Endangered Species Research

Papers
(The median citation count of Endangered Species Research 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
A conservation status review of the Arabian bustard Ardeotis arabs108
Occupancy of four endangered aquatic species on Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA, using environmental DNA82
The future for Australia’s flatback turtles63
Post-stocking condition of endangered pallid sturgeon released at age 028
Photogrammetry and multievent modeling to determine effects of disturbance on seabird colony nest success23
Broad-scale geographic and temporal assessment of northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) maternity colony-landscape association22
Contemporary sightings of eastern North Pacific right whales, 2006 to 202322
Reconstructing and forecasting the dynamics of an internationally important population of Manx shearwaters22
Acoustic occurrence of baleen whales, particularly blue, fin, and humpback whales, off eastern Canada, 2015-201721
A focus on flatback turtles: the social acceptability of conservation interventions in two Australian case studies19
Biology and conservation of marine turtles in the northwestern Indian Ocean: a review19
Foraging ecology of southern sea otters at the northern range extent informs regional population dynamics18
Expanding the known range and practical conservation issues of the Endangered Australian brook lamprey Mordacia praecox18
Incorporating prey fields into North Atlantic right whale density surface models17
Global research priorities for historical ecology to inform conservation17
Unexpected population genetic structure in Bayou darter Nothonotus rubrus in the geomorphically dynamic Bayou Pierre, Mississippi, USA16
Fisher-based assessments of sea turtle bycatch in small-scale fisheries in Pacific Mexico15
Projected future changes in the geographic distributions of the threatened Plethodon nettingi and a potential competitor15
More vaquita porpoises survive than expected15
Characteristics of ocelot populations in Tamaulipas, Mexico, using capture-recapture techniques15
Extralimital sightings of a gray whale in the western North Atlantic14
Using ‘pup multipliers’ to estimate demographic parameters of Mediterranean monk seals in the eastern Mediterranean Sea14
First evidence of underwater vocalizations in green sea turtles Chelonia mydas14
Widespread occupancy of the endangered northern myotis on northeastern Atlantic Coastal Plain islands13
Beyond Calanus: changes to the copepod community in the northeast USA and implications for North Atlantic right whale foraging energetics12
Habitat use and movement patterns of adult male and juvenile scalloped hammerhead sharks Sphyrna lewini throughout the Hawaiian archipelago12
High annual survival suggested by size structure of Kemp’s ridley sea turtles captured by coastal research trawling in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean since 199012
Annual, seasonal, and diel patterns in blue whale call occurrence off eastern Canada12
CORRECTION: Environmental DNA mitochondrial markers to assess potential occupancy of Endangered Yaqui catfish in the Yaqui River basin, Mexico12
Life history, population dynamics and impacts of cat predation on an endemic gadfly petrel in Cabo Verde11
Reassessing distribution and population estimates of the golden-headed lion tamarin Leontopithecus chrysomelas (Primates, Callitrichidae)11
Acoustic detections and sightings of blue whales Balaenoptera musculus in the Seychelles, western tropical Indian Ocean (2020-2022)11
A multistate capture-recapture model to estimate reproduction of North Atlantic right whales10
Conditioning effect on survival of foster parents of reintroduced masked bobwhite broods10
Trophic ecology of sooty albatross, segregating mechanisms from the congeneric light-mantled sooty albatross, and conservation implications9
Refining capture-recapture recruitment estimation methods for Atlantic sturgeon9
Emergent research and priorities for shark and ray conservation9
Maternal den preferences, reproductive behavior, and spatial use of a wild Manis javanica during maternal and non-maternal stages in Sabah, Borneo9
North Atlantic right whale Eubalaena glacialis prey selection in Cape Cod Bay9
First demographic parameter estimates for the Mediterranean monk seal population at Madeira, Portugal9
Spatiotemporal patterns and causes of sea turtle strandings in Chile between 2009 and 20229
Classifying the effects of human disturbance on denning polar bears9
Past and present sawfish (Pristidae) records from India9
Marine turtle regional management units 2.0: an updated framework for conservation and research of wide-ranging megafauna species9
