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Conservation Science Program Publications

This page contains all publications by WWF's Conservation Science staff. A few featured publications are below, followed by our full bibliography. Use the keyword search on this page or the advanced search to find specific publications. Most listings include options to view the abstract or request a copy.

Abell, R., Thieme, M., Revenga, C., Bryer, M., Kottelat, M., Bogutskaya, N., Coad, B., Mandrak, N., Balderas, S., Bussing, W., Stiassny, M., Skelton, P., Allen, G., Unmack, P., Naseka, A., Ng, R., Sindorf, N., Robertson, J., Armijo, E., Higgins, J., Heibel, T., Wikramanayake, E., Olson, D., Lopez, H., Reis, R., Lundberg, J., Perez, M., Petry, P. (2008). Freshwater Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Biogeographic Units for Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation. Bioscience ( download copy )

Fernando, P., Wikramanayakea, E. D., Janakaa, H.K., Jayasinghe, L.K.A., Gunawardenaa, Manori, Kotagamaa, S.W., Weerakoona, D., Pastorinia, J. (2008). Ranging behavior of the Asian elephant in Sri Lanka. Mammalian Biology ( |  )

Halpern, Benjamin S., Walbridge, Shaun, Selkoe, Kimberly A., Kappel, Carrie V., Fiorenza, D'Agrosa, Bruno, John F. , Casey, Kenneth S., Ebert, Colin, Fox, H.E., Fujita, Rod, Heinemann, Dennis, Lenihan, Hunter S., Madin, Elizabeth M. P., Perry, Matthew T., Selig, Elizabeth R., Spalding, Mark, Steneck, Robert, Watson, Reg (2008). A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems. Science ( |  )

Forrest, J., Sanderson, E.W., Wallace, R., Lazzo, T.M.S., Cerver, L.H.G., Coppolillo, P. (2007). Patterns of Land Cover Change in and Around Madidi National Park, Bolivia. Biotropica ( |  )

Morrison, J.C., Sechrest, W., Dinerstein, E., Wilcove, D.S., Lamoreux, J.F. (2007). Persistence of Large Mammal Faunas as Indicators of Global Human Impacts. Journal of Mammology ( |  )

Spalding, M., Fox, H.E., Allen, G.R., Davidson, Nick, Ferdaña, Z.A., Finlayson, Ma., Halpern, B.S., Jorge, M.A., Lombana, A., Lourie, S.A., Martin, K.D., Mcmanus, E. , Molnar, J., Recchia, C.A., Robertson, J. (2007). Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas. BioScience ( |  )

Wickel, A.J., T. D. d. As', van de Giesen, N.C. (2007). Stormflow generation in two headwater catchments in eastern Amazonia, Brazil. Hydrological Processes ( |  )

2008

Fernando, P., Wikramanayakea, E. D., Janakaa, H.K., Jayasinghe, L.K.A., Gunawardenaa, Manori, Kotagamaa, S.W., Weerakoona, D., Pastorinia, J. (2008). Ranging behavior of the Asian elephant in Sri Lanka. Mammalian Biology Volume 73: 2-13 ( |  )

Halpern, Benjamin S., Walbridge, Shaun, Selkoe, Kimberly A., Kappel, Carrie V., Fiorenza, D'Agrosa, Bruno, John F. , Casey, Kenneth S., Ebert, Colin, Fox, H.E., Fujita, Rod, Heinemann, Dennis, Lenihan, Hunter S., Madin, Elizabeth M. P., Perry, Matthew T., Selig, Elizabeth R., Spalding, Mark, Steneck, Robert, Watson, Reg (2008). A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems. Science Volume 319: 948-952 ( |  )

Ricketts, T. H., Regetz, J., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Cunningham, S.A., Kremen, C., Bogdanski, A., Gemmill-Herren, B., Greenleaf, S. S., Klein, A. M., Mayfield, M., Morandin, L.A., Ochieng, A., Viana, B.F. (2008). Landscape effects on crop pollination services: are there general patterns?. Ecology Letters Volume 11: ( |  )

2007

Abell, R., Allan, J. D., Lehner, B. (2007). Unlocking the potential of protected areas for freshwaters. Biological Conservation Volume 134: 48-63 ( |  )

Armsworth, P.R., Chan, K.M.A., Daily, G.C., Ehrlich, P.R., Kremen, C., Ricketts, T. H. (2007). Ecosystem-Service Science and the Way Forward for Conservation. Conservation Biology Volume 21: 1383-1384 ( )

