Conservation Science and Practice

Papers
(The TQCC of Conservation Science and Practice is 6. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Levels of conflict over wildlife: Understanding and addressing the right problem51
Replacing “parachute science” with “global science” in ecology and conservation biology47
A review of factors to consider when using camera traps to study animal behavior to inform wildlife ecology and conservation46
The last continuous grasslands on Earth: Identification and conservation importance38
North American birds require mitigation and adaptation to reduce vulnerability to climate change38
Relative effects of recreational activities on a temperate terrestrial wildlife assemblage38
Methods for wildlife monitoring in tropical forests: Comparing human observations, camera traps, and passive acoustic sensors37
Habitat loss accelerates for the endangered woodland caribou in western Canada36
Taking a more nuanced look at behavior change for demand reduction in the illegal wildlife trade36
Ecosystem integrity is neither real nor valuable35
Research–management partnerships: An opportunity to integrate genetics in conservation actions30
Evaluating the impact of the documentary series Blue Planet II on viewers' plastic consumption behaviors30
Avoiding wasted research resources in conservation science29
Ecological integrity is both real and valuable28
A scoping review of celebrity endorsement in environmental campaigns and evidence for its effectiveness27
U.S. conservation translocations: Over a century of intended consequences27
Concern over hybridization risks should not preclude conservation interventions26
Conservation translocations for amphibian species threatened by chytrid fungus: A review, conceptual framework, and recommendations25
Identifying research needs to inform white‐nose syndrome management decisions23
The role of privately protected areas in achieving biodiversity representation within a national protected area network22
Bridging the gap between researchers, conservation planners, and decision makers to improve species conservation decision‐making22
Principles for the socially responsible use of conservation monitoring technology and data22
Presumed killers? Vultures, stakeholders, misperceptions, and fake news22
Perceptions and realities of elephant crop raiding and mitigation methods21
Protecting restoration investments from the cheatgrass‐fire cycle in sagebrush steppe20
Recent advances of quantitative modeling to support invasive species eradication on islands20
Intentional introgression of a blight tolerance transgene to rescue the remnant population of American chestnut20
Improving scientific impact: How to practice science that influences environmental policy and management20
Integrated framework for stakeholder participation: Methods and tools for identifying and addressing human–wildlife conflicts20
Conservation cost‐effectiveness: a review of the evidence base20
Cryptic mortality of North Atlantic right whales20
Shark and ray diversity, abundance and temporal variation around an Indian Ocean Island, inferred by eDNA metabarcoding20
Predictors of support for biodiversity loss countermeasure and bushmeat consumption among Vietnamese urban residents20
Green but not altruistic warm‐glow predicts conservation behavior19
The Protected Area Paradox and refugee species: The giant panda and baselines shifted towards conserving species in marginal habitats19
A theory‐based framework for understanding the establishment, persistence, and diffusion of community‐based conservation19
Mechanistic invasive species management models and their application in conservation19
Widespread short‐term persistence of frog species after the 2019–2020 bushfires in eastern Australia revealed by citizen science19
Using Theory of Change to improve post‐2020 conservation: A proposed framework and recommendations for use19
A call to assess the impacts of electromagnetic fields from subsea cables on the movement ecology of marine migrants18
Identifying and prioritizing human behaviors that benefit biodiversity18
A threatened species index for Australian birds18
Elephants in the village: Causes and consequences of property damage in Asia and Africa18
The lost lizards of Christmas Island: A retrospective assessment of factors driving the collapse of a native reptile community18
The Coalition for Conservation Genetics: Working across organizations to build capacity and achieve change in policy and practice18
Wolves are back: Sociopolitical identity and opinions on management of Canis lupus18
Firefly tourism: Advancing a global phenomenon toward a brighter future18
Political affiliation predicts public attitudes toward gray wolf (Canis lupus) conservation and management17
A decade and a half of learning from Madagascar's first locally managed marine area17
Citizen science as a bottom‐up approach to address human–wildlife conflicts: From theories and methods to practical implications17
