Conservation Science and Practice

Papers
(The TQCC of Conservation Science and Practice is 5. 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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Koala conservation in South East Queensland: A grey literature review analysis71
A technological advancement in artificial refuges for an endangered marsupial predator69
Evaluating key evidence and formulating regulatory alternatives regarding the UK's Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill54
Of Mojave milkweed and mirrors: The population genomic structure of a species impacted by solar energy development53
Landscapes of nausea: Successful conditioned taste aversion in a wild red fox population38
The potential of roadside verges as insect habitat: Road salt has few effects on monarch butterfly performance and migration35
Monitoring change: A Behavior‐Centered Theory of Change for effective demand reduction interventions31
The “right‐to‐farm” in Lac Saint‐Pierre (Québec, Canada) floodplains: Are problem‐framing processes able to foster conservation conflict resolution?27
Exaggeration of the US role in the international tiger trade: Response to Khanwilkar et al. (2022)27
Assessing landscape suitability and connectivity for effective conservation of two semi‐desert ungulates in Iran27
More accurate, consistent, and reliable data for amphibian species are needed from China's nature reserves25
Spatial and temporal predictions of whooping crane (Grus americana) habitat along the US Gulf Coast25
Genetic diversity and structure in Arizona pronghorn following conservation efforts25
Protected area downgrading, downsizing, and degazettement in Cambodia: Enabling conditions and opportunities for intervention25
Long‐term recovery and food web response of benthic macrofauna following cessation of bottom trawling in a marine protected area24
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Using DNA metabarcoding to detect burrowing seabirds in a remote landscape23
Outfoxing the fox: Effect of prey odor on fox behavior in a pastoral landscape23
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Estimating vital rate variation to assess early success of scrub mint translocations20
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Fat chance? Endangered penguin rehabilitation has mixed conservation outcomes20
Spread the word: Sharing information on social media can stabilize conservation funding and improve ecological outcomes20
Improved status of the conservation reliant Oahu Elepaio through effective management and natural adaptation20
A connectivity modeling and evaluating methodological framework in biodiversity hotspots based on naturalness and linking wilderness20
When unlocking rivers results in building more infrastructure: A group mental model shares lessons from weir remediation in the United Kingdom19
Matching decision support modeling frameworks to disease emergence stages and associated management objectives19
An effective online platform for crowd classification of coastal wetland loss18
Perspectives on forestry management: How do bats fit in?18
Sea turtle conservation in São Tomé and Príncipe: Policies, practices, and insights from a community‐based initiative18
Genetic erosion detected in a specialist mammal living in a fast‐developing environment18
Incorporating projected climate conditions to map future riparian refugia17
From media campaign to local governance transition: Lessons for community‐based conservation from an Amur falcon hunting ban in Nagaland, India17
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Prevalence of mortality in mammals: A retrospective study from wildlife rescue center of Nepal16
“Splitting the bill” for conservation: Perceptions and uptake of financial incentives by landholders managing privately protected areas15
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Misunderstanding the free‐ranging cat issue: Response to Debrot et al. 202215
Not enough trees – Scaling up koala habitat restoration using seed enhancement technologies15
Determining the economic costs and benefits of conservation actions: A decision support framework15
Application of qualitative value of information to prioritize uncertainties about eastern black rail population recovery15
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Biodiversity offsetting can relocate nature away from people: An empirical case study in Western Australia15
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Elevating human dimensions of amphibian and reptile conservation, a USA perspective14
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Pursuing best practices for minimizing wild bee captures to support biological research14
Gender and conservation science: Men continue to out‐publish women at the world's largest environmental conservation non‐profit organization13
The animal welfare, environmental impact, pest control functions, and disease effects of free‐ranging cats can be generalized and all are grounds for humanely reducing their numbers13
