Animal Conservation

Papers
(The median citation count of Animal Conservation is 1. 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.)
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The influence of YouTube videos on human tolerance of sharks37
Estimating arboreality and the effects of forest structure on tropical tree‐dwelling mesomammals using arboreal camera traps24
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Genomic signatures of demographic declines in an imperiled amphibian inform conservation action21
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From threatened to threatening: Impacts of a reintroduced predator on reintroduced prey21
How to reverse the rhino poaching crisis: a commentary on Nhleko et al. (2022)20
Down‐listing pandas and upgrading conservation: China setting an example to preserve wildlife worldwide20
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Global review of anticoagulant rodenticide exposure in wild mammalian carnivores18
Identifying demographic and environmental drivers of population dynamics and viability in an endangered top predator using an integrated model18
The threat of Peters's Rock Agama (Agama picticauda) to reptile diversity across the Lesser Antilles18
Improving population estimates of difficult‐to‐observe species: A dung decay model for forest elephants with remotely sensed imagery17
What to expect from alternative management strategies to conserve seabirds? Hints from a dynamic modelling framework applied to an endangered population17
Outdoor recreation alters terrestrial vertebrate scavenger assemblage and carrion removal in a protected Mediterranean wetland17
Evaluation of tenrec population viability and potential sustainable management under hunting pressure in northeastern Madagascar16
Citizen science indicates significant range recovery and defines new conservation priorities for Earth's most endangered pinniped in Greece16
Beyond the Big Five and Birds: Divergent ecotourism perspectives in rapidly changing Africa16
Roadside provisioning threatens both humans and monkeys16
Life with big cats: local perceptions of big cat species15
Effects of wind farms on raptors: A systematic review of the current knowledge and the potential solutions to mitigate negative impacts15
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Long‐term conservation efforts at flyway scale can halt the population decline in a globally endangered migratory raptor14
A multiple trait assessment provides insights into the short‐time viability of a newly founded population in an endangered island passerine14
First records of margay on Cozumel Island: a conservation paradox13
The distribution and current state of biobanking in Indonesian wildlife: a systematic review13
Strengthening protection of endemic wildlife threatened by the international pet trade: The case of the Australian shingleback lizard13
Simulated genetic efficacy of metapopulation management and conservation value of captive reintroductions in a rapidly declining felid12
Predominant prevalence of Ranavirus in southern Brazil, a region with widespread occurrence of the amphibian chytrid11
Improving evaluation of nonlethal tools for carnivore management and conservation: evaluating fladry to protect an endangered species from a generalist mesocarnivore11
Silencing the call of the wild – howling behaviour and responses of the wolf to Anthropocene in India11
Inferring dolphin population status: using unoccupied aerial systems to quantify age‐structure11
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How do landscape and life history traits contribute to the threat context of Brazilian primates?10
Will the new Chinese National Parks system save the world's rarest primate, the Hainan gibbon?10
Why we went to the woods?: effects of human disturbance on species presence in a disturbed Myanmar forest ecosystem10
Assessing the potential for successful translocation and co‐management of two endangered aquatic species10
A probabilistic time geographic approach to quantifying seabird‐vessel interactions9
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Using irregular ranger patrols to quantify elephant occupancy in non‐protected and community‐modified landscapes9
Exploring rangers' preferences for community‐based strategies to improve human‐elephant coexistence in African natural corridors9
Subsidized Common Agricultural Policy grazing jeopardizes the protection of biodiversity and Natura 2000 targeted species9
Characterization and Extent of Illegal Trade in Jaguars and Other Felid Species via Social Media in Mexico8
Priority conservation areas and a global population estimate for the critically endangered Philippine Eagle8
Human impact and environmental conditions lead to a mass mortality event of David's Myotis (Myotis davidii) in Mongolia8
Go where you know: range expansion and fidelity in mountain caribou following eight years of maternity penning8
Habitat management favouring duck hunting seems to prevent shifting distribution due to climate warming: Another avenue for hunting ‘greenwashing’?8
Failure to account for behavioral variability significantly compromises accuracy in indirect population monitoring8
Perilous state of critically endangered Northwest African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus hecki) across the Sudano‐Sahel8
