Global Ecology and Conservation

Article	Citations
New Silk Road infrastructure opportunities in developing tourism environment for residents better quality of life	110
The threat of invasive species to IUCN-listed critically endangered species: A systematic review	104
Scientists’ warning – The outstanding biodiversity of islands is in peril	94
Ecological security pattern: A new idea for balancing regional development and ecological protection. A case study of the Jiaodong Peninsula, China	85
Factors affecting success of conservation translocations of terrestrial vertebrates: A global systematic review	50
Mapping human‒wildlife conflict hotspots in a transboundary landscape, Eastern Himalaya	39
Anthropogenic drivers of soil microbial communities and impacts on soil biological functions in agroecosystems	35
CITES and beyond: Illuminating 20 years of global, legal wildlife trade	34
Urbanization driving changes in plant species and communities – A global view	31
A conservation genomics workflow to guide practical management actions	30
Linking landscape pattern, ecosystem service value, and human well-being in Xishuangbanna, southwest China: Insights from a coupling coordination model	29
Terrain gradient variations in the ecosystem services value of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China	29
Users of a citizen science platform for bird data collection differ from other birdwatchers in knowledge and degree of specialization	29
Deforestation on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and the loss of primate habitat	29
Species diversity of woody vegetation along altitudinal gradient of the Western Himalayas	28
Assessing the economic impact of COVID-19 on the private wildlife industry of South Africa	28
NDVI-based vegetation dynamics and its resistance and resilience to different intensities of climatic events	28
Effects of legalization and wildlife farming on conservation	26
Study on Taiwania cryptomerioides under climate change: MaxEnt modeling for predicting the potential geographical distribution	26
Ultrasonic acoustic deterrents significantly reduce bat fatalities at wind turbines	26
Synergistic benefits of conserving land-sea ecosystems	26
Soil conservation service underpins sustainable development goals	26
Marine artificial reefs, a meta-analysis of their design, objectives and effectiveness	25
Labile organic carbon fractions drive soil microbial communities after long-term fertilization	24
On-farm experiences shape farmer knowledge, perceptions of pollinators, and management practices	24

Effects of the interaction between biochar and nutrients on soil organic carbon sequestration in soda saline-alkali grassland: A review	23
An expert-based assessment of global threats and conservation measures for spiders	23
Global trade in parrots – Influential factors of trade and implications for conservation	23
The fate of biological soil crusts after fire: A meta-analysis	22
Large carnivore response to human road use suggests a landscape of coexistence	22
Getting the ‘most out of the hotspot’ for practical conservation of groundwater biodiversity	22
Nesting range expansion of loggerhead turtles in the Mediterranean: Phenology, spatial distribution, and conservation implications	22
Long-term grazing removal increased invasion and reduced native plant abundance and diversity in a sagebrush grassland	22
Understanding global spatio-temporal trends and the relationship between vegetation greenness and climate factors by land cover during 1982–2014	22
Warning on nine pollutants and their effects on avian communities	22
Connection to nature is predicted by family values, social norms and personal experiences of nature	21
Analysis of genetic diversity and population structure in endangered Populus wulianensis based on 18 newly developed EST-SSR markers	21
Will climate change impact distribution of bats in Nepal Himalayas? A case study of five species	21
Valuing ecosystem services of Sundarbans Mangrove forest: Approach of choice experiment	21
Modeling environmentally responsible behaviors among rural women in the forested regions in Iran	21
Vegetation responses to climate change in the Qilian Mountain Nature Reserve, Northwest China	21
Use of object detection in camera trap image identification: Assessing a method to rapidly and accurately classify human and animal detections for research and application in recreation ecology	21
Using geolocator tracking data and ringing archives to validate citizen-science based seasonal predictions of bird distribution in a data-poor region	21
Changes in the understory diversity of secondary Pinus tabulaeformis forests are the result of stand density and soil properties	21
The extent and effectiveness of protected areas in the UK	20
Diversity, distribution and drivers of alien flora in the Indian Himalayan region	20
Fecal microbiota transplantation provides new insight into wildlife conservation	20