Biggs, R., Raudsepp-Hearne, C., Atkinson--Palombo, C., Bohensky, E., Boyd, E., Cundill, G., Fox, H.E., Ingram, S., Kok, K., Spehar, S., Tengo, M., Timmer, D., Zurek, M. (2007). Linking Futures across Scales: a Dialog on Multiscale Scenarios. Ecology and Society Volume 12: 17 ( |  )

Burgess, N.D., Balmford, A., Cordeiro, N.J., Fjeldsa, J., Kuper, W., Rahbek, C., Sanderson, E., Scharlemann, J, Sommer J.H., Williams, P.H. (2007). Correlations among species distributions, human density and human infrastructure across the high biodiversity tropical mountains of Africa. Biological Conservation Volume 134: 164-177 ( |  )

Burgess, N.D., Butynski, T.M., Cordeiro, N.J., Doggart, N.H., Fjeldsa, J., Howell, K.M., Kilahama, F.B., Loader, S.P., Lovett, J.C., Mbilinyi, B., Menegon, M., Moyer, D.C., Nashanda, E., Perkin, A., Rovero, F., Stanley, W.T., Stuart, S.N. (2007). The biological importance of the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania and Kenya. Bilogical Conservation Volume 134: 209-231 ( |  )

Burgess, N.D., Loucks, C., Stolton, S., Dudley, N. (2007). The potential of forest reserves for augmenting the protected area network in Africa. Oryx Volume 41: 1--10 ( |  )

Dinerstein, E. (2007). Jungles of mourning. Pachyderm Volume 41: 107-109 ( )

Dinerstein, E., Loucks, C., Wikramanayake, E., Ginsberg, J., Sanderson, E., Seidensticker, J., Forrest, J., Bryja, G., Heydlauff, A., Klenzendorf, S., Mills, J, O'Brien, T., Shrestha, M, Simons, Ross, Songer, M. (2007). The Fate of Wild Tigers. BioScience Volume 57: 508-514 ( |  )

Dinerstein, E., Yonzon, P. (2007). Nepal's heroes of conservation - Mingma Norbu Sherpa, Chandra P. Gurung, Tirtha Man Maskey, Harka Gurung, Gopal Rai, Damodar Parajuli, Narayan Poudel, Sharad Rai, Pauli Mustonnen, Margaret Alexander, Bijnan Acharya, Jill Bowling, Jennifer Headley, Matthew Preece, Yeshi Lama, Vijaya Shrestha, Hem Raj Bhandari, Sunil Singh, Dawa Tshering. Conservation Biology Volume 21: 278-279 ( )

Ermias, T.A., Sanmartin, I., Stefan, A., Carlson, A., Burgess, N.D. (2007). Biogeographic patterns of the East African coastal forest vertebrate fauna. Biodiversity Conservation Volume 16: 883-912 ( |  )

Forrest, J., Sanderson, E.W., Wallace, R., Lazzo, T.M.S., Cerver, L.H.G., Coppolillo, P. (2007). Patterns of Land Cover Change in and Around Madidi National Park, Bolivia. Biotropica Volume : ( |  )

Grand, J, Cummings, M.P., Rebelo, T.G., Ricketts, T. H., Neel, M.C. (2007). Biased data reduce efficiency and effectiveness of conservation reserve networks. Ecology Letters Volume 10: 364-374 ( |  )

Hess, G., R.A. Bartel, A. Leidner, K.M. Rosenfeld, M.J. Rubino, S. Snider, T.H. Ricketts (2007). Effectiveness of biodiversity indicators varies with extent, grain, and region. Biological Conservation Volume 132: 448-457 ( |  )

Kremen, C., Williams, N. M., Aizen, M. A., Gemmill-Herren, B., LeBuhn, G., Minckley, R., Packer, L., Potts, S. G., Roulston, T., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Vazquez, D. P., Winfree, R., Adams, L., Crone, E. E., Greenleaf, S. S., Keitt, T. H., Klein, A. M., Regetz, J., Ricketts, T. H. (2007). Pollination and other ecosystem services produced by mobile organisms: a conceptual framework for the effects of land-use change. Ecology Letters Volume 10: 299-314 ( |  )

Lamoreux, J. F., Morrison, J. C., Ricketts, T. H., Olson, D. M., Dinerstein, E., McKnight, M. W., Shugart, H. H. (2007). The multifaceted nature of biodiversity conservation: Reply to Leroux and Schmiegelow. Conservation Biology Volume 21: 269-270 ( )

Morrison, J.C., Sechrest, W., Dinerstein, E., Wilcove, D.S., Lamoreux, J.F. (2007). Persistence of Large Mammal Faunas as Indicators of Global Human Impacts. Journal of Mammology Volume 88: 1363-1380 ( |  )

