Animal Conservation

Papers
(The median citation count of Animal Conservation 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
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Using irregular ranger patrols to quantify elephant occupancy in non‐protected and community‐modified landscapes29
The distribution and current state of biobanking in Indonesian wildlife: a systematic review28
Effects of wind farms on raptors: A systematic review of the current knowledge and the potential solutions to mitigate negative impacts26
Long‐term conservation efforts at flyway scale can halt the population decline in a globally endangered migratory raptor25
Simulated genetic efficacy of metapopulation management and conservation value of captive reintroductions in a rapidly declining felid24
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Using Periodic Matrix Models to Simulate the Effectiveness of Alternative Reintroduction Strategies for Lizards on a Seasonal Tropical Island21
Will the new Chinese National Parks system save the world's rarest primate, the Hainan gibbon?21
Life with big cats: local perceptions of big cat species20
The future of the barbary sheep and the dorcas gazelle populations in Algerian Sahara: On the brink of extinction?19
Using public surveys to rapidly profile biological invasions in hard‐to‐monitor areas19
Feather forensics: tracing the origins of parrots in wildlife trade with stable isotopes and citizen science18
Plastic pollution can affect the emergence patterns of loggerhead turtle hatchlings17
Little Protectors of Big Predators: Empowering Youth for Shark Conservation in The Bahamas17
Highly Isolated Populations of a Lizard Inhabiting Sky Islands: A Challenge for Conservation17
Genomic and environmental insights and conservation challenges for two hybridizing iconic crocodile species across Mexico: Crocodylus acutus and C. moreletii16
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Climate Change‐Induced Distribution Shifts of Keratin‐Feeding Beetle Omorgus (Omorgus) suberosus: Implications for Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Lepidochelys olivacea Conservatio13
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Mitigating the deceptive effects of smooth surfaces: subtle surface modifications can eliminate maladaptive drinking attempts by bats13
Combining species distribution models and moderate resolution satellite information to guide conservation programs for reticulated giraffe12
Introduction of summer houses into semi‐natural habitats: impacts on ground‐nesting birds12
Teetering on the Edge of Extinction Vortex: Habitat Fragmentation and Low Density Threaten Chinese Pangolin Populations in Guangdong, China12
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Spatial acclimation of elk during population restoration to the Missouri Ozarks, USA12
Response of farmland reptiles to agricultural intensification: Collapse of the common adder Vipera berus and the western green lizard Lacerta bilineata in a hedgerow landscape12
Towards an improved evidence‐based Natura 2000 management strategy12
Unravelling unique responses of mammal abundance to road proximity in agricultural landscapes12
Unexpected effect of geographic origin on post‐translocation survival in a long‐lived reptile, the gopher tortoise12
Forest management affects the functional traits of birds and mammals differently12
Cast away on Mindoro island: lack of space limits population growth of the endangered tamaraw11
Impact of forest fragmentation and associated edge effects on the population density of four nocturnal lemur species in North West Madagascar11
Integrating threat mapping and animal movement data to identify high‐risk areas for endangered mobile species11
Lower Habitat Quality Increases Physiological Stress in an Endangered Neotropical Primate11
Missing species listing reveals undiagnosed extinction among reptiles, tropical, and island vertebrates11
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Metamorphosis and seasonality are major determinants of chytrid infection in a paedomorphic salamander11
Urban Bat Rescue Crisis in Eastern Europe: A New Challenge for Bat Conservation10
Mapping human‐carnivore coexistence: approaches to integrating anthropogenic influences on carnivore distribution and connectivity modelling10
Impacts of land cover on reptile movement and habitat use in farming landscapes10
Primate extinction, the legacy of 40 years' road expansion in Colombia10
Bat winter foraging habitat use in working forests: a multispecies spatial occupancy approach10
Understanding early reproductive failure in turtles and tortoises10
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Erosion of primate functional diversity in small and isolated forest patches within movement‐resistant landscapes9
Understanding Post‐Release Dispersal and Habitat Selection Helps Refine Management of Translocated Populations9
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Establishment, persistence and the importance of longitudinal monitoring in multi‐source reintroductions8
Blind shots: non‐natural mortality counteracts conservation efforts of a threatened waterbird8
Environmental suitability and potential range expansion of the Eurasian beaver in Italy8
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Perceptions and reality in fisher coexistence with aquatic predators in the Peruvian Amazon8
Population viability analysis for the common mudpuppy: Assessing potential impacts of TFM lampricide bycatch8
Roadside provisioning threatens both humans and monkeys7
A multiple trait assessment provides insights into the short‐time viability of a newly founded population in an endangered island passerine7
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The threat of Peters's Rock Agama (Agama picticauda) to reptile diversity across the Lesser Antilles7