Pathogen surveillance and epidemiology in endangered peninsular bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni)13
Committing to behavior change: How to prevent dogs from visiting Atlantic Forest remnants?13
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Linking species distribution models with structured expert elicitation for predicting management effectiveness13
Flexible migration and habitat use strategies of an endangered waterbird during hydrological drought13
Coupling future climate and land‐use projections reveals where to strengthen the protection of Mediterranean Key Biodiversity Areas13
Assessing prioritization measures for a private land conservation program in the U.S. Prairie Pothole Region13
Identifying minimum freshwater habitat conditions for an endangered fish using life cycle analysis13
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Combining community science and taxonomist expertise for large‐scale monitoring of insect pollinators: Perspective and insights from Abeilles citoyennes12
Modeling drivers of biodiversity change emphasizes the need for multivariate assessments and rescaled targeting for management12
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Regional oceanography affects humpback whale entanglements in set fishing gear12
Understanding conflict among experts working on controversial species: A case study on the Australian dingo12
Priority research needs to inform amphibian conservation in the Anthropocene12
Assessing the impact of referred actions on protected matters under Australia's national environmental legislation12
Systems thinking to operationalize knowledge‐to‐action in fish and wildlife agencies12
Genetic support to uplist an African cheetah subspecies, Acinonyx jubatus soemmeringii, imperiled by illegal trade12
Attitudes and behaviors for understanding compliance in Greenland's Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) fishery12
Role of local communities in the social network of the protected area management12
From boutique to mainstream: Upscaling wildlife‐friendly farming through consumer premiums11
Product attributes affecting the substitutability of saiga horn drinks among young adult consumers in Singapore11
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Mālama i ke kai: Exploring psychosocial factors associated with personal and community coral reef conservation behavior on Maui, Hawai‘i11
Modeling alternative future scenarios for direct application in land use and conservation planning11
Population response to connectivity restoration of high elevation tropical stream reaches in Hawai'i11
Invasive species increase biodiversity and, therefore, services: An argument of equivocations11
Evaluating approaches for integrating species distributions in spatial conservation planning11
A freshwater perspective on the United Nations decade for ecosystem restoration11
The pet trade of native species outside of their natural distributions within Australia is a biosecurity risk11
Boom and no bust for a teatfish in Torres Strait, Australia from combined forms of western and Indigenous management11
The ecological health of Lake Victoria (Kenya) in the face of growing cage aquaculture11
Long‐term monitoring highlights the positive responses of the seabird community to rat eradication at Tromelin Island, Western Indian Ocean11
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Practicing mindfulness in addressing the biodiversity crisis11
Balancing ecotourism and wildlife management through a conservation behavior approach10
Alleviating human poverty: A successful model promoting wildlife conservation in China10
Are we adequately assessing the demographic impacts of harvesting for wild‐sourced conservation translocations?10
Investigating the effectiveness of a well‐managed hatchery as a tool for hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) conservation10
Future changes in habitat availability for two specialist snake species in the imperiled rocklands of South Florida, USA10
Monitoring plant diversity in wind farm areas: An approach to early detection of alien plant species10
Influence of underground mining with explosives on a hibernating bat population10
Fine‐tuning established morphometric models through citizen science data10
Concern over hybridization risks should not preclude conservation interventions10
Accuracy, accessibility, and institutional capacity shape the utility of habitat models for managing and conserving rare plants on western public lands10
To spray or not to spray: Impact of phosphite spraying for Phytophthora cinnamomi control on Proteaceae species in southwestern Australia10
Predicting targets and costs for feral‐cat reduction on large islands using stochastic population models10
Judiciary independence: Why should conservation ecologists care?10
The risk of unintended deforestation from scaling sustainable livestock production systems10