Naidoo, R., Balmford, A., Ferraro, P.J., Polasky, S., Ricketts, T. H., Rouget, M. (2007). Response to Hockley: The merit of economic and biological measures in conservation planning. TRENDS in Ecology and Evolution Volume 22: 287-288 ( )

Naidoo, R., Iwamura, T. (2007). Global-scale mapping of economic benefits from agricultural lands: Implications for conservation priorities. Biological Conservation Volume 140: 40-49 ( |  )

Spalding, M., Fox, H.E., Allen, G.R., Davidson, Nick, Ferdaña, Z.A., Finlayson, Ma., Halpern, B.S., Jorge, M.A., Lombana, A., Lourie, S.A., Martin, K.D., Mcmanus, E. , Molnar, J., Recchia, C.A., Robertson, J. (2007). Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas. BioScience Volume 57: 573-583 ( |  )

Strand, H., Hoft, R., Strittholt, J., Miles, L., Horning, N., Fosnight, E. (2007). Sourcebook on remote sensing and biodiversity indicators. Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the NASA-NGO Biodiversity working Group, and the World Conservation Monitoring Centre of the United Nations Environment Programme. Montreal ( )

Thieme, M., Lehner, B., Abell, R., Hamilton, S. K., Kellndorfer, J., Powell, G., Riveros, J. C. (2007). Freshwater conservation planning in data-poor areas: An example from a remote Amazonian basin (Madre de Dios River, Peru and Bolivia). Biological Conservation Volume 135: 484-501 ( |  )

Wickel, A.J., T. D. d. As', van de Giesen, N.C. (2007). Stormflow generation in two headwater catchments in eastern Amazonia, Brazil. Hydrological Processes Volume : ( |  )

2006

Burgess, N. D., Hales, J. D., Ricketts, T. H., Dinerstein, E. (2006). Factoring species, non-species values and threats into biodiversity prioritisation across the ecoregions of Africa and its islands. Biological Conservation Volume 127: 383-401 ( |  )

Danielsen, F., Burgess, N. D., Balmford, A., Fjeldsa, J., Andrianandrasana, H. T., Becker, C. D., Bennun, L., Brashares, J. S., Christiansen, S., Donald, P. F., Eguino, S., Enghoff, M., Funder, M., Gray, M., Hubertz, H., Jones, J. P. G., Oetting, I., Poulsen, M. K., von Rijsoort, J., Stuart-Hill, G., Topp-Jorgensen, E., Townsend, W. R., Uychiaoco, A. J., Whitten, T., Yonten, D. (2006). Monitoring matters: evaluating locally-based biodiversity monitoring in developing countries. Oryx Volume 40: 14-15 ( )

Dinerstein, E., Loucks, C., Heydlauff, A., Wikramanayake, E. , Bryja, G., Forrest, J., Ginsberg, J., Klenzendorf, S., Leimgruber, P., O'Brien, T., Sanderson, E., Seidensticker, J., Songer, M. (2006). Setting priorities for the conservation and recovery of wild tigers: 2005-2015. A User's Guide.. WWF, WCS, Smithsonian, NFWF-STF. Washington, D.C.-New York ( )

Doggart, N., Perkin, A., Kiure, J., Fjeldsa, J., Poynton, J., Burgess, N. (2006). Changing places: How the results of new field work in the Rubeho Mountains influence conservation priorities in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology Volume 44: 134-144 ( |  )

Fernando, P., Wikramanayake, E. D., Pastorini, J. (2006). Impact of tsunami on terrestrial ecosystems of Yala National Park, Sri Lanka. Current Science Volume 90: 1531-1534 ( |  )

Fox, H.E., Caldwell, R.L. (2006). Recovery from blast fishing on coral reefs: A tale of two scales. Ecological Applications Volume 16: 1631-1635 ( |  )

Fox, H.E., Christian, C., Nordby, J.C., Pergams, O., Peterson, G.D., Pyke, C.R. (2006). Perceived Barriers to Integrating Social Science and Conservation. Conservation Biology Volume 20: 1817-1820 ( )

Lamoreux, J. F., Morrison, J. C., Ricketts, T. H., Olson, D. M., Dinerstein, E., McKnight, M. W., Shugart, H. H. (2006). Global tests of biodiversity concordance and the importance of endemism. Nature Volume 440: 212-214 ( |  )

Mascia, M.B. (2006). What's Inside the Black Box. Society for Conservation Biology Newsletter Volume 13(2): 1 ( )

