Conservation Science and Practice

Papers
(The TQCC of Conservation Science and Practice is 5. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Replacing “parachute science” with “global science” in ecology and conservation biology56
The last continuous grasslands on Earth: Identification and conservation importance51
Methods for wildlife monitoring in tropical forests: Comparing human observations, camera traps, and passive acoustic sensors48
Habitat loss accelerates for the endangered woodland caribou in western Canada41
Ecosystem integrity is neither real nor valuable38
U.S. conservation translocations: Over a century of intended consequences33
Avoiding wasted research resources in conservation science33
Ecological integrity is both real and valuable33
Conservation translocations for amphibian species threatened by chytrid fungus: A review, conceptual framework, and recommendations28
Presumed killers? Vultures, stakeholders, misperceptions, and fake news27
Concern over hybridization risks should not preclude conservation interventions27
Principles for the socially responsible use of conservation monitoring technology and data26
Shark and ray diversity, abundance and temporal variation around an Indian Ocean Island, inferred by eDNA metabarcoding25
Integrated framework for stakeholder participation: Methods and tools for identifying and addressing human–wildlife conflicts25
Bridging the gap between researchers, conservation planners, and decision makers to improve species conservation decision‐making25
Intentional introgression of a blight tolerance transgene to rescue the remnant population of American chestnut24
Protecting restoration investments from the cheatgrass‐fire cycle in sagebrush steppe23
Mechanistic invasive species management models and their application in conservation22
Perceptions and realities of elephant crop raiding and mitigation methods22
Predictors of support for biodiversity loss countermeasure and bushmeat consumption among Vietnamese urban residents22
Cryptic mortality of North Atlantic right whales21
Elephants in the village: Causes and consequences of property damage in Asia and Africa21
The Coalition for Conservation Genetics: Working across organizations to build capacity and achieve change in policy and practice21
Political affiliation predicts public attitudes toward gray wolf (Canis lupus) conservation and management21
Connecting research and practice to enhance the evolutionary potential of species under climate change20
Conservation cost‐effectiveness: a review of the evidence base20
The lost lizards of Christmas Island: A retrospective assessment of factors driving the collapse of a native reptile community20
Extreme citizen science: Lessons learned from initiatives around the globe20
Using Theory of Change to improve post‐2020 conservation: A proposed framework and recommendations for use20
Rapid changes in public perception toward a conservation initiative20
Citizen science as a bottom‐up approach to address human–wildlife conflicts: From theories and methods to practical implications19
A threatened species index for Australian birds19
Confronting parachute science in conservation19
A call to assess the impacts of electromagnetic fields from subsea cables on the movement ecology of marine migrants19
Mobilizing practitioners to support the Emergency Recovery Plan for freshwater biodiversity18
Firefly tourism: Advancing a global phenomenon toward a brighter future18
Ecological corridors in Costa Rica: An evaluation applying landscape structure, fragmentation‐connectivity process, and climate adaptation18
Costs of elephant crop depredation exceed the benefits of trophy hunting in a community‐based conservation area of Namibia18
To clean or not to clean: Cleaning open‐source data improves extinction risk assessments for threatened plant species18
Identifying trade‐offs and opportunities for forest carbon and wildlife using a climate change adaptation lens17
Putting the cat before the wildlife: Exploring cat owners' beliefs about cat containment as predictors of owner behavior17
Saving species beyond the protected area fence: Threats must be managed across multiple land tenure types to secure Australia's endangered species17
The Bird's Head Seascape Marine Protected Area network—Preventing biodiversity and ecosystem service loss amidst rapid change in Papua, Indonesia17
Whose intentions? What consequences? Interrogating “Intended Consequences” for conservation with environmental biotechnology17
Fishing gear entanglement threatens recovery of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales16
Avoiding a conservation pitfall: Considering the risks of unsuitably hot bat boxes16
Public contributions to early detection of new invasive pests16
Adaptation and evolution of institutions and governance in community‐based conservation16
The unrealized potential of community science to support research on the resilience of protected areas16