A probabilistic time geographic approach to quantifying seabird‐vessel interactions7
Characterization and Extent of Illegal Trade in Jaguars and Other Felid Species via Social Media in Mexico7
From elephant memory to conservation action: using chili oil to mitigate conflict one elephant at a time7
Pheromones for amphibian conservation – considering new approaches in conservation breeding programmes7
Human impact and environmental conditions lead to a mass mortality event of David's Myotis (Myotis davidii) in Mongolia7
Subsidized Common Agricultural Policy grazing jeopardizes the protection of biodiversity and Natura 2000 targeted species7
Silencing the call of the wild – howling behaviour and responses of the wolf to Anthropocene in India7
A conservation policy as a conservation threat7
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Urban restoration of common species: population genetics of reintroduced native bush rats Rattus fuscipes in Sydney, Australia6
A country‐wide examination of effects of urbanization on common birds6
Prioritizing future evidence needs for marine and freshwater mammal conservation action6
Priorities for a coordinated effort on behalf of lost species: a commentary on Martin et al. (2022)6
Inbreeding status and implications for Amur tigers6
Correlates of persistence in remnant populations of two Critically Endangered cockatoos6
Release strategies and ecological factors influence mitigation translocation outcomes for burrowing owls: a comparative evaluation6
Quantifying the effects of Anthropocene activities on Mexican endemic amphibians6
Socioeconomic changes influence hunter behavior in the northern periphery of Dja Faunal Reserve, Cameroon6
Forest carnivores living on the edge with invasive predators6
Group composition impacts reproductive output and population viability in captive white rhinoceros6
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Comparing estimates of census and effective population size in an endangered amphibian6
Rendering a once common turtle species endangered in China6
A multiscale perspective for improving conservation of Conchos pupfish6
The wolf and the city: insights on wolves' conservation in the anthropocene5
Disturbance and ecosystem management interact to shape reptile body condition5
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On the need and difficulty of evaluating management strategies improving species persistence5
From individual responses to population effects: Integrating a decade of multidisciplinary research on blue whales and sonar5
Examining the representation of locally threatened species in North American zoos5
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Numbers of seabirds attracted to artificial lights should not be the only indicator of population trends5
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Optimal management decisions are robust to unknown dynamics in an amphibian metapopulation plagued by disease5
Challenges of Monitoring Endangered Bryde's Whales During a Period of Rapid Environmental Change5
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Estimating global determinants of leopard home range size in a changing world5
Manipulating spectra of artificial light affects movement patterns of bats along ecological corridors4
Predictors of taxonomic splitting and its role in primate conservation4
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Long‐term reproductive costs of snare injuries in a keystone terrestrial by‐catch species4
Drivers of Willingness to Pay for Conservation in Southeast Asia: Nature Relatedness Over Visual Cues Among Japanese People4
Rediscovery and urgent conservation needs of the critically endangered spiny butterfly ray (Gymnura altavela) in the Adriatic Sea4
Continuous forest at higher elevation plays a key role in maintaining bird and mammal diversity across an Andean coffee‐growing landscape4
Conservation of thresher shark (Family: Alopiidae) in South‐west Aceh4
Effects of habitat quality on body condition and chronic stress in Brazilian non‐volant small mammals4
‘Lost’ taxa and their conservation implications4
Automated long‐term monitoring of RFID‐tagged individuals reveals high hibernaculum site fidelity in Daubenton's bats and Natterer's bats4
Reach and Effectiveness of Conservation Translocations When Founder Animals Are Sourced From Zoos4
Lessons From the Past: Trait‐Driven Local Extinctions of Bats in Urban Areas4
Designing fit‐for‐purpose monitoring – A case study of a cryptic songbird4
Using citizen science data to assess the vulnerability of bottlenose dolphins to human impacts along England's South Coast4
Assessment of environmental DNA for detecting and monitoring translocated North American beaver4
Global conservation genomics of blue whales calls into question subspecies taxonomy and refines knowledge of population structure4
Effects of age and captivity on the social structure and migration survival of a critically endangered bird4
Wildlife mammal communities in post‐war Angola are depleted and simplified: Implications for biodiversity conservation3
The effects of maternal penning on the movement ecology of mountain caribou3
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Outdoor recreation alters terrestrial vertebrate scavenger assemblage and carrion removal in a protected Mediterranean wetland3
Successful Translocation of a Long‐Distance Migrating Passerine—New Impetus for the Conservation of the Globally Threatened Aquatic Warbler3
Using life history to predict outcomes of conservation translocations of herpetofauna3
Safe harbor: translocating California red‐legged frogs to a climate refuge in Yosemite National Park3
Reinforcements in the face of ongoing threats: a case study from a critically small carnivore population3