Naidoo, R., , Balmford, A., Ferraro, P.J., Polasky, S., Ricketts, T.H. , Rouget, M. (2006). Integrating economic costs into conservation planning. Trends in Ecology & Evolution Volume 21: 681-687 ( |  )

Naidoo, R., Adamowicz, W. L. (2006). Modeling opportunity costs of conservation in transitional landscapes. Conservation Biology Volume 20: 490-500 ( |  )

Naidoo, R., Hill, K. (2006). Emergence of indigenous vegetation classifications through integration of traditional ecological knowledge and remote sensing analyses. Environmental Management Volume 38: 377-387 ( |  )

Naidoo, R., Ricketts, T. H. (2006). Mapping the economic costs and benefits of conservation. Plos Biology Volume 4: 2153-2164 ( |  )

Pomeroy, R.S., Mascia, M.B., Pollnac, R.B. (2006). Marine Protected Areas: The Social Dimension. . Rome ( )

Ricketts, T. H., Williams, N., Mayfield, M. (2006). Connectivity and Ecosystem Services: Crop pollination in Agricultural Landscapes. In Maintaining Connections for Nature, eds. . . ( )

Sanderson, E., Forrest, J., Loucks, C., Ginsberg, J., Dinerstein, E., Seidensticker, J., Leimgruber, P., Songer, M., Heydlauff, A., O'Brien, T., Bryja, G., Klenzendorf, S., Wikramanayake, E. (2006). Setting priorities for the conservation and recovery of wild tigers: 2005-2015. The Technical Assessment.. WCS, WWF, Smithsonian, NFWF-STF. New York-Washington, D.C. ( )

Wikramanayake, E. (2006). Behavioral Response of Satellite-collared Elephants to the Tsunami in Southern Sri Lanka. Biotropica Volume 36: 775-777 ( |  )

2005

Allan, J. D., Abell, R., Hogan, Z., Revenga, C., Taylor, B. W., Welcomme, R. L., Winemiller, K. (2005). Overfishing of inland waters. Bioscience Volume 55: 1041-1051 ( |  )

Allnutt, T. F., Wikramanayake, E.D., Dinerstein, E., Loucks, C.J., Jackson, R., Carpenter, C. (2005). People and Protected Areas of South Asia. IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas, South Asia and Resources Himalaya Foundation. Kathmandu, Nepal. Volume : ( )

Balmford, A., Bennun, L., ten Brink, B., Cooper, D., Cote, I. M., Crane, P., Dobson, A., Dudley, N., Dutton, I., Green, R. E., Gregory, R. D., Harrison, J., Kennedy, E. T., Kremen, C., Leader-Williams, N., Lovejoy, T. E., Mace, G., May, R., Mayaux, P., Morling, P., Phillips, J., Redford, K., Ricketts, T. H., Rodriguez, J. P., Sanjayan, M., Schei, P. J., van Jaarsveld, A. S., Walther, B. A. (2005). The convention on biological diversity's 2010 target. Science Volume 307: 212-213 ( |  )

Blundell, A. G.., Mascia, M. B (2005). Discrepancies in reported levels of international wildlife trade. Conservation Biology Volume 19: 2020-2025 ( |  )

Burgess, N., Kilahama, F., Nderumaki, M., Kahemela, A., Sawe, C. (2005). Mining in the Eastern Arc Mountains: the situation in early October 2004. Oryx Volume 39: 13-14 ( )

Burgess, N., Kuper, W., Mutke, J., Brown, J., Westaway, S., Turpie, S., Meshack, C., Taplin, J., McClean, C., Lovett, J.C. (2005). Major gaps in the distribution of protected areas for threatened and narrow range Afrotropical plants. Biodiversity and Conservation Volume 14: 1877-1894 ( |  )

Canonico, G. C., Arthington, A., McCrary, J. K., Thieme, M. L. (2005). The effects of introduced tilapias on native biodiversity. Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems Volume 15: 463-483 ( |  )

Danielsen, F., Burgess, N. D., Balmford, A. (2005). Monitoring matters: examining the potential of locally-based approaches. Biodiversity and Conservation Volume 14: 2507-2542 ( |  )

Danielsen, F., Sorensen, M. K., Olwig, M. F., Selvam, V., Parish, F., Burgess, N. D., Hiraishi, T., Karunagaran, V. M., Rasmussen, M. S., Hansen, L. B., Quarto, A., Suryadiputra, N. (2005). The Asian tsunami: A protective role for coastal vegetation. Science Volume 310: 643-643 ( )

Dinerstein, E., Irvin, W. R. (2005). Re-wilding: no need for exotics as natives return. Nature Volume 437: 476-476 ( )