Determinants of survival in captive‐bred Griffon Vultures Gyps fulvus after their release to the wild16
Evaluating the impact of storytelling in Facebook advertisements on wildlife conservation engagement: Lessons and challenges16
Understanding consumer demand for bushmeat in urban centers of Cameroon with a focus on pangolin species16
Human impacts on mammals in and around a protected area before, during, and after COVID‐19 lockdowns15
Intended and unintended consequences of wolf restoration to Yellowstone and Isle Royale National Parks15
Live wild animal exports to supply the exotic pet trade: A case study from Togo using publicly available social media data15
Rear‐edge populations are important for understanding climate change risk and adaptation potential of threatened species15
An optimistic outlook on the use of evidence syntheses to inform environmental decision‐making15
Jurisdictional sourcing: Leveraging commodity supply chains to reduce tropical deforestation at scale. A generic theory of change for a conservation strategy, v 1.015
Insect fatalities at wind turbines as biodiversity sinks15
Coexistence conservation: Reconciling threatened species and invasive predators through adaptive ecological and evolutionary approaches15
Are eastern and western monarch butterflies distinct populations? A review of evidence for ecological, phenotypic, and genetic differentiation and implications for conservation15
Identifying differences in roadless areas in Canada based on global, national, and regional road datasets15
An understanding of trust, identity, and power can enhance equitable and resilient conservation partnerships and processes15
A global view on evidence‐based effectiveness of interventions used to protect livestock from wild cats15
The greatest threats to species15
Evaluating potential effects of solar power facilities on wildlife from an animal behavior perspective14
Forecasting for intended consequences14
Risks posed by SARS‐CoV‐2 to North American bats during winter fieldwork14
Influence of theCOVID‐19 pandemic on amphibian road mortality14
East Asian buntings: Ongoing illegal trade and encouraging conservation responses14
Pursuing best practices for minimizing wild bee captures to support biological research14
Combining current knowledge of Cypripedium calceolus with a new analysis of genetic variation in Italian populations to provide guidelines for conservation actions14
The risks and rewards of community science for threatened species monitoring14
Rewilding in Southeast Asia: Singapore as a case study13
Prevalence and characteristics of illegal jaguar trade in north‐western Bolivia13
Conservation in heavily urbanized biodiverse regions requires urgent management action and attention to governance13
Identifying cost‐effective recovery actions for a critically endangered species13
Long‐term monitoring of wildlife populations for protected area management in Southeast Asia13
Reversing a tyranny of cascading shoreline‐protection decisions driving coastal habitat loss13
Designed for accumulation by dispossession: An analysis of Tanzania's Wildlife Management Areas through the case of Burunge13
Comparing interview methods with camera trap data to inform occupancy models of hunted mammals in forest habitats13
Using Red List Indices to monitor extinction risk at national scales12
A silver lining to REDD: Institutional growth despite programmatic failure12
A framework to select strategies for conserving and restoring habitat connectivity in complex landscapes12
Evaluating and reflecting on coproduction of protected area management plans12
The sensory ecology of fear: African elephants show aversion to olfactory predator signals12
Resilient and rapid recovery of native trout after removal of a non‐native trout12
Human–crocodilian interactions in Latin America and the Caribbean region12
Looking up and down: Strong collaboration is only the first step in tackling parachute science12
“Splitting the bill” for conservation: Perceptions and uptake of financial incentives by landholders managing privately protected areas12
Navigating power in conservation12
Conservation of rare and cryptic species: Challenges of uncertainty and opportunities for progress12
Evidence for increasing human‐wildlife conflict despite a financial compensation scheme on the edge of a Ugandan National Park12
A practical conservation tool to combine diverse types of evidence for transparent evidence‐based decision‐making12
Assessing the adequacy of a protected area network in conserving a wide‐ranging apex predator: The case for tiger (Panthera tigris) conservation in Bhutan11
Conservation under uncertainty: Innovations in participatory climate change scenario planning from U.S. national parks11
Chimpanzees surviving in a fragmented high‐altitude forest landscape of the Congolese Albertine Rift11
Toward climate change refugia conservation at an ecoregion scale11
Implementing “ethical space”: An exploratory study of Indigenous‐conservation partnerships11