Thermal conditions of green turtle (Chelonia mydas) nests in the largest rookery in the eastern Mediterranean8
Top predators, shared prey: isotopic niche dynamics and trophic interactions among dusky, tiger and white sharks8
Evaluating the efficacy of real-time passive acoustic monitoring near offshore wind energy development activities to help mitigate risks to North Atlantic right whales8
Identifying social clusters of endangered main Hawaiian Islands false killer whales8
Rice’s whales in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico: call variation and occurrence beyond the known core habitat8
Population genetics of freshwater stingray require investigation to confirm DNA contamination: Reply to Alshari et al. (2023)8
Predicting core areas of flatback turtle hatchlings and potential exposure to threats8
Discriminating Canadian Arctic beluga management stocks using dentine oxygen and carbon isotopes8
Quantifying the relative importance of survival threats to a long-lived reptile using expert elicitation7
Long-term migratory alterations to whooping crane arrival and departure on the wintering and staging grounds7
Apparent survival probability and abundance of juvenile green turtles in the foraging ground at Kuroshima Island, Ryukyu Archipelago7
Age and repeated collection interval effects on sperm motility in the endangered delta smelt Hypomesus transpacificus7
Acoustic detections of North Pacific right whale Eubalaena japonica along the eastern Aleutian Chain and northern Gulf of Alaska, 2009-20237
Assessing the effects of incubation temperature on the cognitive ability of post-hatchling loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta7
The island hoppers: how foraging influences green turtle Chelonia mydas abundance over space and time in the Lakshadweep Archipelago, India7
Status of the largetooth sawfish in Ecuador and Peru, and use of rostral teeth in cockfighting6
Social and news media in mapping the Endangered Mediterranean monk seal: exceptional data gains but persistent bias6
High historical movement rates of Antarctic blue whales on Southern Ocean feeding grounds estimated from Discovery mark data6
Using environmental DNA to identify priority areas for sawfish conservation in Costa Rica, Central America6
Occupancy, movement, and behaviour of namew (lake sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens) in an intact river in Canada6
Summer movements of marbled murrelets from Canada to Alaska6
Preliminary insight into the reproductive traits of the flapper skate Dipturus intermedius using in-field ultrasonography and circulating hormone concentrations6
An apparent case of Pb toxicosis in an American crocodile Crocodylus acutus in South Florida, USA6
Population distribution, aggregation sites and seasonal occurrence of Australia’s western population of the grey nurse shark Carcharias taurus6
Endangered Cape Sable seaside sparrow ecology: actions towards recovery through landscape-scale ecosystem restoration6
Estimation of the population size of the short-tailed albatross Phoebastria albatrus on the Senkaku Islands using satellite images6
Long-term wild recovery and resilience of green turtles Chelonia mydas to various anthropogenic injuries6
Growth rates of the Critically Endangered fan mussel Pinna nobilis in the Slovenian Sea (northern Adriatic)5
Long-term aerial monitoring of Florida manatees Trichechus manatus latirostris in a diverse Gulf Coast environment5
Female reproductive dynamics in Caribbean green turtles Chelonia mydas5
DNA contamination and taxonomic diversity hinder eDNA research on freshwater stingray species: Comment on Lim & Then (2022)5
Underwater soundscapes within critical habitats of the endangered Hawaiian monk seal: implications for conservation5
A preliminary assessment of the reproductive morphology and endocrinology of European blind cave salamander Proteus anguinus5
Naturally sampled environmental DNA helps determine the distribution of Critically Endangered species in a global hotspot of marine biodiversity5
Current status, biology, threats and conservation priorities of the vulnerable Mediterranean monk seal5
Movement patterns and space use of a large, aquatic turtle, with a comparison of GPS, VHF, and acoustic transmitters5
Movements and behaviour of southern right whales satellite-tracked in and beyond a subantarctic archipelago wintering ground5
Individuality in houbara chick calls and its dynamics throughout ontogeny5
A habitat suitability model for testing and refining the range of Zuni fleabane, a threatened plant species5
North Atlantic right whale Eubalaena glacialis summer habitat in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada: 2017-20195
Intraspecific variability in flatback turtle habitat use: δ15N as an indicator of foraging locations5
Risks associated with the spatial overlap between humpback dolphins and fisheries in Sindhudurg, Maharashtra, India4
Quality of thermal refuges influences use by the cold-intolerant Florida manatee4
A long-term study of green turtles on Lanyu Island, Taiwan, suggests resilience to global climate change4
Tracking sarus crane movements in Cambodia and Vietnam reveals seasonal vulnerabilities and gaps in protected area coverage4
Incorporating environmental covariates into a Bayesian stock production model for the endangered Cumberland Sound beluga population4
From the sky and on the beaches: complementary tools to evaluate common dolphin bycatch in the Bay of Biscay4
Genetic diversity and source rookeries of loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta from bycatch and strandings around the Korean Peninsula4
Disentanglement network data to characterize leatherback sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea bycatch in fixed-gear fisheries4
Variation in glider-detected North Atlantic right, blue, and fin whale calls in proximity to high-traffic shipping lanes4
Association of delta smelt with other small pelagic fishes suggests the potential for competition and proxy monitoring4
Adipose tissue estimation of foraging and nesting green turtles Chelonia mydas using bioelectrical impedance analysis4
Regionally endothermic traits in planktivorous basking sharks Cetorhinus maximus4
Rediscovery of the giant featherback Chitala lopis (Notopteridae) in its type locality resolves decades of taxonomic confusion4
Application of epigenetics to understand the demography of the Lahille’s bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus gephyreus4
Developing respirometry methodology for the critically endangered delta smelt4
High female desert tortoise mortality in the western Sonoran Desert during California’s epic 2012-2016 drought4
Acoustic abundance estimation for Critically Endangered North Atlantic right whales in Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, USA4
Summer and winter surveys of deep waters of the Hellenic Trench, Greece, provide insights into the spatial and temporal distribution of odontocetes4
Notable abundance of two Critically Endangered elasmobranch fishes near an area of intensive coastal development in the Arabian Gulf4
Predicted distribution of ‘ua‘u (Hawaiian petrel Pterodroma sandwichensis) nest sites on Haleakalā, Maui4
Decomposition of Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) and green (Chelonia mydas) sea turtle carcasses and its application to backtrack modeling of beach strandings4
New management unit for conservation of the Endangered green turtle Chelonia mydas at the Xisha (Paracel) Islands, South China Sea4
Evidence in support of pupping grounds for the Critically Endangered tope shark Galeorhinus galeus around the Dutch Wadden Islands4
Factors regulating incubation temperature and thermal stress in hawksbills in St. Croix, USVI4
Ship-strike forecast and mitigation for whales in Gitga’at First Nation territory3
Acoustic occurrence of beaked whales off eastern Canada, 2015-20173
Marine turtles of the African east coast: current knowledge and priorities for conservation and research3
A trans-Pacific movement reveals regular migrations of humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae between Russia and Mexico3
Revisiting the imposex queen conch Aliger gigas near Port Everglades, Florida: demographics, histopathology, and sediment contamination3
Age-related spatial ecology of Audouin’s gull during the non-breeding season3
Combining UAVs and multi-sensor dataloggers to estimate fine-scale sea turtle density at foraging areas: a case study in the central Mediterranean3
Extended aquarium opening hours during tourist rush season cause temporary threshold shifts in an Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin3
Satellite telemetry reveals high-use internesting areas and international foraging extent for loggerhead turtles tagged in southeast Florida, USA3
Preliminary life history of the Critically Endangered bottlenose wedgefish Rhynchobatus australiae from Southeast Asia3
Habitat use of the micro-endemic day gecko Phelsuma antanosy in Sainte Luce, Madagascar, and the case for translocation3
Oviposition substrate preferences of two endangered prairie butterflies in an ex situ conservation environment3
Identifying impactful sea turtle conservation strategies: a mismatch between most influential and most readily manageable life-stages3
Unexpected residual habitats raise hope for the survival of the fan mussel Pinna nobilis along the Occitan coast (Northwest Mediterranean Sea)3
High sea turtle density in a Mediterranean foraging ground revealed by UAV surveys and machine learning3
Influence of nearby environment on recreational bycatch of sea turtles at fishing piers in the eastern Gulf of Mexico3
Current water pollution status at an important wintering site of the black-faced spoonbill Platalea minor in Xinghua Bay, south China3
Monitoring the ocelot population in the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge3
Review of three southwestern Indian Ocean species of Rhinobatos (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae)3
Habitat models and assessment of habitat partitioning for Kemp’s ridley and loggerhead marine turtles foraging in Chesapeake Bay (USA)3
Examining the effect of environmental variability on the viability of endangered Steller sea lions using an integrated population model2
Resource use by Sphyrna mokarran and S. lewini (Chondrichthyes) neonates and juveniles in the western Arabian Gulf: a stable isotope analysis2
Anatomical evidence that arribada olive ridley sea turtles Lepidochelys olivacea feed at breeding and nesting grounds to maintain high reproductive output2
Assessing the suitability of habitat for the Endangered pygmy bluetongue lizard2
Reproductive timing and putative mating behavior of the oceanic whitetip shark Carcharhinus longimanus in the eastern Bahamas2
Morphometric variation and sexual dimorphism of endangered longfin smelt Spirinchus thaleichthys in the San Francisco Estuary2
Distribution of three mobulid ray species (Mobula tarapacana, M. mobular, and M. thurstoni) in the western Atlantic and Caribbean2
New insights into trace element offloading and bioaccumulation in endangered Hawaiian monk seal bones2
Assessing the viability of bull trout conservation units: integrating the NatureServe process with the USA’s Endangered Species Act2
Fisher insights into rhino ray status, utilisation, and conservation at five major fishing harbours in India2
Flatback futures—evaluating conservation interventions to reduce threats to an endemic Australian turtle2
Habitat preference of two sympatric coastal cetaceans in Langkawi, Malaysia, as determined by passive acoustic monitoring2
How compromised is reproductive performance in the endangered North Atlantic right whale?2
Pan-oceanic distribution of mercury (Hg) in sea turtles: a review2
New insights reveal a temporally distinct two-stock genetic structure for Suwannee River Gulf sturgeon2
Space use, interaction and recursion in a solitary specialized herbivore: a red panda case study2
Fecal and cloacal microbiomes of cold-stunned loggerhead Caretta caretta, Kemp’s ridley Lepidochelys kempii, and green sea turtles Chelonia mydas2
Optimisation of potential distribution area of the endangered herb Glehnia littoralis (Apiaceae) based on interspecific competition2
Trends in abundance and reproductive success of the hawksbill turtle nesting population at Buck Island Reef National Monument, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands2
Demographic response of a high-Arctic polar bear (Ursus maritimus) subpopulation to changes in sea ice and subsistence harvest2
Combining reproductive endocrinology and ROC analysis to identify changes with sex, age, and pregnancy status in botos Inia geoffrensis2
Vulnerability of the Critically Endangered leatherback turtle to fisheries bycatch in the eastern Pacific Ocean. II. Assessment of mitigation measures2
Combining isotopic analyses and satellite telemetry to assess geographic variability in the trophic ecology of Amazon River dolphins Inia geoffrensis2
Seasonal consumption of terrestrial prey by a threatened stream fish is influenced by riparian vegetation2
Ecology, natural history, and conservation status of Scolopendra abnormis, a threatened centipede endemic to Mauritius2
Recombinant luteinizing hormone as a tool towards understanding reproductive dysfunction in captive Macquarie perch Macquaria australasica2
Feeding ecology of harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena stranded on the Galician coast (NW Spain) between 1990 and 20182
Otolith-based comparisons of wild versus hatchery-origin delta smelt2
Quantifying behavior and collision risk of humpback whales surfacing near large ships: implications for detection and avoidance2
The elusive sex: satellite tracking contributions to male sea turtle spatial ecology2
Post-release movements of leatherback turtles captured by the Peruvian small-scale driftnet fishery: insights from satellite telemetry2
Vulnerability of the Critically Endangered leatherback turtle to fisheries bycatch in the eastern Pacific Ocean. I. A machine-learning species distribution model2
Time-lapse camera photographs reveal arrival and breeding timing of short-tailed albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus1
Population viability analysis of the endangered copper redhorse Moxostoma hubbsi1