Are well-studied marine biodiversity hotspots still blackspots for animal barcoding?	20
Factors influencing ranchers’ intentions to conserve rangelands through an extended theory of planned behavior	20
Satellite derived coastal reclamation expansion in China since the 21st century	20
An analysis of communities’ attitudes towards wetlands and implications for sustainability	20
Development and evaluation of the soil water balance model in an inland arid delta oasis: Implications for sustainable groundwater resource management	20
Predicting the future redistribution of Chinese white pine Pinus armandii Franch. Under climate change scenarios in China using species distribution models	19
Sustainability assessment of tourism in protected areas: A relational perspective	19
Contributions of climate change and human activities to vegetation dynamics in Qilian Mountain National Park, northwest China	19
Predicting human-carnivore conflict at the urban-wildland interface	19
Precipitation dominants synergies and trade-offs among ecosystem services across the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	19
Determination of heavy metal tolerance threshold in a bamboo species (Arundinaria pygmaea) as treated with silicon dioxide nanoparticles	19
Geodiversity underpins biodiversity but the relations can be complex: Implications from two biodiversity proxies	19
Designing a path for the sustainable development of key ecological function zones: A case study of southwest China	18
Relationship between extreme climate indices and spatiotemporal changes of vegetation on Yunnan Plateau from 1982 to 2019	18
The effects of degradation on alpine grassland resilience: A study based on meta-analysis data	18
Seasonal dynamics of gut microbiota in a cohort of wild Tibetan macaques (Macaca thibetana) in western China	18
Trade-offs and synergies in ecosystem service values of inland lake wetlands in Central Asia under land use/cover change: A case study on Ebinur Lake, China	18
Forest stand structure and coarse woody debris determine the biodiversity of beetle communities in Mediterranean mountain beech forests	18
Patterns of soil microorganisms and enzymatic activities of various forest types in coastal sandy land	17
Potential geographical distribution of the edangred plant Isoetes under human activities using MaxEnt and GARP	17
Comparison of methods for estimating density and population trends for low-density Asian bears	17
The importance of genetic diversity for the translocation of eight threatened plant species into the wild	17
Response of bacterial communities to variation in water quality and physicochemical conditions in a river-reservoir system	17
Built-up areas within and around protected areas: Global patterns and 40-year trends	17
Conservation of carnivorous plants in the age of extinction	17
Bat activity patterns relative to temporal and weather effects in a temperate coastal environment	17
Net primary production increases in the Yangtze River Basin within the latest two decades	17
The effects of afforestation tree species mixing on soil organic carbon stock, nutrients accumulation, and understory vegetation diversity on reclaimed coastal lands in Eastern China	17

Cost-benefit analysis of ecological restoration based on land use scenario simulation and ecosystem service on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	17
Mapping Asia Plants: Current status of floristic information for Central Asian flora	16
Island ecosystem evaluation and sustainable development strategies: A case study of the Zhoushan Archipelago	16
Leaf functional traits of dominant desert plants in the Hexi Corridor, Northwestern China: Trade-off relationships and adversity strategies	16
Species richness patterns of vascular plants and their drivers along an elevational gradient in the central Himalayas	16
Leaf litter carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus stoichiometry of Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) across China	16
Composition, seasonal variation, and salinization characteristics of soil salinity in the Chenier Island of the Yellow River Delta	16
Multi-decadal land cover change analysis over Sundarbans Mangrove Forest of Bangladesh: A GIS and remote sensing based approach	16
A global review of beaver dam impacts: Stream conservation implications across biomes	16
-Impact of multiple environmental factors on species abundance in various forest layers using an integrative modeling approach	16
Area-based conservation planning in Japan: The importance of OECMs in the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework	16
Men and wolves: Anthropogenic causes are an important driver of wolf mortality in human-dominated landscapes in Italy	16
Environmental filtration and dispersal limitation explain different aspects of beta diversity in desert plant communities	16
Grazing by over-abundant native herbivores jeopardizes conservation goals in semi-arid reserves	15