The risk of unintended deforestation from scaling sustainable livestock production systems11
More than an academic exercise: Structuring international partnerships to build research and professional capacity for conservation impact11
Multispecies study of patterns and drivers of wildlife impacts on human livelihoods in communal conservancies11
Dispelling misperceptions of native lampreys (Entosphenus and Lampetra spp.) in the Pacific northwest (USA)11
An appeal for more rigorous use of counterfactual thinking in biological conservation11
Factors leading to successful island rodent eradications following initial failure11
Conservation actions benefit the most threatened species: A 13‐year assessment of Alliance for Zero Extinction species11
Conservation science and the ethos of restraint11
Toward integrating private conservation lands into national protected area systems: Lessons from a megadiversity country11
Opening learning spaces to create actionable knowledge for conservation11
Out of their depth: The successful use of cultured subtidal mussels for intertidal restoration10
Long‐term (1979–2019) dynamics of protected orchid bees in Panama10
Examining attention given to threats to elephant conservation on social media10
Protected areas in the Hindu Kush Himalaya: A regional assessment of the status, distribution, and gaps10
More than a feeling: Cognitive beliefs and positive—but not negative—affect predict overall attitudes toward predators10
Exploring the impact of climate change on the future of community‐based wildlife conservation10
European native oysters and associated species richness in the presence of non‐native species in a southern North Sea estuary complex10
Germination of seeds from herbarium specimens as a last conservation resort for resurrecting extinct or critically endangered Hawaiian plants10
Documenting the conservation value of easements10
Modeling and understanding social–ecological knowledge diversity10
The influence of spatial patterns in foraging habitat on the abundance and home range size of a vulnerable arboreal marsupial in southeast Australia10
What does it take to have a mutually beneficial research collaboration across countries?10
A freshwater perspective on the United Nations decade for ecosystem restoration10
Case study of participatory action research for wildlife conservation10
The importance of message framing in rule compliance by visitors during wildlife tourism10
Keeping up with the status of freshwater fishes: A California (USA) perspective10
Stowing parachutes, strengthening science10
Applying a jurisdictional approach to support sustainable seafood10
More robust local governance suggests positive effects of long‐term community conservation10
Are we adequately assessing the demographic impacts of harvesting for wild‐sourced conservation translocations?10
TheRACEfor freshwater biodiversity: Essential actions to create the social context for meaningful conservation9
Aligning ecological compensation policies with the Post‐2020 Global Biodiversity Framework to achieve real net gain in biodiversity9
Rolling covenants to protect coastal ecosystems in the face of sea‐level rise9
The potential for applying “Nonviolent Communication” in conservation science9
Linking in‐situ and ex‐situ populations of threatened amphibians through genome banking9
Using conservation criminology to understand the role of restaurants in the urban wild meat trade9
Using fisheries observation data to develop a predictive species distribution model for endangered sea turtles9
Measuring behavioral social learning in a conservation context: Chilean fishing communities9
Impact assessments of wind farms on seabird populations that overlook existing drivers of demographic change should be treated with caution9
Land sharing versus land sparing—What outcomes are compared between which land uses?9
Global principles for restorative aquaculture to foster aquaculture practices that benefit the environment9
Spout hollow nest boxes provide a drier and less stable microclimate than natural hollows9
A nutrient‐rich traditional insect for improving food security and reducing biodiversity loss in Madagascar and sub‐Saharan Africa9
The future of wildlife conservation funding: What options do U.S. college students support?9
Increasing diversity to save biodiversity: Rising to the challenge and supporting Indonesian women in conservation9
Testing the influence of visual framing on engagement and pro‐environmental action9
Intended consequences statement9
Forest dieback in a protected area triggers the return of the primeval forest specialistPeltis grossa(Coleoptera, Trogossitidae)9
Support to Iberian lynx reintroduction and perceived impacts: Assessments before and after reintroduction9
Testing habitat suitability for shellfish restoration with small‐scale pilot experiments9
Climate adaptation interventions for iconic fauna9
Investigating sacred natural sites and protected areas for forest area changes in Italy8
