Conservation Biology

Papers
(The median citation count of Conservation Biology 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Editing the wild161
Issue Information ‐ Copyright page138
Achieving a real‐time online monitoring system for conservation culturomics81
Using land‐use history and multiple baselines to determine bird responses to cocoa agroforestry74
Fragmentation effects on an endangered species across a gradient from the interior to edge of its range73
Noted with Interest70
Use of the Ramsar Convention to protect springs and other wetlands62
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Optimizing efficiency and resilience of no‐take marine protected areas for fish conservation under climate change along the coastlines of China Seas57
Tropical and subtropical Asia's valued tree species under threat54
Importance of methodological pluralism in deriving counterfactuals for evidence‐based conservation53
Relationship between two pathogens in an amphibian community that experienced mass mortalities49
The scientific method and p‐values: response to Mayo (2022)45
Prioritizing conservation efforts based on future habitat availability and accessibility under climate change45
Conservation and coexistence at a crossroads39
Quantifying the impacts of future shoreline modification on biodiversity in a case study of coastal Georgia, United States39
Quantitative support for the benefits of proactive management for wildlife disease control37
Effects of protected area coverage and research on conservation status of primates globally37
Island restoration to rebuild seabird populations and amplify coral reef functioning36
Simulating the efficacy of wolf–dog hybridization management with individual‐based modeling36
Analyzing the relative importance of habitat quantity and quality for boosting pollinator populations in agricultural landscapes35
Noted with interest34
COP16 and the process of consolidating an inclusive conservation paradigm34
Issue Information33
Noted with Interest33
Downscaling global reference points to assess the sustainability of local fisheries33
The statistics wars and intellectual conflicts of interest33
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Issue Information ‐ Copyright page32
A guide to qualitative attribution methods for evaluation in conservation31
Indirect effects of African megaherbivore conservation on bat diversity in the world's oldest desert30
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Open‐source intelligence for conservation biology30
Experimentally testing animal responses to prescribed fire size and severity29
How to prioritize species recovery after a megafire28
Risks to conservation of species in the wild from promoting ex situ management: response to Farhadinia et al. 202027
Catalyzing success in community‐based conservation27
Modeling scale up of anthropogenic impacts from individual pollinator behavior to pollination systems27
Effect of IUCN Red List category on public attention to mammals27
Assessing protected area vulnerability to climate change in a case study of South African national parks27
Why the lack of environmental progress26
Closing the gap between existing large‐area imaging research and marine conservation needs26
Representation of the world's biophysical conditions by the global protected area network26
Generalization of threats attributed to large carnivores in areas of high human–wildlife conflict26
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Flexibility trade‐offs in conservation offsets25
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Mapping illegal trade routes of live cheetahs from the Horn of Africa to the Arabian Peninsula24
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Evaluating outcomes of conservation with multidimensional indicators of well‐being23
An assessment of potential interventions to reduce the totoaba illegal trade market23
Near‐term ecological forecasting for dynamic aeroconservation of migratory birds23
Assessing the legal, illegal, and gray ornamental trade of the critically endangered helmeted hornbill23
Impact of marine protected areas on temporal stability of fish species diversity22
Combating parachute science in Latin America through Indigenous agency22
Spatial cost–benefit analysis of blue restoration and factors driving net benefits globally22
Relationships between hope, optimism, and conservation engagement22
Impact on species' online attention when named after celebrities22
Sentiment analysis of the Twitter response to Netflix's Our Planet documentary22
Impacts of climate change on herpetofauna diversity in the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau22
Introducing a common taxonomy to support learning from failure in conservation22
Applying assessments of adaptive capacity to inform natural‐resource management in a changing climate21
A multitaxonomic assessment of Natura 2000 effectiveness across European biogeographic regions21
Reframing wildlife disease management problems with decision analysis21