Global review of anticoagulant rodenticide exposure in wild mammalian carnivores3
Go where you know: range expansion and fidelity in mountain caribou following eight years of maternity penning3
Down‐listing pandas and upgrading conservation: China setting an example to preserve wildlife worldwide3
Comparing abundance estimates of a cryptic carnivore in southern Patagonia using two experimental methods3
How to reverse the rhino poaching crisis: a commentary on Nhleko et al. (2022)3
Identifying demographic and environmental drivers of population dynamics and viability in an endangered top predator using an integrated model3
Trending extinctions: online interest in recently extinct animals3
Integrated spatial models foster complementarity between monitoring programmes in producing large‐scale bottlenose dolphin indicators3
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
The Importance of Environmental Heterogeneity in Evaluating the Conservation Status of Two Frog Species in a Changing Amazonian Interfluve3
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GPS collars as a tool to uncover environmental crimes in Brazil: The jaguar as a sentinel3
Assessing population viability and management strategies for species recovery of the critically endangered Puerto Rican parrot3
Living in the Hedge: Farmland Reptile Diversity Is Driven by Hedgerow Structural Complexity and Landscape Connectivity3
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Ground‐based vegetation descriptions and remote sensing as complementary methods describing habitat requirements of a frugivorous primate in northern Madagascar: implications for forest restoration3
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Australia's 2019–20 mega‐fires are associated with lower occupancy of a rainforest‐dependent bat3
Why we went to the woods?: effects of human disturbance on species presence in a disturbed Myanmar forest ecosystem2
Counting in the dark: estimating population size and trends of bat assemblages at hibernacula using infrared light barriers2
No quiet after the storm: Emergency forestry operations put Alpine forest biodiversity at risk 5 years after major windstorm2
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Eels as Hosts for Parasitic Mussels: The Importance of Endangered Species Co‐Management2
Integrating immersion withGPSdata improves behavioural classification for wandering albatrosses and shows scavenging behind fishing vessels mirrors natural foraging2
An integrative approach to assess non‐native iguana presence on Saba and Montserrat: Are we losing all native Iguana populations in the Lesser Antilles?2
Towards ecotourism that nurtures local visions for landscapes and wildlife2
Assessing the potential for successful translocation and co‐management of two endangered aquatic species2
Perilous state of critically endangered Northwest African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus hecki) across the Sudano‐Sahel2
Instagram as a data source for sea turtle surveys in shipwrecks in Brazil2
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Estimating arboreality and the effects of forest structure on tropical tree‐dwelling mesomammals using arboreal camera traps2
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The dark side of the Common Agricultural Policy2
The necessity of considering founder kinships in conservation breeding programs2
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 rate2
The future is here: an easy‐to‐use toolkit for integrating genetics into conservation management2
Cascading effects of social dynamics on the reproduction, survival, and population growth of mountain gorillas2
Conserving low‐intensity farming is key to halting the declines of migratory passerines in their tropical wintering grounds2
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Delayed responses and extinction debt: an opportunity for the conservation of Chaco Serrano forest birds2
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Genome‐wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers from fecal samples reveal anthropogenic impacts on connectivity: case of a small carnivore in the central Indian landscape2
Source population and time spent in captivity affect survival and reproduction of long‐distance translocated northern bobwhites2
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Here be dragons: important spatial uncertainty driven by climate data in forecasted distribution of an endangered insular reptile2
Chytridiomycosis and climate change: exposure to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and mild winter conditions do not increase mortality in juvenile agile frogs during hibernation2
A review of the ecological and socioeconomic characteristics of trophy hunting across Asia2
Don't Stand So Close: Social Crowding Negatively Impacts Reproduction in an Endangered, Territorial Hawaiian Bird2
Community‐based monitoring of wild felid hunting in Central Amazonia2
Early life experience with predators impacts development, behavior, and post‐translocation outcomes in an endangered amphibian2
How do landscape and life history traits contribute to the threat context of Brazilian primates?2
Why Australian farmers should not kill venomous snakes2
Assessing potential conflicts between offshore wind farms and migration patterns of a threatened shorebird species2
Home Is Where the Newts Are: Suitability of Artificial Aquatic Sites for the Italian Crested Newt in a Traditional Farming Landscape in Central Italy2
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Priority conservation areas and a global population estimate for the critically endangered Philippine Eagle2
The influence of YouTube videos on human tolerance of sharks2
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