Producing actionable science in conservation: Best practices for organizations and individuals17
The long road to protecting critical habitat for species at risk: The case of southern mountain woodland caribou17
Costs of elephant crop depredation exceed the benefits of trophy hunting in a community‐based conservation area of Namibia16
The Bird's Head Seascape Marine Protected Area network—Preventing biodiversity and ecosystem service loss amidst rapid change in Papua, Indonesia16
Does money “buy” tolerance toward damage‐causing wildlife?16
Trends, patterns, and networks of illicit wildlife trade in Nepal: A national synthesis16
Mobilizing practitioners to support the Emergency Recovery Plan for freshwater biodiversity16
Whose intentions? What consequences? Interrogating “Intended Consequences” for conservation with environmental biotechnology16
Strategic adaptive management planning—Restoring a desert ecosystem by managing introduced species and native herbivores and reintroducing mammals15
A disconnect between upslope shifts and climate change in an Afrotropical bird community15
Jurisdictional sourcing: Leveraging commodity supply chains to reduce tropical deforestation at scale. A generic theory of change for a conservation strategy, v 1.015
Connecting research and practice to enhance the evolutionary potential of species under climate change15
Progress or regression? Institutional evolutions of community‐based conservation in eastern and southern Africa15
Live wild animal exports to supply the exotic pet trade: A case study from Togo using publicly available social media data15
Saving species beyond the protected area fence: Threats must be managed across multiple land tenure types to secure Australia's endangered species15
Extreme citizen science: Lessons learned from initiatives around the globe15
Understanding consumer demand for bushmeat in urban centers of Cameroon with a focus on pangolin species15
Rear‐edge populations are important for understanding climate change risk and adaptation potential of threatened species15
To clean or not to clean: Cleaning open‐source data improves extinction risk assessments for threatened plant species15
Strategic advertising of online news articles as an intervention to influence wildlife product consumers14
Risk to North American birds from climate change‐related threats14
Avoiding a conservation pitfall: Considering the risks of unsuitably hot bat boxes14
Public contributions to early detection of new invasive pests14
Are eastern and western monarch butterflies distinct populations? A review of evidence for ecological, phenotypic, and genetic differentiation and implications for conservation14
Influence of the COVID‐19 pandemic on amphibian road mortality14
The importance of reliable monitoring methods for the management of small, isolated populations14
An optimistic outlook on the use of evidence syntheses to inform environmental decision‐making14
Ecological corridors in Costa Rica: An evaluation applying landscape structure, fragmentation‐connectivity process, and climate adaptation14
Understanding drivers of human tolerance to gray wolves and brown bears as a strategy to improve landholder–carnivore coexistence14
Intended and unintended consequences of wolf restoration to Yellowstone and Isle Royale National Parks13
Insect fatalities at wind turbines as biodiversity sinks13
The sensory ecology of fear: African elephants show aversion to olfactory predator signals13
Exploring the limits of saving a subspecies: The ethics and social dynamics of restoring northern white rhinos (Ceratotherium simum cottoni)13
Longitudinal assessment of illegal leopard skin use in ceremonial regalia and acceptance of faux alternatives among followers of the Shembe Church, South Africa13
Evaluating the impact of storytelling in Facebook advertisements on wildlife conservation engagement: Lessons and challenges13
A global view on evidence‐based effectiveness of interventions used to protect livestock from wild cats13
Adaptation and evolution of institutions and governance in community‐based conservation13
Identifying differences in roadless areas in Canada based on global, national, and regional road datasets13
The unrealized potential of community science to support research on the resilience of protected areas13
Co‐designing behavior change interventions to conserve biodiversity13
The greatest threats to species12
Integrating co‐production and functional trait approaches for inclusive and scalable restoration solutions12
A Theory of Change for promoting coexistence between dingoes and livestock production12
Risks posed by SARS‐CoV‐2 to North American bats during winter fieldwork12
Identifying trade‐offs and opportunities for forest carbon and wildlife using a climate change adaptation lens12
Rapid changes in public perception toward a conservation initiative12
Designed for accumulation by dispossession: An analysis of Tanzania's Wildlife Management Areas through the case of Burunge12
Beehive fences as a sustainable local solution to human‐elephant conflict in Thailand12
Determinants of survival in captive‐bred Griffon Vultures Gyps fulvus after their release to the wild12
Evaluating potential effects of solar power facilities on wildlife from an animal behavior perspective12
Confronting parachute science in conservation12
East Asian buntings: Ongoing illegal trade and encouraging conservation responses12
Chimpanzees surviving in a fragmented high‐altitude forest landscape of the Congolese Albertine Rift11
A famous failure: Why were cane toads an ineffective biocontrol in Australia?11
Comparing interview methods with camera trap data to inform occupancy models of hunted mammals in forest habitats11
Rewilding in Southeast Asia: Singapore as a case study11
Fishing gear entanglement threatens recovery of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales11
The COVID‐19 pandemic: A learnable moment for conservation11
Long‐term monitoring of wildlife populations for protected area management in Southeast Asia11
Identifying cost‐effective recovery actions for a critically endangered species11
A practical conservation tool to combine diverse types of evidence for transparent evidence‐based decision‐making11
Prevalence and characteristics of illegal jaguar trade in north‐western Bolivia11
Forecasting for intended consequences11
Resilient and rapid recovery of native trout after removal of a non‐native trout11
Combining current knowledge of Cypripedium calceolus with a new analysis of genetic variation in Italian populations to provide guidelines for conservation actions11
Estimating North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) location uncertainty following visual or acoustic detection to inform dynamic management10
A framework to select strategies for conserving and restoring habitat connectivity in complex landscapes10
Dispelling misperceptions of native lampreys (Entosphenus and Lampetra spp.) in the Pacific northwest (USA)10
Putting the cat before the wildlife: Exploring cat owners' beliefs about cat containment as predictors of owner behavior10
Opening learning spaces to create actionable knowledge for conservation10
Case study of participatory action research for wildlife conservation10
An appeal for more rigorous use of counterfactual thinking in biological conservation10
Conservation under uncertainty: Innovations in participatory climate change scenario planning from U.S. national parks10
Evaluation of low‐cost consumer‐grade UAVs for conducting comprehensive high‐frequency population censuses of hippopotamus populations10
Human impacts on mammals in and around a protected area before, during, and after COVID‐19 lockdowns10
Human–crocodilian interactions in Latin America and the Caribbean region10
Community‐based conservation strategies to end open access: The case of Fish Refuges in Mexico10
Factors leading to successful island rodent eradications following initial failure10
European native oysters and associated species richness in the presence of non‐native species in a southern North Sea estuary complex10
Evidence for increasing human‐wildlife conflict despite a financial compensation scheme on the edge of a Ugandan National Park10
Conservation in heavily urbanized biodiverse regions requires urgent management action and attention to governance10
More than an academic exercise: Structuring international partnerships to build research and professional capacity for conservation impact10
Elucidating the socio‐demographics of wildlife tolerance using the example of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in Germany10
Applying a jurisdictional approach to support sustainable seafood10
An understanding of trust, identity, and power can enhance equitable and resilient conservation partnerships and processes10
Assessing the adequacy of a protected area network in conserving a wide‐ranging apex predator: The case for tiger (Panthera tigris) conservation in Bhutan10
The risks and rewards of community science for threatened species monitoring10
High collocation of sand lance and protected top predators: Implications for conservation and management9
“Splitting the bill” for conservation: Perceptions and uptake of financial incentives by landholders managing privately protected areas9
Measuring behavioral social learning in a conservation context: Chilean fishing communities9
Impact of censusing and research on wildlife populations9
Stowing parachutes, strengthening science9
Potential feminization of Red Sea turtle hatchlings as indicated by in situ sand temperature profiles9
Impacts of a trophy hunting ban on private land conservation in South African biodiversity hotspots9
Examining the public's awareness of bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidae: Anthophila) conservation in Canada9
Coexistence conservation: Reconciling threatened species and invasive predators through adaptive ecological and evolutionary approaches9