Identifying human–brown bear conflict hotspots for prioritizing critical habitat and corridor conservation in southwestern Iran8
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Wildlife mammal communities in post‐war Angola are depleted and simplified: Implications for biodiversity conservation7
Common‐garden experiment reveals outbreeding depression and region‐of‐origin effects on reproductive success in a frequently translocated tortoise7
Cumulative effects of low‐height barriers on distributions of catadromous Japanese eels in Japan7
Instagram as a data source for sea turtle surveys in shipwrecks in Brazil7
Opposite effects of climate and land‐use/cover change on Mediterranean herpetofauna: Insights from the southern Apennines7
The effects of maternal penning on the movement ecology of mountain caribou7
Genome‐wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers from fecal samples reveal anthropogenic impacts on connectivity: case of a small carnivore in the central Indian landscape7
Risk of bird electrocution in power lines: a framework for prioritizing species and areas for conservation and impact mitigation7
Stable isotope analysis as a tool to detect illegal trade in critically endangered cockatoos7
Raptor reintroductions: Cost‐effective alternatives to captive breeding6
Source population and time spent in captivity affect survival and reproduction of long‐distance translocated northern bobwhites6
The white rhino can again be a conservation success6
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Using life history to predict outcomes of conservation translocations of herpetofauna6
The value of coastal saltpans for migratory shorebirds: conservation insights from a stable isotope approach based on feeding guild and body size6
Long‐term ecological data confirm and refine conservation assessment of critically endangered swift parrots6
Ground‐based vegetation descriptions and remote sensing as complementary methods describing habitat requirements of a frugivorous primate in northern Madagascar: implications for forest restoration6
Correlates of persistence in remnant populations of two Critically Endangered cockatoos6
Where wolves were: setting historical baselines for wolf recovery in Spain6
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The future of the barbary sheep and the dorcas gazelle populations in Algerian Sahara: On the brink of extinction?6
Landscape connectivity and population density of snow leopards across a multi‐use landscape in Western Himalaya6
Towards ecotourism that nurtures local visions for landscapes and wildlife6
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Pheromones for amphibian conservation – considering new approaches in conservation breeding programmes5
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Trending extinctions: online interest in recently extinct animals5
Landcover change and habitat quality mediate impacts of temperature and precipitation on population dynamics of a threatened aridland predator5
Disentangling the Contributions to Phenotypic Change in Conservation Breeding: A Case Study in a Breeding Program of an Endangered Migratory Songbird5
A conservation policy as a conservation threat5
Seabird bycatch in European waters5
Distance to the edge and other landscape features influence nest predation in grey partridges5
Mitigating anthropogenic barriers to facilitate distributional shifts helps reduce vulnerability of a large herbivore to climate change5
A country‐wide examination of effects of urbanization on common birds5
A 91% decline in a common anuran in an otherwise stable amphibian community inferred from 17 years of rapid road surveys5
Age structure dynamics in an eastern collared lizard population from founding to demographic stability5
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The elephant in the farm: long‐term solutions are the key to coexistence5
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Ecological effects of a declining red wolf population5
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Quantifying the impacts of stoat and cat incursions on reintroduced bird populations in a predator‐fenced wildlife sanctuary5
Integrated spatial models foster complementarity between monitoring programmes in producing large‐scale bottlenose dolphin indicators4
Mother’s curse on conservation: assessing the role of mtDNA in sex‐specific survival differences in ex‐situ breeding programs4
Urban restoration of common species: population genetics of reintroduced native bush rats Rattus fuscipes in Sydney, Australia4
Assessing the efficacy of higher‐taxon approach for ant species surveys to improve biodiversity inventories4
Poaching is directly and indirectly driving the decline of South Africa's large population of white rhinos4
Predator escape behaviour in threatened marsupials4
Using public surveys to rapidly profile biological invasions in hard‐to‐monitor areas4
Do we need to unfriend a few friends? Free‐ranging dogs affect wildlife and pastoralists in the Indian Trans‐Himalaya4
Habitat disturbance trumps moonlight effects on the activity of tropical insectivorous bats4
From elephant memory to conservation action: using chili oil to mitigate conflict one elephant at a time4
Trading off hatching success and cost in the captive breeding of Whooping Cranes4
Reproductive skew in a Vulnerable bird favors breeders that monopolize nest cavities4
