A quantitative analysis4
A decision support tool for evaluating the wildlife corridor design and conservation performance using analytic network process (ANP)4
A new locality of presence for the world’s rarest turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) gives new hope for its survival4
An update on the conservation status and ecology of Korean terrestrial squamates4
Population decline in the Critically Endangered Musschia isambertoi (Campanulaceae) endemic to Desertas Islands (Madeira Archipelago) calls for urgent conservation management4
Hunting harvest data in Sweden indicate precipitous decline in the native mountain hare subspecies Lepus timidus sylvaticus (heath hare)4
Predicting potential distribution and identifying priority areas for conservation of the Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey (Lagothrix flavicauda) in Peru4
How well does online information-seeking behavior indicate public conservation orientation? Taxonomy and personal characteristics matter4
Temporary pond loss as a result of pasture abandonment: exploring the social-ecological drivers and consequences for amphibians4
European rabbit hunting: Management changes and inertia in the governance system in a period of population fluctuations4
How does the fire regime change after creating a protected area in the Brazilian Cerrado?4
A partitioning approach for regional sustainability based on economic development indicators and ecological values for China4
Electrified fencing as a mitigation strategy for human-elephant conflict in Western Serengeti: Community perspectives4
Managing hunting quotas of African lions (Panthera leo): A case study from Zambia4
The role of estuarine macrofaunal patterns for the management of marine protected areas in a changing world4
Adaptive management in context of MPAs: Challenges and opportunities for implementation4
Performance of an automated conservation status assessment for the megadiverse vascular flora of Brazil4
A GIS-based assessment combined with local ecological knowledge to support the management of Juncus acutus L. spreading in the floodplain of a protected coastal lagoon4
Public attitudes and willingness to pay toward the conservation of Crested Ibis: Insights for management4
Arapaima co-management through the lens of the Protected Areas Assets Framework4
Differential disturbance effects and phenotypic plasticity among outplanted corals at patch and fore reef sites4
Fulfilling Nature Needs Half through terrestrial-focused protected areas and their adequacy for freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity protection: A case from Bhutan4
Dramatic decline of two freshwater killifishes, main anthropogenic drivers and appropriate conservation actions4
The conservation and tourism development of World Natural Heritage sites: The current situation and future prospects of research4
A review of dystrophic lake and pool habitat in Europe: An Irish perspective4
Understanding the interacting factors that determine ecological effectiveness of terrestrial protected areas4
Conditioned food aversion reduces crow nest predation: An improved framework for CFA trials3
Use of specialized questioning techniques to detect decline in giraffe meat consumption3
Year-round longitudinal monitoring of a bushmeat market in central-western Côte d’Ivoire: Implication for wildlife conservation3
Cattle trampling increases dormant season mortality of a globally endangered desert milkvetch3
Lessons learned as Erica turgida is returned3
First description of a remnant population of sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus, LINNAEUS 1758) in the eastern Austrian Danube3
Considerable qualitative variability in local-level biodiversity surveys in Finland: A challenge for biodiversity offsetting3
Impact of terrestrial protected areas on the fish diversity and habitat quality: Evidence from tropical river Pranhita, India3
Wetland restoration challenges and eco-volunteerism3
Identifying threats to Pyrenean brook newt (Calotriton asper) to improve decision making in conservation management: A literature review complemented by expert-driven knowledge3
Land sparing or sharing: Strategies for conservation of arable plant diversity3
Varying response of breeding waders to experimental manipulation of their habitat and predators3
Identifying sustainable winter habitat for whooping cranes3
World historical mapping and potential distribution of Cinchona spp. in Peru as a contribution for its restoration and conservation3
Connectivity of priority areas for the conservation of large carnivores in northern Mexico3
Point pattern analysis as a tool for assessing disease spread and population features in remaining sanctuaries of the critically endangered bivalve Pinna nobilis3
Disjunct and decoupled? The persistence of a fire-sensitive conifer species in a historically frequent-fire landscape3
A rapid approach for informing the prioritization of degraded agricultural lands for ecological recovery: A case study for Colombia3
Predicting the distribution of green turtle nesting sites over the Mediterranean with outcoming climate driven changes3
Online and pet stores as sources of trade for reptiles in South Africa3
Does agricultural efficiency contribute to slowdown of deforestation in the Brazilian Legal Amazon?3
Environmental variables and distribution data support the preliminary conservation status of a trapdoor spider in a transformed coastal ecosystem3
Human–elephant coexistence challenges in Myanmar: An analysis of fatal elephant attacks on humans and elephant mortality3
Use of biodegradable materials to reduce marine plastic pollution in small scale coastal longline fisheries3
Human-induced fear in wildlife: A review3
A small protected area facilitates persistence of a large carnivore in a ranching landscape3
Using population viability analysis to examine the potential long-term impact of fisheries bycatch on protected species3
The unique and endangered Campo Rupestre vegetation and protected areas in the Iron Quadrangle, Minas Gerais, Brazil3
A test of the use of gray wolf (Canis lupus) urine to reduce coyote (Canis latrans) depredation rates on loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) nests3
Long-term vegetation monitoring in the floodplain grasslands of the lower Havel Valley (northeastern Germany) and conclusions for sustainable management practices3
Environmental and socioeconomic assessment of agroforestry implementation in Iran3
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