Principles for the production of evidence‐based guidance for conservation actions8
Bettering the devil you know: Can we drive predator adaptation to restore native fauna?8
Understanding conflict among experts working on controversial species: A case study on the Australian dingo8
Challenges encountered when doing research back home: Perspectives from African conservation scientists in the diaspora8
Factors of success in community forest conservation8
The effects of human development, environmental factors, and a major highway on mammalian community composition in the Wasatch Mountains of northern Utah, USA8
Heterogeneous consumer preferences for local community involvement in nature‐based tourism drive triple‐bottom‐line gains8
Testing bats in rehabilitation for SARS‐CoV‐2 before release into the wild8
Deforestation, fires, and lack of governance are displacing thousands of jaguars in Brazilian Amazon8
A synthesis of knowledge about motives for participation in perpetual conservation easements8
Estimating economic losses to small‐scale fishers from shark conservation: A hedonic price analysis8
Biodiversity offsetting can relocate nature away from people: An empirical case study in Western Australia8
Effects of frequency and season of fire on a metapopulation of an imperiled butterfly in a longleaf pine forest8
Reduced speed limit is ineffective for mitigating the effects of roads on ungulates8
Characterizing the oral and distal gut microbiota of the threatened southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) to enhance conservation practice8
Getting the big picture: Landscape‐scale occupancy patterns of two Annamite endemics among multiple protected areas8
Vocal behavior of the endangered splendid toadfish and potential masking by anthropogenic noise8
Can a large‐landscapeconservation vision contribute to achieving biodiversity targets?8
Using cultural heritage sites in Mexico to understand the poverty alleviation impacts of protected areas8
Invasive species increase biodiversity and, therefore, services: An argument of equivocations8
Uncovering opportunities for effective species conservation banking requires navigating technical and practical complexities8
A simple and practical measure of the connectivity of protected area networks: TheProNetmetric8
Green bridges in a re‐colonizing landscape: Wolves (Canis lupus) in Brandenburg, Germany8
Predator–prey co‐occurrence in harvest blocks: Implications for caribou and forestry8
Developing a nature recovery network using systematic conservation planning8
Investigating the international and pan‐African trade in giraffe parts and derivatives7
Alleviating human poverty: A successful model promoting wildlife conservation in China7
Small marine reserves do not provide a safeguard against overfishing7
Spatial distribution of fibropapillomatosis in green turtles along the Queensland coast and an investigation into the influence of water quality on prevalence7
Applying a “fail‐fast” approach to conservation in US agriculture7
An integrated approach to tackling wildlife crime: Impact and lessons learned from the world's largest targeted manta ray fishery7
Rare coral and reef fish species status, possible extinctions, and associated environmental perceptions in Mauritius7
A pragmatic approach for integrating molecular tools into biodiversity conservation7
Molecular analyses of confiscated shark fins reveal shortcomings of CITES implementations in Germany7
Reducing demand for overexploited wildlife products: Lessons from systematic reviews from outside conservation science7
Treatment of climate change in extinction risk assessments and recovery plans for threatened species7
Birds that are more commonly encountered in the wild attract higher public interest online7
Abandoning grassland management negatively influences plant but not bird or insect biodiversity in Europe7
Efficacy of detection canines for avian botulism surveillance and mitigation7
Forgotten forbs: Standard vegetation surveys underrepresent ecologically and culturally important forbs in a threatened grassland ecosystem7
From boutique to mainstream: Upscaling wildlife‐friendly farming through consumer premiums7
Northern quolls in the Pilbara persist in high‐quality habitat, despite a decline trajectory consistent with range eclipse by feral cats7
Identifying the current and future status of freshwater connectivity corridors in the Amazon Basin7
Predictors of brown bear predation events on livestock in the Romanian Carpathians7
The contribution of canopy samples to assessments of forestry effects on native bees7
Emerging laws must not protect stray cats and their impacts7
Perception and attitude of the local people toward carnivore population and conservation in the Faragosa‐Fura landscape of the Southern Rift Valley, Ethiopia7
The specter of empty countrysides and wetlands—Impact of hunting take on birds in Indo‐Burma7
Documenting at‐risk status of terrestrial ecosystems in temperate and tropical North America7