Perspectives on the timing of ecosystem collapse in a changing climate20
Region‐wide retreats from lower elevations of range‐restricted birds across the Northern Andes20
Motivating children's cooperation to conserve forests20
Assessing the extinction risk of insular, understudied marine species20
Challenges and opportunities in human dimensions behind cat–wildlife conflict20
Alarming decline of freshwater trigger species in western Mediterranean key biodiversity areas20
Noted with Interest19
The geographic extent of bird populations affected by renewable‐energy development19
Usage and coordination of governance principles to address proximate and distal drivers of conflicts in fisheries commons19
Predicting how defaunation‐induced changes in seed predation and dispersal will affect tropical tree populations18
Modeling genetic benefits and financial costs of integrating biobanking into the conservation breeding of managed marsupials18
Effects of forest cover on richness of threatened fish species in Japan18
Issue Information ‐ Copyright page18
Experimental evidence of the impact of framing of actors and victims in conservation narratives18
Genetic erosion in an endangered desert fish during a megadrought despite long‐term supportive breeding18
Prioritizing global tall forests toward the 30 × 30 goals18
Impact of cocoa agricultural intensification on bird diversity and community composition17
Power, politics, and culture of marine conservation technology in fisheries17
Effects of snake fungal disease (ophidiomycosis) on the skin microbiome across two major experimental scales17
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Identifying and mitigating the impacts on primates of transportation and service corridors17
Considering science needs to deliver actionable science17
A systematic review of animal personality in conservation science16
Expert assessment of illegal collecting impacts on Venus flytraps and priorities for research on illegal trade16
A classification framework for interspecific trade‐offs in aquatic ecology16
Assessing the global prevalence of wild birds in trade16
Conservation priorities for functionally unique and specialized terrestrial vertebrates threatened by biological invasions16
Identifying socioeconomic and biophysical factors driving forest loss in protected areas16
A roadmap for ladybird conservation and recovery16
Use of historical and contemporary distribution of mammals in China to inform conservation16
Protected area characteristics that help waterbirds respond to climate warming16
Validating graph‐based connectivity models with independent presence–absence and genetic data sets16
Deciphering the enigma of human−lion coexistence in India15
Efficacy‐based and normative interventions for facilitating the diffusion of conservation behavior through social networks15
Effects of land cover and protected areas on flying insect diversity15
Evaluating the impact of private land conservation with synthetic control design15
Effects of wind turbine noise on songbird behavior during nonbreeding season15
Phylogeny‐based conservation priorities for Australian freshwater fishes15
Global drivers of mangrove loss in protected areas14
Community perceptions of invasive species and environmental management in a US island territory14
Niche‐based approach to explore the impacts of environmental disturbances on biodiversity14
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Advancing at‐risk species recovery planning in an era of rapid ecological change with a transparent, flexible, and expert‐engaged approach14
Evident but context‐dependent mortality of fish passing hydroelectric turbines13
Effects of road density on regional food webs13
A tiered assessment framework for interregional flows of ecosystem services from migratory species13
Issue Information13
Using positionality and reflexivity to support equity in partnership‐driven research13
Contributions of the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems to risk‐based design and management of protected and conserved areas in Africa13
Books received (January 2023 to May 2024)13
Understanding why consumers in China switch between wild, farmed, and synthetic bear bile products13
Effects of anthropogenic landscapes on population maintenance of waterbirds13
Making a case for the consideration of trust, justice, and power in conservation relationships12
A call to include fungi in wildlife trade research and policy12
Indicators to monitor the status of the tree of life12
Complex relationship between soil fungi and conservation value assessments in boreal forests12
Bottom‐up global biodiversity metrics needed for businesses to assess and manage their impact12
Global assessment of the biodiversity safeguards of development banks that finance infrastructure12
Evaluating the potential of biodiversity offsets to achieve net gain12
Importance of conserving large and old trees to continuity of tree‐related microhabitats12
Scaling up qualitative research to harness the capacity of lay people in invasive plant management12