Dudley, N. , Morrison, J. , Aronson, J. , Mansourian, S. (2005). Why do we need to consider restoration in a landscape context?. In Forest Restoration in Landscapes: Beyond Planting Trees, eds. . Springer. New York ( )

Fernando, P., Wikramanayake, E., Weerakoon, D., Jayasinghe, L. K. A., Gunawardene, M., Janaka, H. K. (2005). Perceptions and patterns of human-elephant conflict in old and new settlements in Sri Lanka: insights for mitigation and management. Biodiversity and Conservation Volume 14: 2465-2481 ( |  )

Fox, H. E. (2005). Rapid coral growth on reef rehabilitation treatments in Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Coral Reefs Volume 24: 263-263 ( )

Fox, H. E., Mous, P. J., Pet, J. S., Muljadi, A. H., Caldwell, R. L. (2005). Experimental assessment of coral reef rehabilitation following blast fishing. Conservation Biology Volume 19: 98-107 ( |  )

G. Mace, H. Masundire, J. Baillie, T. Ricketts, T. Brooks, M. Hoffmann, S. Stuart, A. Balmford, A. Purvis , B. Reyers , J. Wang , C. Revenga, E. Kennedy, S. Naeem, R. Alkemade, T. Allnutt, M. Bakarr, W. Bond, J. Chanson, N. Cox, G. Fonseca, C. Hilton-Taylor, C. Loucks, A. Rodrigues, W. Sechrest, A. Stattersfield, B.J. van Rensburg, C. Whiteman, R. Abell, G. Ceballos, Z. Cokeliss , J. Lamoreux, H. (2005). Biodiversity. In Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Current States and Trends, eds. . Island Press. Washington, D.C. ( )

Hoekstra, J. M., Boucher, T. M., Ricketts, T. H., Roberts, C. (2005). Confronting a biome crisis: global disparities of habitat loss and protection. Ecology Letters Volume 8: 23-29 ( |  )

Kier, G., Mutke, J., Dinerstein, E., Ricketts, T., Wolfgang, K., Kreft, H., Barthlott, W. (2005). Global patterns of plant diversity and floristic knowledge. Journal of Biogeography Volume 32: 1107-1116 ( |  )

Lehner, B., Czisch, G., Vassolo, S. (2005). The impact of global change on the hydropower potential of Europe: a model-based analysis. Energy Policy Volume 33: 839-855 ( |  )

Loh, Jonathan, Green, R. E., Ricketts, T., Lamoreux, J., Jenkins, Kapos, Kapos, Valerie, Randers, Jorgen (2005). The Living Planet Index: using species population time series to track trends in biodiversity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Volume 360: 289-295 ( |  )

Morrison, J. , Sayer, J. , Loucks, C. (2005). Restoration as a strategy to contribute to ecoregion visions. In Forest Restoration in Landscapes: Beyond Planting Trees, eds. . Springer. New York ( )

Morrison, J., Olson, D.M. (2005). The Natural Vegetation Map of Europe: A Regional Source for WWF's Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World. In Anwendung und Auswertung der karte der natürlichen Vegetation Europas / Application and Analysis of the Map of the Natural Vegetation of Europe, eds. . Bundesamt für Naturschutz. ( )

Morrison, J.C., Bowe, M. , Tomasek, A. (2005). Wasur-Tonda: Transboundary Conservation in the New Guinea Wilderness. In Transboundary Conservation: A New Vision for Protected Areas, eds. . CEMEX-Agrupacion Sierra Madre-Conservation International. Mexico ( )

Naidoo, R, Adamowicz, W.L. (2005). Economic benefits of biodiversity conservation exceed costs of conservation at an African rainforest reserve. Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) Volume 102: 16712-16716 ( |  )

Naidoo, R., Adamowicz, W. L. (2005). Biodiversity and nature-based tourism at forest reserves in Uganda. Environment and Development Economics Volume 10: 159-178 ( |  )

Revenga, C., Campbell, I., Abell, R., de Villiers, P., Bryer, M. (2005). Prospects for monitoring freshwater ecosystems towards the 2010 targets. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences Volume 360: 397-413 ( |  )

Ricketts, T. H., Dinerstein, E., Boucher, T., Brooks, T. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Hoffmann, M., Lamoreux, J. F., Morrison, J., Parr, M., Pilgrim, J. D., Rodrigues, A. S. L., Sechrest, W., Wallace, G. E., Berlin, K., Bielby, J., Burgess, N. D., Church, D. R., Cox, N., Knox, D., Loucks, C., Luck, G. W., