Conservation Biology

Papers
(The TQCC of Conservation Biology is 9. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
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Quantifying the impacts of future shoreline modification on biodiversity in a case study of coastal Georgia, United States120
Optimizing efficiency and resilience of no‐take marine protected areas for fish conservation under climate change along the coastlines of China Seas104
A call to include fungi in wildlife trade research and policy102
Conservation priorities for functionally unique and specialized terrestrial vertebrates threatened by biological invasions95
Effects of snake fungal disease (ophidiomycosis) on the skin microbiome across two major experimental scales78
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How scientists can make the case for international cooperation in an age of diplomatic retrenchment51
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Integrating expert range maps and opportunistic occurrence records of marine fish species in range estimates50
How to prioritize species recovery after a megafire49
Making a case for the consideration of trust, justice, and power in conservation relationships47
Fragmentation effects on an endangered species across a gradient from the interior to edge of its range47
Conservation and coexistence at a crossroads47
Global assessment of the biodiversity safeguards of development banks that finance infrastructure44
Contributions of the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems to risk‐based design and management of protected and conserved areas in Africa41
Closing the gap between existing large‐area imaging research and marine conservation needs40
A systematic review of animal personality in conservation science40
Using positionality and reflexivity to support equity in partnership‐driven research39
Tropical and subtropical Asia's valued tree species under threat39
Forest citizens and people‐centered conservation in the Brazilian Amazon38
Analysis of morphological attributes as a driver of trade in poison dart frogs38
Book reviewers (June 2024 to June 2025)36
Community engagement and power dynamics in conservation philanthropy grant making35
Noted with interest35
Incorporation of human–wildlife interactions in ecosystem‐based management to enhance conservation of endangered guitarfish35
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Perspectives on inclusion, safety, and belonging from members of the North American LGBTQIA+ conservation community34
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Correction to Extent of threats to marine fish from the online aquarium trade in the United States33
Application of decision tools to ethical analysis in biodiversity conservation32
Interdependencies between Indigenous peoples, local communities, and freshwater systems in a changing Amazon32
Landscape‐scale predictions of future grassland conversion to cropland or development31
Ecological impacts of traffication31
Improving protected area effectiveness through consideration of different human‐pressure baselines30
Diversification of refugia types needed to secure the future of coral reefs subject to climate change30
Sensitivity of tropical montane birds to anthropogenic disturbance and management strategies for their conservation in agricultural landscapes29
Avoiding an impending collision in international conservation28
Systematic review of conservation interventions to promote voluntary behavior change28
Effects of climate and land‐cover change on the conservation status of gibbons28
Opportunities and challenges for Common Agricultural Policy reform to support the European Green Deal28
Lessons from Palau to end parachute science in international conservation research28
Global rarity of intact coastal regions27
Identifying climate change refugia for South American biodiversity27
Drivers of support for citizen science across state wildlife management agencies in the United States27
Effects of agriculture and nature reserves on avian behavior in northwestern Costa Rica26
Scale of unregulated international trade in Australian reptiles and amphibians26
In memoriam: Eleanor Jane Sterling (1960–2023)25
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Differences in climate change impacts on reptile embryos and adults24
Three‐dimensional conservation planning of fish biodiversity metrics to achieve the deep‐sea 30×30 conservation target24
Factors associated with preemptive conservation under the U.S. Endangered Species Act24
Communicating the true challenges of saving species: response to Wiedenfeld et al.24
Integrating biodiversity hotspots, ecological gradients, and ecosystem services for transboundary conservation in the Gaoligong Mountains24
Highlighting the importance of biodiversity conservation through the Holy Qur'an24
Social valuation of biodiversity relative to other types of assets at risk in wildfire24
Examining the structure of plant–lemur interactions in the face of imperfect knowledge23
Importance of habitat heterogeneity in tidal flats to the conservation of migratory shorebirds23
Bibliometric investigation of the integration of animal personality in conservation contexts23
Call for new criteria for monitoring and registering Natura 2000 species data22
Defining performance thresholds for effective management of biodiversity within protected areas22
Habitat‐based biodiversity assessment for ecosystem accounting in the Murray–Darling Basin22
Strategies for advancing inclusive biodiversity research through equitable practices and collective responsibility22
Integrating data to assess occupancy patterns of an endangered bumble bee22
A stochastic model for estimating sustainable limits to wildlife mortality in a changing world22
Insights from equitable governance assessments in conservation areas around the world21
Experimental validation of specialized questioning techniques in conservation21
Documenting the disappearance of primates from spaces where they once occurred21
Use of community characteristics to predict hunting and game harvests in western Amazonian forests20
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Diversifying Voices in Conservation19
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Enhancing disciplinary diversity and inclusion in conservation science and practice based on a case study of the Society for Conservation Biology19
Taxonomy, behavior, and intelligence of bees19
Stimulating the capacity to govern the commons19
Using camera traps to enhance community‐based management of subsistence hunting in the Amazon18
Supporting conservationists’ mental health through better working conditions18
Enhancing global nature conservation by integrating geodiversity in policy and practice18
Defaunation impacts on the carbon balance of tropical forests18
Modeling mammal response to fire based on species’ traits18
A social network analysis of an epistemic community studying neoliberal conservation18
Impacts of bat use of anthropogenic structures on bats and humans18
Influence of interactive effects on long‐term population trajectories in multispecies reintroductions17
Fundamental principles of the effect of habitat fragmentation on species with different movement rates17
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Linking extinction risk to the economic and nutritional value of sharks in small‐scale fisheries17
Integrating the resist–accept–direct framework into natural resource decision‐making processes for climate adaptation17
Challenges and a call to action for protecting European red wood ants17
Spatial mismatch between wild bee diversity hotspots and protected areas17
New opportunities and challenges for conservation evidence synthesis from advances in natural language processing17
Effects of nitrogen deposition on territory numbers of breeding birds17
Establishing a protected area network in Xinlong with other effective area‐based conservation measures17
Wildlife mortality risk posed by high and low traffic roads17
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A practical approach to meeting national obligations for sustainable trade under CITES16
A field experiment characterizing variable detection rates during plant surveys16
Identifying inconsistencies in exotic pet regulations that perpetuate trade in risky species16
Quantifying and mapping species threat abatement opportunities to support national target setting16
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Quantifying regulatory limits for multiple stressors in an open and transparent way16
Free, prior, and informed consent, local officials, and changing biodiversity governance in Hin Nam No, Laos15
Understanding variation in impacts from private protected areas across regions and protection mechanisms to inform organizational practices15
Efficacy of created and restored nesting sites for the conservation of colonial Laridae in the South of France15
An update on allegations of invasive species denialism15
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A habitat‐based approach to reporting the direct impacts of an organization on biodiversity15
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Predicting landscape‐scale biodiversity recovery by natural tropical forest regrowth15
A standard approach for including climate change responses in IUCN Red List assessments15
Four challenges to an effective national nature assessment15
Knowledge coproduction to improve assessments of nature's contributions to people14
Evaluating hybrid speciation and swamping in wild carnivores with a decision‐tree approach14
Facilitating biodiversity conservation through partnerships to achieve transformative outcomes14
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Prioritizing global tall forests toward the 30 × 30 goals14
Urbanization of seed dispersal networks14
Extinction risk of the endemic vascular flora of Kauai, Hawaii, based on IUCN assessments14
Including the urbanization gradient in people‐centered wildlife conservation in Amazonia14
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Eliciting diverse perspectives to prioritize community actions for biodiversity conservation14
Achieving conservation and restoration outcomes through ecologically beneficial aquaculture14
How percentage‐protected targets can support positive biodiversity outcomes14
Exploring the potential for online data sources to enhance species threat mapping through the case study of global bat exploitation14
Assessing the Corn Belt as an anthropogenic barrier to migrating landbirds in the United States14
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Impact on species' online attention when named after celebrities13
Effects of wind turbine noise on songbird behavior during nonbreeding season13
A multidisciplinary approach to estimating wolf population size for long‐term conservation13
Connectivity between countries established by landbirds and raptors migrating along the African–Eurasian flyway13
A tiered assessment framework for interregional flows of ecosystem services from migratory species13
Assessing limits of sustainable seed harvest in wild plant populations13
Bottom‐up global biodiversity metrics needed for businesses to assess and manage their impact13
A guide to qualitative attribution methods for evaluation in conservation13
Motivating children's cooperation to conserve forests13
Vulnerability of marine megafauna to global at‐sea anthropogenic threats13
Expert assessment of illegal collecting impacts on Venus flytraps and priorities for research on illegal trade13
Habitat dynamics of flagship species for conservation prioritization in southern Europe13
Trade and socioeconomic importance of an invasive giant snail in the endemic‐rich island of São Tomé, Central Africa12
Combating parachute science in Latin America through Indigenous agency12
Setting goals for pollinator gardens12
Trait groups as management entities in a complex, multispecies reef fishery12
Book Review12
Use of the terms efficiency versus effective in conservation12
Impacts of climate change on herpetofauna diversity in the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau12
Systematic nature positive markets12
Relative effects of sacred forests and protected areas on forest conservation and structure in Japan12
Assessing the global prevalence of wild birds in trade12
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Consumer characteristics and preferences for mobulid gill plates in China12
Vulnerability of tropical fish communities across depth in the central Indian Ocean11
Lessons from other disciplines for setting management thresholds for biodiversity conservation11
Forecasting the influence of conservation strategies on landscape connectivity11
Ecological and economic implications of alternative metrics in biodiversity offset markets11
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Patterns and correlates of potential range shifts of bat species in China in the context of climate change11
Global status, impacts, and management of rocky temperate mesophotic ecosystems11
Projecting biodiversity benefits of conservation behavior‐change programs11
Improving the science and practice of using artificial roosts for bats11
Effectiveness of protected areas in conserving avian communities amid human impact in Nigeria11
Erratum to “Conceptual frameworks and key questions for assessing the contribution of marine protected areas to shark and ray conservation”11
Navigating ethical challenges in online wildlife trade research11
A spatial planning approach for the identification of critical habitat for threatened species11
Benefits of permanent adoption of virtual conferences for conservation science11
Biodiversity conservation, human–animal interactions, and zootherapy in ecological knowledge of Indonesian Healers11
Reptile responses to fire across the western Mediterranean Basin11
Identification, spatial distribution, and associated factors of urban protected areas in China11
The scope of empowerment for conservation and communities10
Improving climate and biodiversity outcomes through restoration of forest integrity10
Using miniaturized laboratory equipment and DNA barcoding to improve conservation genetics training and identify illegally traded species10
Solving identification challenges in cetaceans and seabirds.10
Using online reports of seahorse seizures to track their illegal trade10
Evaluating ecosystem protection and fragmentation of the world's major mountain regions10
Intimidation as epistemological violence against social science conservation research10
Reconciling opposite conclusions in umbrella species evaluation10
How expert insight into alpine peatland conservation complements global scientific evidence10
Evaluating drivers of recent large whale strandings on the East Coast of the United States10
Global justice and the opportunity costs of conservation10
Identifying and developing effective post‐2020 conservation bridging leaders10
Effect of reserve protection level and governance on tree cover loss and gain10
Revisiting two dogmas of conservation science10
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Conserving the evolutionary history of birds10
Collective effects of rising average temperatures and heat events on oviparous embryos10
Challenges in assessing the effects of environmental governance systems on conservation outcomes10
Weaving knowledges to support wildlife health surveillance in Kenya's pastoral rangelands10
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Coexisting with large carnivores based on the Volterra principle10
Assessing recovery and conservation of Australian freshwater fishes with the IUCN Green Status of Species and structured expert elicitation10
Underrepresentation of bats in Africa's protected areas10
In vitro culture, cryopreservation, and field reintroduction of the endangered Mingan thistle9
Combining surface and soil environmental DNA with artificial cover objects to improve terrestrial reptile survey detection9
Lessons from a Rubik's Cube to solve the biodiversity crisis9
Evidence‐based guidelines for automated conservation assessments of plant species9
Modeling total predation to avoid perverse outcomes from cat control in a data‐poor island ecosystem9
Conservation benefits of a large marine protected area network that spans multiple ecosystems9
Design and management considerations for the Kenya–Tanzania marine transboundary conservation area9
Indigenous insights on human–wildlife coexistence in southern India9
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Biodiversity conservation, consistency, and Mus musculus9
Adivasi (Tea Tribe) worldviews of living close to wild Asian elephants in Assam, India9
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The controversy over p ‐values as an illustration of the difficulty of statistics: response to Mayo (2022)9
Forest fire smoke as a threat to the health of river dolphins9
Use of bird‐borne radar to examine shearwater interactions with legal and illegal fisheries9
Incomplete progress toward reasoning about the gull problem: Reply to Diamond et al. (2025)9
Insights on the roles of women in effective and procedurally just environmental governance from coastal fisheries management in Fiji9
A standard lexicon of terms for area‐based conservation version 1.09
Review of ecological valuation and equivalency analysis methods for assessing temperate nearshore submerged aquatic vegetation9
Identifying priority areas for conservation to promote connectivity and mitigate the impacts of anthropogenic disturbance9
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