Effects of management objectives and rules on marine conservation outcomes12
Progress developing the concept of other effective area‐based conservation measures12
Hidden demographic impacts of fishing and environmental drivers of fecundity in a sea turtle population12
Scientific contributions of citizen science applied to rare or threatened animals12
Extending conservation of coastal and oyster reef restoration for First Nations cultural revitalization12
Conceptual frameworks and key questions for assessing the contribution of marine protected areas to shark and ray conservation11
Connectivity between countries established by landbirds and raptors migrating along the African–Eurasian flyway11
Role of low‐impact‐factor journals in conservation implementation11
Effects of climate on the distribution and conservation of commonly observed European earthworms11
Using social media records to inform conservation planning11
Practical implementation of cumulative‐effects management of marine ecosystems in western North America11
Disentangling the biotic and abiotic drivers of bird–building collisions in a tropical Asian city with ecological niche modeling11
A multidisciplinary approach to estimating wolf population size for long‐term conservation11
Ecological responses to variation in seasonal snow cover11
Automated detection of frog calls and choruses by pulse repetition rate11
Five approaches to producing actionable science in conservation10
Drivers of mangrove area change and suppression in Brazil from 2000 to 202010
Benefits of permanent adoption of virtual conferences for conservation science10
Setting goals for pollinator gardens10
Lessons from an experiment with values‐based messaging to support watershed conservation10
Diversification of refugia types needed to secure the future of coral reefs subject to climate change10
Quantifying uncertainty about how interventions are assigned would improve impact evaluation in conservation: reply to Rasolofoson 202210
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An evaluation of important plant areas around the world10
A mixed methodology for evaluating use of evidence in conservation planning10
Participatory scenario planning to facilitate human–wildlife coexistence10
Combining payment for crop damages and reward for productivity to address wildlife conflict10
Selection of both habitat and genes in specialized and endangered caribou10
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Defining practical and robust study designs for interventions targeted at terrestrial mammalian predators9
Ecological impacts of traffication9
Implications of the scale of detection for inferring co‐occurrence patterns from paired camera traps and acoustic recorders9
Community engagement and power dynamics in conservation philanthropy grant making9
Conservation museomics9
The need for a socioecological harm reduction approach to reduce illegal wildlife trade9
Frontiers of conservation9
Support for rodent ecology and conservation to advance zoonotic disease research9
An impact evaluation of conservation investments targeting long‐distance migratory species9
Trade and socioeconomic importance of an invasive giant snail in the endemic‐rich island of São Tomé, Central Africa9
Noted with Interest9
Assessing how restoration can facilitate 30×30 goals for climate‐resilient coastal ecosystems in the United States9
Strengths and complementarity of systematic conservation planning and Key Biodiversity Area approaches for spatial planning9
Conservation Biology Awards8
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Recommendations for improving peer review of qualitative research in conservation journals8
Trait groups as management entities in a complex, multispecies reef fishery8
Rates of tree cover loss in key biodiversity areas on Indigenous Peoples’ lands8
Navigating ethical challenges in online wildlife trade research8
Identifying management opportunities to combat climate, land, and marine threats across less climate exposed coral reefs8
Book Review8
Accounting for spatial heterogeneity in the added conservation value of land protection when prioritizing protected areas8
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Cats among the Conservationists8
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Avoiding an impending collision in international conservation8
Value of combining transect counts and telemetry data to determine short‐term population trends in a globally threatened species8
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Effects of human footprint and biophysical factors on the body‐size structure of fished marine species7
Understanding author choices in the current conservation publishing landscape7
A deep dive into evolutionary genomics and its use in conservation science7
Decision context as a necessary component of population viability analysis assessments: response to Chaudhary and Oli 20207
The promise and perils of engineering cave climates: response to Turner et al.7