Promotion of adopting preventive behavioral intention toward biodiversity degradation among Iranian farmers	15
Increasing soil organic carbon and nitrogen stocks along with secondary forest succession in permafrost region of the Daxing’an mountains, northeast China	15
Deforestation in forest-savannah transition zone of Ghana: Boabeng-Fiema monkey sanctuary	15
Wolverines (Gulo gulo) in a changing landscape and warming climate: A decadal synthesis of global conservation ecology research	15
Potential changes in the distributions of Near Eastern fire salamander (Salamandra infraimmaculata) in response to historical, recent and future climate change in the Near and Middle East: Implication	15
On the tiger trails: Leopard occupancy decline and leopard interaction with tigers in the forested habitat across the Terai Arc Landscape of Nepal	15
Africa’s drylands in a changing world: Challenges for wildlife conservation under climate and land-use changes in the Greater Etosha Landscape	15
Prediction of the potential distribution of the predatory mite Neoseiulus californicus McGregor in China using MaxEnt	15
Effects of a broadleaf-oriented transformation of coniferous plantations on the hydrological characteristics of litter layers in subtropical China	15
Future of Asian horseshoe crab conservation under explicit baseline gaps: A global perspective	15
Wolves without borders: Transboundary survival of wolves in Banff National Park over three decades	15
A global review on the role of small rodents and lagomorphs (clade Glires) in seed dispersal and plant establishment	15
Changes of leaf functional traits in karst rocky desertification ecological environment and the driving factors	15
Large discrepancies of global greening: Indication of multi-source remote sensing data	15
Potential role of common mycorrhizal networks in improving plant growth and soil physicochemical properties under varying nitrogen levels in a grassland ecosystem	15
Butterflies are weakly protected in a mega-populated country, Bangladesh	15
Effects of vegetation structure on avian biodiversity in a selectively logged hill dipterocarp forest	15
Best practices for reporting individual identification using camera trap photographs	15
An eDNA diagnostic test to detect a rare, secretive marsh bird	15
Ensembpecies distribution modeling of Salvia hydrangea under future climate change scenarios in Central Zagros Mountains, Iran	15
Quantitative analysis of relative impacts of climate change and human activities on Xilingol grassland in recent 40 years	14
The construction of green infrastructure network in the perspectives of ecosystem services and ecological sensitivity: The case of Harbin, China	14
A multi-scale Maxent approach to model habitat suitability for the giant pandas in the Qionglai mountain, China	14
Taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic beta diversity in the Inner Mongolia grassland	14
Effects of climate change and anthropogenic activities on soil pH in grassland regions on the Tibetan Plateau	14
Unwanted residential wildlife: Evaluating social-ecological patterns for snake removals	14
Herders' aversion to wildlife population increases in grassland ecosystem conservation: Evidence from a choice experiment study	14
Does water diversion project deteriorate the water quality of reservoir and downstream? A case-study in Danjiangkou reservoir	14
Response of plant traits of Stipa breviflora to grazing intensity and fluctuation in annual precipitation in a desert steppe, northern China	14
Biotic interactions govern the distribution of coexisting ungulates in the Arctic Archipelago – A case for conservation planning	14
Effects of ecological restoration measures on vegetation and soil properties in semi-humid sandy land on the southeast Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China	14
Pan-India population genetics signifies the importance of habitat connectivity for wild Asian elephant conservation	14
Gap analysis of Indonesian priority medicinal plant species as part of their conservation planning	14
Decline in forest bird species and guilds due to land use change in the Western Himalaya	14
Spatial distribution, source identification, and risk assessment of heavy metals in the cultivated soil of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau region: Case study on Huzhu County	14
Assessment of the soil protection function of forest ecosystems using GIS-based Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis: A case study in Adıyaman, Turkey	14
Stingless bee floral visitation in the global tropics and subtropics	14
Effects of climate change and human activities on net primary production of wetlands on the Zoige Plateau from 1990 to 2015	14
Status of deforestation of Madagascar	14
Future projections for terrestrial biomes indicate widespread warming and moisture reduction in forests up to 2100 in South America	14
Multiple environmental factors and prey depletion determine declines in abundance and timing of departure in migratory shorebirds in the west coast of India	14