Using conservation criminology to understand the role of restaurants in the urban wild meat trade9
Linking in‐situ and ex‐situ populations of threatened amphibians through genome banking9
Pursuing best practices for minimizing wild bee captures to support biological research9
The importance of message framing in rule compliance by visitors during wildlife tourism9
Long‐term (1979–2019) dynamics of protected orchid bees in Panama9
Species and demographic responses to wildlife‐friendly fencing on ungulate crossing success and behavior9
Testing bats in rehabilitation for SARS‐CoV‐2 before release into the wild8
A silver lining to REDD: Institutional growth despite programmatic failure8
Illegal killing of nongame wildlife and recreational shooting in conservation areas8
More than a feeling: Cognitive beliefs and positive—but not negative—affect predict overall attitudes toward predators8
The relative conservation impact of strategies that prioritize biodiversity representation, threats, and protection costs8
Are we adequately assessing the demographic impacts of harvesting for wild‐sourced conservation translocations?8
Evaluating and reflecting on coproduction of protected area management plans8
Reversing a tyranny of cascading shoreline‐protection decisions driving coastal habitat loss8
Germination of seeds from herbarium specimens as a last conservation resort for resurrecting extinct or critically endangered Hawaiian plants8
Conservation science and the ethos of restraint8
Examining attention given to threats to elephant conservation on social media8
Toward climate change refugia conservation at an ecoregion scale8
Spout hollow nest boxes provide a drier and less stable microclimate than natural hollows8
The influence of spatial patterns in foraging habitat on the abundance and home range size of a vulnerable arboreal marsupial in southeast Australia8
Using cultural heritage sites in Mexico to understand the poverty alleviation impacts of protected areas8
Exploring the impact of climate change on the future of community‐based wildlife conservation8
Estimating economic losses to small‐scale fishers from shark conservation: A hedonic price analysis8
Out of their depth: The successful use of cultured subtidal mussels for intertidal restoration8
A freshwater perspective on the United Nations decade for ecosystem restoration8
Conservation actions benefit the most threatened species: A 13‐year assessment of Alliance for Zero Extinction species8
Aligning ecological compensation policies with the Post‐2020 Global Biodiversity Framework to achieve real net gain in biodiversity8
Land sharing versus land sparing—What outcomes are compared between which land uses?8
Modeling and understanding social–ecological knowledge diversity8
Toward integrating private conservation lands into national protected area systems: Lessons from a megadiversity country8
Testing habitat suitability for shellfish restoration with small‐scale pilot experiments8
Conservation of rare and cryptic species: Challenges of uncertainty and opportunities for progress8
What does it take to have a mutually beneficial research collaboration across countries?8
Understanding conflict among experts working on controversial species: A case study on the Australian dingo8
The future of wildlife conservation funding: What options do U.S. college students support?8
Local community benefits from elephants: Can willingness to support anti‐poaching efforts be strengthened?8
The risk of unintended deforestation from scaling sustainable livestock production systems8
Uncovering opportunities for effective species conservation banking requires navigating technical and practical complexities8
Looking up and down: Strong collaboration is only the first step in tackling parachute science8
Keeping up with the status of freshwater fishes: A California (USA) perspective8
Emerging laws must not protect stray cats and their impacts7
The potential for applying “Nonviolent Communication” in conservation science7
Support to Iberian lynx reintroduction and perceived impacts: Assessments before and after reintroduction7
More policies and laws, is it better for biodiversity conservation in Malaysia?7
Fifteen years of lessons from the Seascape approach: A framework for improving ocean management at scale7
More robust local governance suggests positive effects of long‐term community conservation7
Reduced speed limit is ineffective for mitigating the effects of roads on ungulates7
Using fisheries observation data to develop a predictive species distribution model for endangered sea turtles7
Assisted colonization of a regionally native predator impacts benthic invertebrates in fishless mountain lakes7
Navigating power in conservation7
Impact assessments of wind farms on seabird populations that overlook existing drivers of demographic change should be treated with caution7
Forest dieback in a protected area triggers the return of the primeval forest specialist Peltis grossa (Coleoptera, Trogossitidae)7