Global mismatches between threat mapping research effort and the potential of threat abatement actions to reduce extinction risk7
Ecological and economic implications of alternative metrics in biodiversity offset markets7
Social comfort zones for transformative conservation decisions in a changing climate7
Book Reviewers (August 2021–December 2022)7
Incorporating citizen science into IUCN Red List assessments7
Anthropogenic disturbance driving population decline of a dominant tree in East Asia evergreen broadleaved forests over the last 11,000 years7
Balancing making a difference with making a living in the conservation sector7
Contrasting ecological information content in whaling archives with modern cetacean surveys for conservation planning and identification of historical distribution changes7
Lessons from other disciplines for setting management thresholds for biodiversity conservation7
Effects of plant taxonomic position on soil nematode communities in Antarctica7
Reliability of social media data in monitoring the global pet trade in ants7
Drivers of support for citizen science across state wildlife management agencies in the United States7
Statistical matching for conservation science revisited: response to Schleicher et al. 20207
Poor communication jeopardizes biodiversity7
Cooling of bat hibernacula to mitigate white‐nose syndrome7
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Identifying opportunities for expert‐mediated triangulation in monitoring wildlife trade on social media7
Typifying conservation practitioners’ views on the role of education7
Consumer characteristics and preferences for mobulid gill plates in China7
Books Received (November 2021–December 2022)7
Modeling minimum viable population size with multiple genetic problems of small populations7
Perspectives on inclusion, safety, and belonging from members of the North American LGBTQIA+ conservation community6
Embedding equity and inclusion in universities through motivational theory and community‐based conservation approaches6
Naturalness and principle pluralism in conservation6
Testing a global standard for quantifying species recovery and assessing conservation impact6
Incorporation of human–wildlife interactions in ecosystem‐based management to enhance conservation of endangered guitarfish6
Growth of non‐English‐language literature on biodiversity conservation6
Systematic nature positive markets6
The immediate costs and long‐term benefits of assisted gene flow in large populations6
Landscape‐scale predictions of future grassland conversion to cropland or development6
Forecasting the influence of conservation strategies on landscape connectivity6
Achieving biodiversity net gain by addressing governance gaps underpinning ecological compensation policies6
Book reviewers (August 2021 to December 2022)6
Financial speculation meets cultural heritage in China's wildlife markets6
Issue Information6
Improving protected area effectiveness through consideration of different human‐pressure baselines6
Human disturbance and shifts in vertebrate community composition in a biodiversity hotspot6
Using applied social science disciplines to implement creative outdoor cat management solutions and avoid the trap of one‐size‐fits‐all policies6
Implications for biological invasion of non‐native plants for sale in the world's largest online market6
Systematic review of conservation interventions to promote voluntary behavior change6
Funding evidence‐based conservation6
A critical review of the compassionate conservation debate6
Exposure of wetlands important for nonbreeding waterbirds to sea‐level rise in the Mediterranean6
Exposure of protected areas in Central America to extreme weather events6
Assessing intervention effectiveness at promoting voluntary conservation practice adoption in agrienvironments6
Exploring metapopulation‐scale suppression alternatives for a global invader in a river network experiencing climate change6
Lessons from Palau to end parachute science in international conservation research6
Association between attitudes toward wildlife and patterns of risk of human–wildlife conflict near Giant Panda National Park6
Socioeconomic development and ecological traits as predictors of human–bird conflicts6
Global rarity of intact coastal regions6
Identifying global conservation priorities for terrestrial vertebrates based on multiple dimensions of biodiversity6
Patterns and correlates of potential range shifts of bat species in China in the context of climate change6
Improving the science and practice of using artificial roosts for bats5
The scope and severity of white‐nose syndrome on hibernating bats in North America5
Testing the Acid in Plant Succession.5
A protocol for harvesting biodiversity data from Facebook5
Status of Southeast Asia's marine sharks and rays5
Opportunities and challenges for Common Agricultural Policy reform to support the European Green Deal5
Global status, impacts, and management of rocky temperate mesophotic ecosystems5
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