Fifteen years of lessons from the Seascape approach: A framework for improving ocean management at scale7
Assisted colonization of a regionally native predator impacts benthic invertebrates in fishless mountain lakes7
Towards coexistence: Can people's attitudes explain their willingness to live with Sumatran elephants in Indonesia?7
Prevalence of mortality in mammals: A retrospective study from wildlife rescue center of Nepal7
Long‐term funding of community projects has contributed to mitigation of illegal activities within a premier African protected area, Bwindi impenetrable National Park, Uganda7
Gender and conservation science: Men continue to out‐publish women at the world's largest environmental conservation non‐profit organization7
Multiple drivers of invasive lionfish culling efficiency in marine protected areas7
Efficacy and ethics of intensive predator management to save endangered caribou7
Challenges facing cross‐disciplinary collaboration in conservation ethics7
The permitting process for marine and coastal restoration: A barrier to achieving global restoration targets?7
Human–wildlife coexistence in science and practice7
Technocracy in a time of changing values: Wildlife conservation and the “relevancy” of governance reform7
Will this umbrella leak? A caribou umbrella index for boreal landbird conservation7
Protect large trees for climate mitigation, biodiversity, and forest resilience7
Should we feed wildlife? A call for further research into this recreational activity7
Drivers of adoption and spread of wildlife management initiatives in Mexico7
Multiple‐Benefit Conservation defined6
Evaluating the evidence of culling a native species for conservation benefits6
Plant community trajectories following livestock exclusion for conservation vary and hinge on initial invasion and soil‐biocrust conditions in shrub steppe6
Differential population trends align with migratory connectivity in an endangered shorebird6
Drivers of large carnivore density in non‐hunted, multi‐use landscapes6
A practical approach to assessing existing evidence for specific conservation strategies6
Tiger density, movements, and immigration outside of a tiger source site in Thailand6
Diet analysis of bats killed at wind turbines suggests large‐scale losses of trophic interactions6
Multiple anthropogenic pressures challenge the effectiveness of protected areas in western Tanzania6
Aligning actions with objectives in endangered species recovery plans6
Endemism, projected climate change, and identifying species of critical concern in the Scrub Mint clade (Lamiaceae)6
Over a decade of failure to implement UNEP/EUROBATS guidelines in wind energy planning: A call for action6
The case for reintroduction: The jaguar (Panthera onca) in the United States as a model6
Shark conservation and blanket bans in the eastern Pacific Ocean6
Good intentions with adverse outcomes when conservation and pest management guidelines are ignored: A case study in rabbit biocontrol6
Fishers' tales—Impact of artisanal fisheries on threatened sharks and rays in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh6
Applying remotely sensed habitat descriptors to assist reintroduction programs: A case study in the hazel dormouse6
A systematic evidence map of conservation knowledge in Chilean Patagonia6
Application of qualitative value of information to prioritize uncertainties about eastern black rail population recovery6
Patterns of illegal and legal tiger parts entering the United States over a decade (2003–2012)6
Revealing stakeholders' motivation and influence in crane conservation in the Republic of Korea: Net‐Map as a tool6
What drives local communities' attitudes toward the protected area? Insights from Bardia National Park, Nepal6
Impact of livestock guardian dogs on livestock predation in rural Mongolia6
Research, monitoring, and reflection as a guide to the management of complex ecosystems: The case of fire in the Kruger National Park, South Africa6
Avoiding parachute science when addressing conflict over wildlife6
Loggerhead marine turtles (Caretta caretta) nesting at smaller sizes than expected in the Gulf of Mexico: Implications for turtle behavior, population dynamics, and conservation6
Consequences of survey method for estimating hunters' harvest rates6
Price premiums for wildlife‐friendly rice: Insights from Japanese retail data6
Determining the economic costs and benefits of conservation actions: A decision support framework6
Passive government, organized crime, and massive deforestation: The case of western Mexico6
The impact of strictly protected areas in a deforestation hotspot5
Elevating human dimensions of amphibian and reptile conservation, a USA perspective5
Prioritizing human safety and multispecies connectivity across a regional road network5
Genetic diversity and structure in Arizona pronghorn following conservation efforts5
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