Documenting the conservation value of easements7
Rare coral and reef fish species status, possible extinctions, and associated environmental perceptions in Mauritius7
Technocracy in a time of changing values: Wildlife conservation and the “relevancy” of governance reform7
Vocal behavior of the endangered splendid toadfish and potential masking by anthropogenic noise7
A conservation science agenda for a changing Upper Midwest and Great Plains, United States7
From boutique to mainstream: Upscaling wildlife‐friendly farming through consumer premiums7
Invasive species increase biodiversity and, therefore, services: An argument of equivocations7
Challenges encountered when doing research back home: Perspectives from African conservation scientists in the diaspora7
Investigating the international and pan‐African trade in giraffe parts and derivatives7
Intended consequences statement7
Challenges facing cross‐disciplinary collaboration in conservation ethics7
Developing a nature recovery network using systematic conservation planning7
Heterogeneous consumer preferences for local community involvement in nature‐based tourism drive triple‐bottom‐line gains7
Land use decisions after the Conservation Reserve Program: Re‐enrollment, reversion, and persistence in the southern Great Plains7
Investigating sacred natural sites and protected areas for forest area changes in Italy7
A synthesis of knowledge about motives for participation in perpetual conservation easements7
Changes in capture rates and body size among vertebrate species occupying an insular urban habitat reserve7
Alleviating human poverty: A successful model promoting wildlife conservation in China7
Testing the influence of visual framing on engagement and pro‐environmental action7
Bettering the devil you know: Can we drive predator adaptation to restore native fauna?7
Efficacy of detection canines for avian botulism surveillance and mitigation7
Characterizing the oral and distal gut microbiota of the threatened southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) to enhance conservation practice7
Applying a “fail‐fast” approach to conservation in US agriculture7
Green bridges in a re‐colonizing landscape: Wolves (Canis lupus) in Brandenburg, Germany7
Rolling covenants to protect coastal ecosystems in the face of sea‐level rise7
Multiple anthropogenic pressures challenge the effectiveness of protected areas in western Tanzania6
Reducing demand for overexploited wildlife products: Lessons from systematic reviews from outside conservation science6
Rewilding and gazetting the Iberá National Park: Using an asset approach to evaluate project success6
Can a large‐landscape conservation vision contribute to achieving biodiversity targets?6
Conservation value of national forest roadless areas6
Small marine reserves do not provide a safeguard against overfishing6
Getting the big picture: Landscape‐scale occupancy patterns of two Annamite endemics among multiple protected areas6
Prioritizing management strategies to achieve multiple outcomes in a globally significant Indonesian protected area6
Protected areas in the Hindu Kush Himalaya: A regional assessment of the status, distribution, and gaps6
Will this umbrella leak? A caribou umbrella index for boreal landbird conservation6
The specter of empty countrysides and wetlands—Impact of hunting take on birds in Indo‐Burma6
Documenting at‐risk status of terrestrial ecosystems in temperate and tropical North America6
A nutrient‐rich traditional insect for improving food security and reducing biodiversity loss in Madagascar and sub‐Saharan Africa6
Biodiversity offsetting can relocate nature away from people: An empirical case study in Western Australia6
Evaluating the evidence of culling a native species for conservation benefits6
Impact of livestock guardian dogs on livestock predation in rural Mongolia6
Seeds of Success: A conservation and restoration investment in the future of U.S. lands6
Avoiding parachute science when addressing conflict over wildlife6
Molecular analyses of confiscated shark fins reveal shortcomings of CITES implementations in Germany6
Indigenous plant naming and experimentation reveal a plant–insect relationship in New Zealand forests6
Spawning potential surveys in Fiji: A new song of change for small‐scale fisheries in the Pacific6
Climate adaptation interventions for iconic fauna6
Gender and conservation science: Men continue to out‐publish women at the world's largest environmental conservation non‐profit organization6
Transferable, predictive models of benthic communities informs marine spatial planning in a remote and data‐poor region6
A practical approach to assessing existing evidence for specific conservation strategies6
Good intentions with adverse outcomes when conservation and pest management guidelines are ignored: A case study in rabbit biocontrol6
Predator–prey co‐occurrence in harvest blocks: Implications for caribou and forestry6
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