Comparing estimates of census and effective population size in an endangered amphibian4
Disproportionate admixture improves reintroduction outcomes despite the use of low‐diversity source populations: population viability analysis for a translocation of the greater stick‐nest rat3
Occupancy models reveal potential of conservation prioritization for Central American jaguars3
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Low hatching success in the critically endangered kākāpō is driven by early embryo mortality not infertility3
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Safe harbor: translocating California red‐legged frogs to a climate refuge in Yosemite National Park3
The effects of climate change and fluctuations on the riparian bird communities of the arid Intermountain West3
Feather forensics: tracing the origins of parrots in wildlife trade with stable isotopes and citizen science3
That woodland Caribou were released during the anthropause from a ‘landscape of fear’ caused by heli‐skiing is not supported by available evidence3
Prediction of fitness under different breeding designs in conservation programs3
Building human–elephant relationships based on science and local ownership: a long‐lasting issue in the era of Sustainable Development Goals3
Habitat use patterns suggest that climate‐driven vegetation changes will negatively impact mammal communities in the Amazon3
Priorities for a coordinated effort on behalf of lost species: a commentary on Martin et al. (2022)3
One of these wolves is not like the other: morphological effects and conservation implications of captivity in Mexican wolves3
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Untangling the influences of fire, habitat and introduced predators on the endangered heath mouse3
Influence of reduced‐impact logging on Central Amazonian bats using a before‐after‐control‐impact design3
Release strategies and ecological factors influence mitigation translocation outcomes for burrowing owls: a comparative evaluation3
Assessing potential conflicts between offshore wind farms and migration patterns of a threatened shorebird species3
The challenge of designing meaningful performance measures for evaluating the success of conservation translocations3
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Plastic pollution can affect the emergence patterns of loggerhead turtle hatchlings3
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Inbreeding status and implications for Amur tigers3
Movement ecology of endangered caribou during a COVID‐19 mediated pause in winter recreation3
Group composition impacts reproductive output and population viability in captive white rhinoceros3
Robust mapping of human–wildlife conflict: controlling for livestock distribution in carnivore depredation models3
Prioritizing future evidence needs for marine and freshwater mammal conservation action3
Does anthropization affect physiology, behaviour and life‐history traits of Montagu's harrier chicks?3
Movement ecology of endangered caribou during a COVID‐19 mediated pause in winter recreation – response to Wilson (2024)3
Conservation beyond boundaries: using animal movement networks in protected area assessment2
Socioeconomic changes influence hunter behavior in the northern periphery of Dja Faunal Reserve, Cameroon2
Habitat Loss: A Continuing Challenge for the Recovering Indus River Dolphin2
Human‐induced risk drives behavioural decisions in a recovering brown bear population2
Forest management affects the functional traits of birds and mammals differently2
Brown bear‐caused human injuries and fatalities in Russia are linked to human encroachment2
Towards an improved evidence‐based Natura 2000 management strategy2
Life‐history traits govern the habitat use of diverse amphibian assemblages in an agroforest landscape matrix2
Mitigating the deceptive effects of smooth surfaces: subtle surface modifications can eliminate maladaptive drinking attempts by bats2
Landscape features affect caiman body condition in the middle Araguaia River floodplain2
The effect of group size on reproduction in cooperatively breeding gray wolves depends on density2
Salamander loss alters montane stream ecosystem functioning and structure through top‐down effects2
Unravelling unique responses of mammal abundance to road proximity in agricultural landscapes2
Introduction of summer houses into semi‐natural habitats: impacts on ground‐nesting birds2
Habitat Quality and Water Availability Affect Genetic Connectivity of Platypus Across an Urban Landscape2
Spatial acclimation of elk during population restoration to the Missouri Ozarks, USA2
Reinforcements in the face of ongoing threats: a case study from a critically small carnivore population2
Post‐capture recovery is mediated by shifts in allostatic and metabolic dynamics in a threatened and endemic rhino ray2
Meta‐ and subpopulation estimation with disparate data: coconut crabs in the Western Indian Ocean2
Individual traits influence survival of a reintroduced marsupial only at low predator densities2
Cascading Effects of Anthropogenic Excess Food for Predators on a Peri‐Urban Population of an Endangered Ungulate2
Counting the costs of white rhino poaching: We are likely underestimating the indirect and long‐term impacts2
Dietary expansion facilitates the persistence of a large frugivore in fragmented tropical forests2