Exploring the impact of climate change on the future of community‐based wildlife conservation10
Recreational angler preferences for, and potential effort responses to, different red snapper management approaches10
Living with wolves: Lessons learned from Iran10
Regional differences of functional and taxonomic bird diversity in tropical agroforests of Peru9
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Fifteen years of lessons from the Seascape approach: A framework for improving ocean management at scale9
The importance of natural forest stewardship in adaptation planning in the United States9
One park, two owners—Inconsistencies in forest stewardship9
Motivating residents to volunteer for urban waterway restoration: A segmentation approach9
Using digital mobile games to increase the support for nature conservation9
A review of population and landscape level dynamics associated with pneumonia outbreaks in bighorn sheep with implications for land management9
Abandoning grassland management negatively influences plant but not bird or insect biodiversity in Europe9
Best management practices for bee conservation in forest openings9
Roost characteristics and fidelity of silver‐haired bat maternity colonies in a floodplain cottonwood forest9
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Redefining rights‐based conservation through philanthropy: The Ford Foundation in Mesoamerica9
Evaluating and reflecting on coproduction of protected area management plans9
Co‐benefits between biodiversity and hydrological ecosystem services allow an efficient conservation planning proposal for the Riviera Maya, Mexico8
The varying effects of benefit types on community members' views of whether they gain from wildlife8
Implementing “ethical space”: An exploratory study of Indigenous‐conservation partnerships8
An appeal for more rigorous use of counterfactual thinking in biological conservation8
The impacts of free‐roaming cats cannot be generalized and their role in rodent management should not be overlooked8
Live wild animal exports to supply the exotic pet trade: A case study from Togo using publicly available social media data8
Should we feed wildlife? A call for further research into this recreational activity8
Priorities for translating goodwill between movement ecologists and conservation practitioners into effective collaboration8
What are individual‐level nature amends? Rescaling biodiversity offsetting from the community members' perspective8
Bettering the devil you know: Can we drive predator adaptation to restore native fauna?8
Treatment of climate change in extinction risk assessments and recovery plans for threatened species8
The impact of strictly protected areas in a deforestation hotspot8
The risks and rewards of community science for threatened species monitoring8
Ground‐dwelling mammal and bird diversity in the southern Annamites: Exploring complex habitat associations and the ghost of past hunting pressure8
Enabling participatory monitoring and evaluation: Insights for conservation practitioners and organizations8
Vulnerability of endemic insular mole skinks to sea‐level rise8
Detecting preservation and reintroduction sites for endangered plant species using a two‐step modeling and field approach8
Open forest successional stages and landscape heterogeneity promote wild bee diversity in temperate forests8
Estimating economic losses to small‐scale fishers from shark conservation: A hedonic price analysis8
Cross‐cultural mobile game evaluation shows improvement in environmental learning, but not behavior8
Younger semi‐captive Asian elephants constitute suitable repository for conservation translocation8
Private landowners perceive positive impacts to their land stewardship following involvement in a conservation research program8
The value of increased spatial resolution of pesticide usage data for assessing risk to endangered species7
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Can a large‐landscapeconservation vision contribute to achieving biodiversity targets?7
Improving the probability that small‐scale science will benefit conservation7
A systematic evidence map of conservation knowledge in Chilean Patagonia7
The future of wildlife conservation funding: What options do U.S. college students support?7
Characteristics of animal movement and environmental data for dynamic ocean management: Insights and guidance7
Cost–benefit analysis as a decision tool for effective conservation planning—The case of the Nyerere Selous‐Udzungwa wildlife corridor in Tanzania7
Effects of breeding habitat loss on a threatened East Asia migratory forest bird7
The relative contributions of habitat area, configuration, and vegetative diversity on snake and lizard presence in agricultural landscapes7
Mapping social conflicts to enhance the integrated management of white‐tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)7