Long-term assessment of the translocation of an endangered primate into an agroforestry system1
Predicting the occurrence of an endangered salamander in a highly urbanized landscape1
Microhabitat selection by François’ langur Trachypithecus francoisi in Mayanghe National Nature Reserve, China1
False killer whales and fisheries in Hawaiian waters: evidence from mouthline and dorsal fin injuries reveal ongoing and repeated interactions1
Oceanic manta rays aggregating near a major population center have far higher injury rates than at an offshore protected area1
Integrating ensemble habitat suitability models to guide conservation strategies for the endangered Houston toad Anaxyrus houstonensis1
Shifting phenology of an endangered apex predator mirrors changes in its favored prey1
A density surface model describing the habitat of the Critically Endangered Rice’s whale Balaenoptera ricei in the Gulf of Mexico1
Effect of moisture, temperature, and maternal influence on the hatching, phenotype, and performance of hawksbill turtles Eretmochelys imbricata1
Key issues in assessing threats to sea turtles: knowledge gaps and future directions1
Natural history, fisheries, and conservation of the Pacific guitarfish: signs of trouble in Peruvian waters1
Applying distance sampling to estimate densities of fin whale calls recorded by ocean bottom seismometers in the Marianas region1
Evaluation of post-stocking re-encounters of an endangered fish using a large, multi-agency database to inform recovery1
mtDNA variation of humpback whales in their wintering grounds of Guerrero, southern Mexican Pacific1
Challenges and priorities for river cetacean conservation1
Observations of reproductive behaviors in the Critically Endangered bowmouth guitarfish Rhina ancylostoma1
Using sonobuoys and visual surveys to characterize North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) calling behavior in the Gulf of St. Lawrence1
Increasing mortality of Endangered Antillean manatees Trichechus manatus manatus due to watercraft collisions in Belize1
Endurance or extinction: long-term declines in albatrosses at South Georgia highlight threats from South Atlantic fisheries and climate change1
Population genetics of gharial Gavialis gangeticus in the Chambal River, India, using novel polymorphic microsatellite markers1
Satellite tracking reveals critical habitats and migratory pathways for green and hawksbill turtles nesting in Montserrat, Eastern Caribbean1
Comparison of regression models forecasting seasonal variations of Delphinus delphis bycatch around their main hotspot in Korean waters1
Increased abundance and range expansion of harlequin ducks Histrionicus histrionicus wintering in Eastern Canada1
Atlantic connectivity of a major green sea turtle Chelonia mydas foraging aggregation at the Banc d’Arguin, Mauritania1
Updated global conservation status and priorities for marine turtles1
Potential habitats and historical distribution changes of three species of musk deer in China under habitat fragmentation1
Endocrine data provide further evidence of physiologic derangement in sea turtles affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill1
Aerial hearing thresholds and ecoacoustics of a threatened pursuit-diving seabird, the marbled murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus1
An integrated model improves inferences about survival in the Mojave desert tortoise1
While they’re still here: assessing status and habitat for the last populations of the Carson wandering skipper Pseudocopaeodes eunus obscurus1
Nesting habitat characteristics of flatback Natator depressus, green Chelonia mydas and loggerhead Caretta caretta turtles in eastern Queensland, Australia1
Inter-nesting habitat use by green turtles Chelonia mydas in the Great Barrier Reef1
Phenology, population size, and factors influencing variation in density of an endangered butterfly, the mottled duskywing Erynnis martialis1
DNA metabarcoding for diet analysis of an endangered endemic bitterling, Acheilognathus majusculus (Teleostei; Cyprinidae)1
Movement behaviour of endangered white sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus responds to changing environmental conditions below a dam1
CORRECTION: Influences of natural and anthropogenic habitat variables on Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins Sousa chinensis in Hong Kong1
Sounds of Atlantic sturgeon spawning: first description and opportunities for riverine endangered species conservation with passive acoustic monitoring1
Tracking trends in foraging sea turtle aggregations at Reunion Island using aerial and photo-ID surveys (2008-2023)1
Nesting female hawksbill sea turtles trending smaller in the western Indian Ocean1
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