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A multiscale perspective for improving conservation of Conchos pupfish2
Investigating differences in population recovery rates of two sympatrically nesting sea turtle species2
Forest carnivores living on the edge with invasive predators2
Patterns of abundance reveal evidence of translocation and climate effects on Houbara bustard population recovery2
Evaluation of trial reintroductions of two extinct in the wild reptile species on Christmas Island2
Quantifying the effects of Anthropocene activities on Mexican endemic amphibians2
Forest Structure and Stand Characteristics Influence the Space Use and Fine‐Scale Movements of Fishers (Pekania pennanti)2
Australia's 2019–20 mega‐fires are associated with lower occupancy of a rainforest‐dependent bat2
Combining species distribution models and moderate resolution satellite information to guide conservation programs for reticulated giraffe2
Evaluating the role of caretaker‐rated personality traits for reproductive outcomes in a highly endangered Hawaiian corvid2
Headstarting boosts population of a threatened wader, the black‐tailed godwit2
Whither the science in wildlife management?2
Towards a standardized framework for managing lost species2
Rendering a once common turtle species endangered in China2
Modelling the distribution of bat activity areas for conservation in a Mediterranean mountain range2
Genomic and environmental insights and conservation challenges for two hybridizing iconic crocodile species across Mexico: Crocodylus acutus and C. moreletii2
Protected areas enter a new era of uncertain challenges: extinction of a non‐exigent falcon in Doñana National Park1
Capturing uncatalogued distribution records to improve conservation assessments of data‐deficient species: a case study using the glossy grass skink1
Climate Change‐Induced Distribution Shifts of Keratin‐Feeding Beetle Omorgus (Omorgus) suberosus: Implications for Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Lepidochelys olivacea Conservatio1
Variation in immunity and health in response to introduced avian malaria in an endemic Hawaiian songbird1
Climate change would prevail over land use change in shaping the future distribution of Triturus marmoratus in France1
Cast away on Mindoro island: lack of space limits population growth of the endangered tamaraw1
Don't leave them alone! “Citizen managers” can make the difference in Italy's Kentish plover conservation1
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Putting technology between people and tigers1
Capture‐induced vulnerability in male Shortnose guitarfish during their reproductive period1
Numbers of seabirds attracted to artificial lights should not be the only indicator of population trends1
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Balancing conservation and welfare in ex situ management of the extinct‐in‐the‐wild sihek: sex‐ and age‐specific causes of mortality and contributions to population growth rate1
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Density‐dependent age of first reproduction as a key factor for population dynamics: stable breeding populations mask strong floater declines in a long‐lived raptor1
Environmental control reduces white‐nose syndrome infection in hibernating bats1
The impact of headstarting on the survival and naiveté of an endangered terrestrial mammal after return to the wild1
Community‐based monitoring of wild felid hunting in Central Amazonia1
Optimal management decisions are robust to unknown dynamics in an amphibian metapopulation plagued by disease1
Missing species listing reveals undiagnosed extinction among reptiles, tropical, and island vertebrates1
Estimating global determinants of leopard home range size in a changing world1
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No quiet after the storm: Emergency forestry operations put Alpine forest biodiversity at risk 5 years after major windstorm1
Three birds with one stone? Sex ratios of seized critically endangered helmeted hornbill casques reveal illegal hunting of males, females and juveniles1
Integrating threat mapping and animal movement data to identify high‐risk areas for endangered mobile species1
A review of the ecological and socioeconomic characteristics of trophy hunting across Asia1
Response of farmland reptiles to agricultural intensification: Collapse of the common adder Vipera berus and the western green lizard Lacerta bilineata in a hedgerow landscape1
Differential responses of amphibians and reptiles to land‐use change in the biodiversity hotspot of north‐eastern Madagascar1
Unexpected effect of geographic origin on post‐translocation survival in a long‐lived reptile, the gopher tortoise1
Successful reproduction of female loggerhead sea turtles with severe limb amputations1
Trends in the bushmeat market trade in North Sulawesi and conservation implications1
Population models reveal the importance of early life‐stages for population stability of an imperiled turtle species1
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From individual responses to population effects: Integrating a decade of multidisciplinary research on blue whales and sonar1
Debut of an endangered bird in zoos raises public interest, awareness and conservation knowledge of the species1
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