Threatened songbird Liocichla omeiensis impacted by climate‐induced outbreak of the moth Pantana phyllostachysae: An example of the impact of climate change through multi‐species interac7
Breaking down “harassment” to characterize trends in human interaction cases in Maine's pinnipeds7
Documenting at‐risk status of terrestrial ecosystems in temperate and tropical North America7
Introduction to special section on wildlife agency organizational change: Embracing the challenge of adaptive wildlife conservation in the United States7
Mechanistic invasive species management models and their application in conservation7
Stakeholders from diverse backgrounds make similar judgments about ecological condition and collapse in Mongolian rangelands7
Field validation as a tool for mitigating uncertainty in species distribution modeling for conservation planning7
Effective ecological monitoring using passive acoustic sensors: Recommendations for conservation practitioners7
One size does not fit all: Genetic considerations from the Missouri elk restoration7
Human mediation should be a non‐factor in hybridization and conservation7
Research activity induces change in nest position but does not affect nest success in a vulnerable babbler7
Why does conservation minimize opportunity costs?7
Exotic herbivores dominate Australian high‐elevation grasslands7
Modeling the power of acoustic monitoring to predict bat fatalities at wind turbines7
Interspecific competition between ants and African honeybees (Apis mellifera scutellata) may undermine the effectiveness of elephant beehive–deterrents in Africa7
Climate adaptation interventions for iconic fauna7
Using scenarios‐based interviews to predict changes in wild meat hunting and consumption in response to different alternatives projects7
Are local species prioritization lists sufficient for protecting endangered plants? Israeli red list as a test case7
Untrapped potential: Do bear hunter cameras accurately index nontarget species?7
Avoiding a conservation pitfall: Considering the risks of unsuitably hot bat boxes: Adding context to Crawford & O'Keefe6
Biodiversity conservation funding in Bhutan: Thematic, temporal, and spatial trends over four decades6
Using a head‐start conservation intervention to boost spawning numbers of the endangered Clanwilliam sandfish6
Using key and critical biodiversity areas to identify gaps in the protected area network in the Limpopo Province, South Africa6
Price premiums for wildlife‐friendly rice: Insights from Japanese retail data6
Reptile pet trade in Brazil: A regulatory approach to sustainable biodiversity conservation6
“Totemic species” can be an effective lens for engaging students with Indigenous knowledge and biodiversity conservation6
First you get the money, then you get the power: Comparing the cost and power of monitoring programs to detect changes in occupancy of a threatened marsupial predator6
A landscape scale assessment of domestic cat occurrence in boreal forests6
Finding harmony inMarine Protected Areadesign guidelines6
Motivating relational organizing behavior for biodiversity conservation6
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Perceptions and uses of pangolins (Pholidota) among remote rural communities in the Republic of the Congo: A baseline study from the Odzala‐Kokoua National Park6
Running on debt: Financing land protection with loans6
A productive friction: Leveraging misalignments between local ecological knowledge and remotely sensed imagery for forest conservation planning6
Assessing the vulnerability of habitats through plant rarity patterns in the Pyrenean range6
Spatiotemporal variation in costs of managing protected areas6
Newly developed exit options for European otters from fish fykes6
A “data‐for‐decisions” management system to facilitate cost‐efficiency in conservation interventions6
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Genetics as a novel tool in mining impact assessment and biomonitoring of critically endangered western chimpanzees in the Nimba Mountains, Guinea6
Comparing interview methods with camera trap data to inform occupancy models of hunted mammals in forest habitats6
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Development of an assay for the detection of the federally threatened Florida eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi) using soil eDNA6
Emperor goose fall–winter harvest monitoring and hunter's perspectives in Alaska6
Simultaneous effect of habitat remnancy, exotic species, and anthropogenic disturbance on orchid diversity in South Australia6
The effectiveness and cost efficiency of different predator exclosure designs to increase piping plover (Charadrius melodus) nest success and fledging rate in Alberta, Canada6
Internet trade of a previously unknown wildlife product from a critically endangered marine fish6
Monitoring temporal and spatial trends of illegal and legal fishing in marine conservation areas across Canada's three oceans6
Marine artificial light at night: Implications and potential hazards for offshore songbird and bat movements in the Greater North Sea6