Population density of sitatunga in riverine wetland habitats	13
Niche differentiation is the underlying mechanism maintaining the relationship between community diversity and stability under grazing pressure	13
Species distribution models for conservation: Identifying translocation sites for eastern quolls under climate change	13
Climate change projections suggest severe decreases in the geographic ranges of bird species restricted to Mexican humid mountain forests	13
Current extent, temporal trends, and rates of gully erosion in the Gumara watershed, Northwestern Ethiopia	13
Habitat suitability models for the imperiled wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) raise concerns for the species’ persistence under future climate change	13
Insights into the composition of gut microbiota in response to environmental temperature: The case of the Mongolia racerunner (Eremias argus)	13
Vegetation dynamics and their response to hydrothermal conditions in Inner Mongolia, China	13
Pre-release training, predator interactions and evidence for persistence of anti-predator behavior in reintroduced `alalā, Hawaiian crow	13
Turnover-driven loss of forest-dependent species changes avian species richness, functional diversity, and community composition in Andean forest fragments	13
Pygmy blue whale movement, distribution and important areas in the Eastern Indian Ocean	13
A Scientist’s Warning to humanity on human population growth	13
Bioaccumulation of the pesticide imidacloprid in stream organisms and sublethal effects on salamanders	13
Effects of climate and grazing on the soil organic carbon dynamics of the grasslands in Northern Xinjiang during the past twenty years	13
Biodiversity conservation in the sacred groves of north-west Ethiopia: diversity and community structure of woody species	13
Climate change impact on medicinal plants in Indonesia	13
Ecological correlates of large carnivore depredation on sheep in Europe	13
Analysis of the time-lag effects of climate factors on grassland productivity in Inner Mongolia	13
Human-olive baboon (Papio anubis) conflict in the human-modified landscape, Wollo, Ethiopia	13
Habitat connectivity for endangered Indochinese tigers in Thailand	13
The road less traveled: Addressing reproducibility and conservation priorities of wildlife-vehicle collision studies in tropical and subtropical regions	13
Identifying the spatial drivers of net primary productivity: A case study in the Bailong River Basin, China	13
Enhanced atmospheric nitrogen deposition triggered little change in soil microbial diversity and structure in a desert ecosystem	13
Metapopulation management of a critically endangered marsupial in the age of genomics	12
Precipitation drives the floristic composition and diversity of temperate grasslands in China	12

Habitat estimates reveal that there are fewer than 400 Guizhou snub-nosed monkeys, Rhinopithecus brelichi, remaining in the wild	12
Responses of palatable plants to climate and grazing in semi-arid grasslands of Mongolia	12
Continuous growth of human footprint risks compromising the benefits of protected areas on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	12
Modified hydrological regime from the Three Gorges Dam increases the risk of food shortages for wintering waterbirds in Poyang Lake	12
Genetic diversity and population structure of the endangered plant Salix taishanensis based on CDDP markers	12
Effects of heavy metals on moss diversity and analysis of moss indicator species in Nancha manganese mining area, Southwestern China	12
Global progress in climate change and biodiversity conservation research	12
Aboveground tree carbon stocks in West African semi-arid ecosystems: Dominance patterns, size class allocation and structural drivers	12
Declining recruitment and mass of Swedish moose calves linked to hot, dry springs and snowy winters	12
Comparative study of desertification control policies and regulations in representative countries of the Belt and Road Initiative	12
Going west: Range expansion for loggerhead sea turtles in the Mediterranean Sea under climate change	12
A global synthesis of fire effects on soil seed banks	12
Spatiotemporal differentiation and geographic detection mechanism of ecological security in Chongqing, China	12
Natural habitat partially mitigates negative pesticide effects on tropical pollinator communities	12
Pattern and distribution of human-elephant conflicts in three conflict-prone landscapes in Myanmar	12
Roads reduce amphibian abundance in ponds across a fragmented landscape	12
Multi-taxa environmental DNA inventories reveal distinct taxonomic and functional diversity in urban tropical forest fragments	12
Patterns of livestock predation risk by large carnivores in India’s Eastern and Western Ghats	12
Noisy neighbors and reticent residents: Distinguishing resident from non-resident individuals to improve passive acoustic monitoring	12
