Conservation Biology

Article	Citations
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Contributions of the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems to risk‐based design and management of protected and conserved areas in Africa	86
Effects of snake fungal disease (ophidiomycosis) on the skin microbiome across two major experimental scales	80
Conservation priorities for functionally unique and specialized terrestrial vertebrates threatened by biological invasions	61
Practical implementation of cumulative‐effects management of marine ecosystems in western North America	55
Tropical and subtropical Asia's valued tree species under threat	50
A call to include fungi in wildlife trade research and policy	50
Noted with Interest	48
Issue Information	48
Global assessment of the biodiversity safeguards of development banks that finance infrastructure	47
How to prioritize species recovery after a megafire	45
Using positionality and reflexivity to support equity in partnership‐driven research	43
Forest citizens and people‐centered conservation in the Brazilian Amazon	42
Closing the gap between existing large‐area imaging research and marine conservation needs	42
Making a case for the consideration of trust, justice, and power in conservation relationships	40
Conservation and coexistence at a crossroads	39
Optimizing efficiency and resilience of no‐take marine protected areas for fish conservation under climate change along the coastlines of China Seas	39
Quantifying the impacts of future shoreline modification on biodiversity in a case study of coastal Georgia, United States	39
Fragmentation effects on an endangered species across a gradient from the interior to edge of its range	39
A systematic review of animal personality in conservation science	38
Lessons from Palau to end parachute science in international conservation research	37
Identifying and mitigating the impacts on primates of transportation and service corridors	37
Defining practical and robust study designs for interventions targeted at terrestrial mammalian predators	36
Landscape‐scale predictions of future grassland conversion to cropland or development	35

Avoiding an impending collision in international conservation	35
Effects of climate and land‐cover change on the conservation status of gibbons	35
Community engagement and power dynamics in conservation philanthropy grant making	35
Diversification of refugia types needed to secure the future of coral reefs subject to climate change	35
Identifying climate change refugia for South American biodiversity	34
Ecological impacts of traffication	34
Application of decision tools to ethical analysis in biodiversity conservation	32
Systematic review of conservation interventions to promote voluntary behavior change	32
Sensitivity of tropical montane birds to anthropogenic disturbance and management strategies for their conservation in agricultural landscapes	31
Analysis of morphological attributes as a driver of trade in poison dart frogs	31
Interdependencies between Indigenous peoples, local communities, and freshwater systems in a changing Amazon	31
Noted with interest	29
Drivers of support for citizen science across state wildlife management agencies in the United States	29
Noted with Interest	28
Incorporation of human–wildlife interactions in ecosystem‐based management to enhance conservation of endangered guitarfish	28
Cover Caption	28
Human disturbance and shifts in vertebrate community composition in a biodiversity hotspot	28
Perspectives on inclusion, safety, and belonging from members of the North American LGBTQIA+ conservation community	27
Improving protected area effectiveness through consideration of different human‐pressure baselines	27
Identifying management opportunities to combat climate, land, and marine threats across less climate exposed coral reefs	27
Opportunities and challenges for Common Agricultural Policy reform to support the European Green Deal	26
Global rarity of intact coastal regions	26
Cover Caption	26
Book reviewers (June 2024 to June 2025)	26
Communicating the true challenges of saving species: response to Wiedenfeld et al.	25
Factors associated with preemptive conservation under the U.S. Endangered Species Act	25
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A stochastic model for estimating sustainable limits to wildlife mortality in a changing world	25
Issue Information	24
In memoriam: Eleanor Jane Sterling (1960–2023)	24
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Social valuation of biodiversity relative to other types of assets at risk in wildfire	24
Importance of habitat heterogeneity in tidal flats to the conservation of migratory shorebirds	22
Bibliometric investigation of the integration of animal personality in conservation contexts	22
Highlighting the importance of biodiversity conservation through the Holy Qur'an	22
Integrating biodiversity hotspots, ecological gradients, and ecosystem services for transboundary conservation in the Gaoligong Mountains	22
Examining the structure of plant–lemur interactions in the face of imperfect knowledge	22
Integrating data to assess occupancy patterns of an endangered bumble bee	22
Effects of agriculture and nature reserves on avian behavior in northwestern Costa Rica	22
Three‐dimensional conservation planning of fish biodiversity metrics to achieve the deep‐sea 30×30 conservation target	22
Insights from equitable governance assessments in conservation areas around the world	21
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Influence of interactive effects on long‐term population trajectories in multispecies reintroductions	21
Scale of unregulated international trade in Australian reptiles and amphibians	21
Stimulating the capacity to govern the commons	20
Use of community characteristics to predict hunting and game harvests in western Amazonian forests	20
Defaunation impacts on the carbon balance of tropical forests	20
A social network analysis of an epistemic community studying neoliberal conservation	20
Challenges and a call to action for protecting European red wood ants	20
Integrating the resist–accept–direct framework into natural resource decision‐making processes for climate adaptation	20

Using camera traps to enhance community‐based management of subsistence hunting in the Amazon	19
Impacts of bat use of anthropogenic structures on bats and humans	19
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Supporting conservationists’ mental health through better working conditions	19
Taxonomy, behavior, and intelligence of bees	19
Enhancing disciplinary diversity and inclusion in conservation science and practice based on a case study of the Society for Conservation Biology	18
Documenting the disappearance of primates from spaces where they once occurred	18
Call for new criteria for monitoring and registering Natura 2000 species data	18
Wildlife mortality risk posed by high and low traffic roads	18
Experimental validation of specialized questioning techniques in conservation	18
Defining performance thresholds for effective management of biodiversity within protected areas	17
Establishing a protected area network in Xinlong with other effective area‐based conservation measures	17
Issue Information ‐ TOC	17
Strategies for advancing inclusive biodiversity research through equitable practices and collective responsibility	17
Diversifying Voices in Conservation	17
Modeling mammal response to fire based on species’ traits	17
A practical approach to meeting national obligations for sustainable trade under CITES	16
Spatial mismatch between wild bee diversity hotspots and protected areas	16
ERRATUM	16
Using interview surveys and multispecies occupancy models to inform vertebrate conservation	16
Enhancing global nature conservation by integrating geodiversity in policy and practice	16
A field experiment characterizing variable detection rates during plant surveys	16
Fundamental principles of the effect of habitat fragmentation on species with different movement rates	16
Habitat‐based biodiversity assessment for ecosystem accounting in the Murray–Darling Basin	16
Four challenges to an effective national nature assessment	16
Identifying inconsistencies in exotic pet regulations that perpetuate trade in risky species	15
Effects of nitrogen deposition on territory numbers of breeding birds	15
Quantifying and mapping species threat abatement opportunities to support national target setting	15
Facilitating biodiversity conservation through partnerships to achieve transformative outcomes	14
A global ecological signal of extinction risk in terrestrial vertebrates	14
New opportunities and challenges for conservation evidence synthesis from advances in natural language processing	14
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Linking extinction risk to the economic and nutritional value of sharks in small‐scale fisheries	14
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Achieving conservation and restoration outcomes through ecologically beneficial aquaculture	14
Quantifying regulatory limits for multiple stressors in an open and transparent way	14
A qualitative systematic review of governance principles for mangrove conservation	14
Pitfalls in evaluating the sustainability of wildlife trade: reply to Sosnowski and Petrossian and Edwards et al.	14
Exploring the potential for online data sources to enhance species threat mapping through the case study of global bat exploitation	13
Free, prior, and informed consent, local officials, and changing biodiversity governance in Hin Nam No, Laos	13
A habitat‐based approach to reporting the direct impacts of an organization on biodiversity	13
Urbanization of seed dispersal networks	13
An update on allegations of invasive species denialism	13
Understanding variation in impacts from private protected areas across regions and protection mechanisms to inform organizational practices	13
Extinction risk of the endemic vascular flora of Kauai, Hawaii, based on IUCN assessments	13
Issue Information	13
Habitat dynamics of flagship species for conservation prioritization in southern Europe	12
A tiered assessment framework for interregional flows of ecosystem services from migratory species	12
Using experimental reintroductions to resolve the roles of habitat quality and metapopulation dynamics on patch occupancy in fragmented landscapes	12
Including the urbanization gradient in people‐centered wildlife conservation in Amazonia	12
Eliciting diverse perspectives to prioritize community actions for biodiversity conservation	12
Evaluating hybrid speciation and swamping in wild carnivores with a decision‐tree approach	12
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Combating parachute science in Latin America through Indigenous agency	12
Efficacy of created and restored nesting sites for the conservation of colonial Laridae in the South of France	12
How percentage‐protected targets can support positive biodiversity outcomes	12
Translating habitat class to land cover to map area of habitat of terrestrial vertebrates	12
Impacts of climate change on herpetofauna diversity in the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau	12
Assessing limits of sustainable seed harvest in wild plant populations	12
Functional diversity loss and change in nocturnal behavior of mammals under anthropogenic disturbance	12
Predicting landscape‐scale biodiversity recovery by natural tropical forest regrowth	12
Knowledge coproduction to improve assessments of nature's contributions to people	12
A standard approach for including climate change responses in IUCN Red List assessments	12
Expert assessment of illegal collecting impacts on Venus flytraps and priorities for research on illegal trade	11
Bottom‐up global biodiversity metrics needed for businesses to assess and manage their impact	11
Connectivity between countries established by landbirds and raptors migrating along the African–Eurasian flyway	11
A guide to qualitative attribution methods for evaluation in conservation	11
Prioritizing global tall forests toward the 30 × 30 goals	11
Impact on species' online attention when named after celebrities	11
Assessing the Corn Belt as an anthropogenic barrier to migrating landbirds in the United States	11
Issue Information	11
Motivating children's cooperation to conserve forests	11
Issue Information ‐ Copyright page	11
Assessing the global prevalence of wild birds in trade	11
Power, politics, and culture of marine conservation technology in fisheries	11
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Global status, impacts, and management of rocky temperate mesophotic ecosystems	10
Forecasting the influence of conservation strategies on landscape connectivity	10
Effects of wind turbine noise on songbird behavior during nonbreeding season	10
Navigating ethical challenges in online wildlife trade research	10

Book Review	10
Trade and socioeconomic importance of an invasive giant snail in the endemic‐rich island of São Tomé, Central Africa	10
Improving the science and practice of using artificial roosts for bats	10
Benefits of permanent adoption of virtual conferences for conservation science	10
A multidisciplinary approach to estimating wolf population size for long‐term conservation	10
Trait groups as management entities in a complex, multispecies reef fishery	10
Consumer characteristics and preferences for mobulid gill plates in China	10
Systematic nature positive markets	10
Balancing making a difference with making a living in the conservation sector	10
Projecting biodiversity benefits of conservation behavior‐change programs	10
Relative effects of sacred forests and protected areas on forest conservation and structure in Japan	10
The need for formal reflexivity in conservation science	10
Lessons from other disciplines for setting management thresholds for biodiversity conservation	10
Noted with interest	9
Issue Information	9
Identifying and developing effective post‐2020 conservation bridging leaders	9
Patterns and correlates of potential range shifts of bat species in China in the context of climate change	9
Biodiversity conservation, human–animal interactions, and zootherapy in ecological knowledge of Indonesian Healers	9
Use of the terms efficiency versus effective in conservation	9
Setting goals for pollinator gardens	9
Conserving the evolutionary history of birds	9
Improving climate and biodiversity outcomes through restoration of forest integrity	9
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Identification, spatial distribution, and associated factors of urban protected areas in China	9
Ecological and economic implications of alternative metrics in biodiversity offset markets	9
Effectiveness of protected areas in conserving avian communities amid human impact in Nigeria	9
Vulnerability of tropical fish communities across depth in the central Indian Ocean	9
Erratum to “Conceptual frameworks and key questions for assessing the contribution of marine protected areas to shark and ray conservation”	9
Revisiting two dogmas of conservation science	9
Socioeconomic development and ecological traits as predictors of human–bird conflicts	9
Solving identification challenges in cetaceans and seabirds.	9
A spatial planning approach for the identification of critical habitat for threatened species	9
Global justice and the opportunity costs of conservation	9
Evaluating ecosystem protection and fragmentation of the world's major mountain regions	9
Evaluating drivers of recent large whale strandings on the East Coast of the United States	8
The controversy over p‐values as an illustration of the difficulty of statistics: response to Mayo (2022)	8
Dependence of Europe's most threatened mammals on movement to adapt to climate change	8
Indigenous insights on human–wildlife coexistence in southern India	8
Reconciling opposite conclusions in umbrella species evaluation	8
Underrepresentation of bats in Africa's protected areas	8
Intimidation as epistemological violence against social science conservation research	8
Issue Information ‐ TOC	8
The scope of empowerment for conservation and communities	8
Reptile responses to fire across the western Mediterranean Basin	8
Coexisting with large carnivores based on the Volterra principle	8
Modeling total predation to avoid perverse outcomes from cat control in a data‐poor island ecosystem	8
Identifying priority areas for conservation to promote connectivity and mitigate the impacts of anthropogenic disturbance	8
A meta‐analysis of the effect of visiting zoos and aquariums on visitors’ conservation knowledge, beliefs, and behavior	8
Conservation benefits of a large marine protected area network that spans multiple ecosystems	8
Review of ecological valuation and equivalency analysis methods for assessing temperate nearshore submerged aquatic vegetation	8
Forest fire smoke as a threat to the health of river dolphins	8
A standard lexicon of terms for area‐based conservation version 1.0	8
Adivasi (Tea Tribe) worldviews of living close to wild Asian elephants in Assam, India	8
Noted with interest	8
Challenges in assessing the effects of environmental governance systems on conservation outcomes	8
Effect of reserve protection level and governance on tree cover loss and gain	8
Combining surface and soil environmental DNA with artificial cover objects to improve terrestrial reptile survey detection	8
Biodiversity conservation, consistency, and Mus musculus	8
Collective effects of rising average temperatures and heat events on oviparous embryos	8
A decision framework for estimating the cost of marine plastic pollution interventions	8
Design and management considerations for the Kenya–Tanzania marine transboundary conservation area	8
Use of bird‐borne radar to examine shearwater interactions with legal and illegal fisheries	8
Evidence‐based guidelines for automated conservation assessments of plant species	8
How expert insight into alpine peatland conservation complements global scientific evidence	8
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Using online reports of seahorse seizures to track their illegal trade	8