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Will this umbrella leak? A caribou umbrella index for boreal landbird conservation6
Louse‐induced mortality thresholds in Atlantic salmon of wild‐origin5
Management impacts on three reptile species (Vipera ursinii, Lacerta agilis, Lacerta viridis) in sandy grasslands in Hungary: Mowing should be avoided5
Assessing ecological and socio‐political factors in site selection for ocelot reintroduction in Texas5
Using systematic conservation planning to inform restoration of freshwater habitat and connectivity for salmon5
More than a feeling: Cognitive beliefs and positive—but not negative—affect predict overall attitudes toward predators5
Modeling population extirpation rates of white‐bellied and giant pangolins in Benin using validated local ecological knowledge5
The use of state‐and‐transition models in assessing management success5
Advancing protected area effectiveness assessments by disentangling social‐ecological interactions: A case study from the Luangwa Valley, Zambia5
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Insights into Corncrake (Crex crex) movements in a fragmented agricultural landscape using bioacoustics with implications for nature conservation strategies5
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Conservation practice insights from a comparative case study of two shoreline stabilization projects in Boston Harbor, MA5
Methods for wildlife monitoring in tropical forests: Comparing human observations, camera traps, and passive acoustic sensors5
Sown wildflower fields and hedgerows synergistically promote insectivorous bats5
The next generation of conservation research and policy priorities for threatened and exploited chondrichthyan fishes in the United States: An expert solicitation approach5
Emergency conservation interventions during times of crisis: A case study for a threatened bird species in the Australian Black Summer bushfires5
A before after control impact experiment on a historically fished seagrass (Zostera marina) bed5
A comparison of elk‐vehicle collision patterns with demographic and abundance data in the Central Canadian Rocky Mountains5
Partnerships between organizations that manage protected land in California are associated with groups with environmentally oriented missions5
An expert‐elicited approach to inform proactive risk assessments for chronic wasting disease in white‐tailed deer5
Adaptive management to improve eagle conservation at terrestrial wind facilities5
Sustainability assessments should precede interventions promoting the hunting and consumptive use of pangolins5
What does it take to have a mutually beneficial research collaboration across countries?5
Filling in socio‐ecological knowledge gaps to support marine spatial planning in data‐scarce areas: Example from Zanzibar5
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A nutrient‐rich traditional insect for improving food security and reducing biodiversity loss in Madagascar and sub‐Saharan Africa5
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Protection beyond park boundaries: On the impact of systematic patrolling in Divisional Forest Office, Sarpang, Bhutan5
Evidence of a twofold ecological trap driven by agricultural change causing a priority farmland bird population crash5
Empirical test of the participation paradox in conservation and development5
The link between wildlife trade and the global donkey skin product network5
Spatial behavior of domestic cats and the effects of outdoor access restrictions and interventions to reduce predation of wildlife5
Social networks of solitary carnivores: The case of endangered tigers and insights on their conservation5
Reducing demand for overexploited wildlife products: Lessons from systematic reviews from outside conservation science5
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Retrofit ecopassages effectively reduce freshwater turtle road mortality in the Lake Simcoe Watershed5
Motivations for, and barriers to, landowner participation in Argentina's payments for ecosystem services program5
To mix, or not to mix?: Mitogenomic insights for risk assessment of an interpopulation translocations of the critically endangered European mink5
Holistic conservation approaches: Supporting resiliency in times of crisis5
Willingness to protect bird species depends on individual respondents' demographic and species traits5
Upper Midwest tribal natural resource managers' perspectives on chronic wasting disease outreach, surveillance, and management5
A European eel (Anguilla anguilla) case study using structured elicitation to estimate instream infrastructure passability for freshwater fishes5
Total response models as a conceptual management framework for conserving vulnerable secondary prey5
Using technical assistance to bridge evidence‐to‐action gaps in biodiversity conservation5
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