Otter research in Asia: Trends, biases and future directions	12
Where wildlife and traffic collide: Roadkill rates change through time in a wildlife-tourism hotspot	12
Different response of alpine meadow and alpine steppe to climatic and anthropogenic disturbance on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau	12
Identifying variable changes in wetlands and their anthropogenic threats bordering the Yellow Sea for water bird conservation	12
Wind turbines without curtailment produce large numbers of bat fatalities throughout their lifetime: A call against ignorance and neglect	12
Citizen science rapidly delivers extensive distribution data for birds in a key tropical biodiversity area	12
Genetic diversity, population structure, and evolutionary relationships within a taxonomically complex group revealed by AFLP markers: A case study on Fritillaria cirrhosa D. Don and closely related s	11
Ranger survey reveals conservation issues across Protected and outside Protected Areas in southern India	11
Impacts of climate change on predicted habitat suitability and distribution of Djaffa Mountains Guereza (Colobus guereza gallarum, Neumann 1902) using MaxEnt algorithm in Eastern Ethiopian Highland	11
Effects of urban agglomeration and expansion on landscape connectivity in the river valley region, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	11
Threatened fish spawning area revealed by specific metabarcoding identification of eggs and larvae in the Beni River, upper Amazon	11
Evaluation of MPA designs that protect highly mobile megafauna now and under climate change scenarios	11
Old ginkgo trees in China：Distribution, determinants and implications for conservation	11
River-groundwater interaction affected species composition and diversity perpendicular to a regulated river in an arid riparian zone	11
Compositional attributes of invaded forests drive the diversity of insect functional groups	11
Compositional and structural changes in soil microbial communities in response to straw mulching and plant revegetation in an abandoned artificial pasture in Northeast China	11
The use of drone-based aerial photogrammetry in population monitoring of Southern Giant Petrels in ASMA 1, King George Island, maritime Antarctica	11
Human-caused mortality of large carnivores in Iran during 1980–2021	11
Habitat-dependent outdoor recreation and conservation organizations can enable recreational fishers to contribute to conservation of coastal marine ecosystems	11
Carbon sequestration of sand-fixing plantation of Haloxylon ammodendron in Shiyang River Basin: Storage, rate and potential	11
Can tea support biodiversity with a few “nudges” in management: Evidence from tea growing landscapes around the world	11
Urbanization shapes bird communities and nest survival, but not their food quantity	11
Future global conflict risk hotspots between biodiversity conservation and food security: 10 countries and 7 Biodiversity Hotspots	11
Land conversion from cropland to grassland alleviates climate warming effects on nutrient limitation: Evidence from soil enzymatic activity and stoichiometry	11
Determinants of forest dependent household’s participation in payment for ecosystem services: Evidence from Plantation Establishment Livelihood Improvement Scheme (PELIS) in Kenya	11
Identifying human-caused mortality hotspots to inform human-wildlife conflict mitigation	11
Dissolved organic carbon enhances both soil N2O production and uptake	11
Geographic detector-based quantitative assessment enhances attribution analysis of climate and topography factors to vegetation variation for spatial heterogeneity and coupling	11
Mixed nitrogen form addition facilitates the growth adaptation of legume plant to heavy metal contamination in degraded mining areas	11
Avian ecology and community structure across elevation gradients: The importance of high latitude temperate mountain habitats for conserving biodiversity in the Americas	11
Integrating multiple aspects of human–elephant conflict management in Dong Nai Biosphere Reserve, Vietnam	11
Low genetic diversity and population differentiation in Thuja sutchuenensis Franch., an extremely endangered rediscovered conifer species in southwestern China	11
Konik, Tarpan, European wild horse: An origin story with conservation implications	11
Carcasses attract invasive species and increase artificial nest predation in a desert environment	11
Understanding patterns of taxonomic diversity, functional diversity, and ecological drivers of fish fauna in the Mekong River	11
Warming alters elevation distributions of soil bacterial and fungal communities in alpine grasslands	11
Forest degradation impacts firewood consumption patterns: A case study in the buffer zone of Inlay Lake Biosphere Reserve, Myanmar	11
Scaling up local ecological knowledge to prioritise areas for protection: Determining Philippine pangolin distribution, status and threats	11
A review of conservation-related benefit-sharing mechanisms in Tanzania	10
Genomic sequencing confirms absence of introgression despite past hybridisation between a critically endangered bird and its common congener	10
Temporal dynamics of human-polar bear conflicts in Churchill, Manitoba	10
Individual and synergistic effects of habitat loss and roads on reptile occupancy	10
Ecological niche modelling for the conservation of endemic threatened squamates (lizards and snakes) in the Western Ghats	10
Testing climate tracking of montane rodent distributions over the past century within the Great Basin ecoregion	10
Predicted regime shift in the seagrass ecosystem of the Gulf of Arguin driven by climate change	10
Evaluating the dynamics of grassland net primary productivity in response to climate change in China	10
Assessment of endemic northern swamp deer (Rucervus duvaucelii duvaucelii) distribution and identification of priority conservation areas through modeling and field surveys across north India	10
Aboveground carbon stocks in Madagascar’s vanilla production landscape – exploring rehabilitation through agroforestry in the light of land-use history	10
Estimation of alpine grassland above-ground biomass and its response to climate on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau during 2001 to 2019	10
Effects of weed biodiversity on the ecosystem service of weed seed predation along a farming intensity gradient	10
Changes in plant communities, soil characteristics, and microbial communities in alpine meadows degraded to different degrees by pika on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau	10
Fragment connectivity shapes bird communities through functional trait filtering in two types of grasslands	10
Aboveground biomass in secondary montane forests in Peru: Slow carbon recovery in agroforestry legacies	10
Using UAVs to assess the relationship between alpine meadow bare patches and disturbance by pikas in the source region of Yellow River on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau	10
Successful neighbour: Interactions of the generalist carnivore red fox with dogs, wolves and humans for continued survival in dynamic anthropogenic landscapes	10
Patterns of human interaction with snow leopard and co-predators in the Mongolian western Altai: Current issues and perspectives	10
Identifying threats from introduced and translocated non-native freshwater fishes in Croatia and Slovenia under current and future climatic conditions	10
Investigating local concerns regarding large mammal restoration: group size in a growing population of reintroduced bison (Bison bison)	10
Characterising potential participants in kelp monitoring in the recreational diving community: A comparative study of South Africa and New Zealand	10
Species differences in temporal response to urbanization alters predator-prey and human overlap in northern Utah	10
Mid-Pleistocene Transition as a trigger for diversification in the Irano-Anatolian region: Evidence revealed by phylogeography and distribution pattern of the eastern three-lined lizard	10
Predicting the probable impact of climate change on the distribution of threatened Shorea robusta forest in Purbachal, Bangladesh	10
Quantifying the impacts of Australian bushfires on native forests and gray-headed flying foxes	10
Environmental DNA analysis indicates that migration barriers are decreasing the occurrence of European eel (Anguilla anguilla) in distance from the sea	10
Comparative impacts of grazing and mowing on the floristics of grasslands in the buffer zone of Polesie National Park, eastern Poland	10
Modeling current and future species distribution of breeding birds as regional essential biodiversity variables (SD EBVs): A bird perspective in Swiss Alps	10
Impacts of invasive alien plants on ecosystem services of Ramsar lake cluster in middle mountain Nepal	10
A non-destructive method for rapid acquisition of grassland aboveground biomass for satellite ground verification using UAV RGB images	10
25 years of light-induced petrel groundings in Reunion Island: Retrospective analysis and predicted trends	10
The occupancy-abundance relationship and sampling designs using occupancy to monitor populations of Asian bears	10
Reintroduction, distribution, population dynamics and conservation of a species formerly extinct in the wild: A review of thirty-five years of successful Milu (Elaphurus davidianus) reintroduction in	10
How can Iranian farmers’ attitudes toward environmental conservation be influenced?	10
Barriers against invasive crayfish species in natural waters and fish passes - Practical experience	10
Informal learning in nature education promotes ecological conservation behaviors of nature reserve employees—A preliminary study in China	10
Extent change of protected mangrove forest and its relation to wave power exposure on Aldabra Atoll	10
Of irrigation canals and multifunctional agroforestry: Traditional agriculture facilitates Woolly-necked Stork breeding in a north Indian agricultural landscape	10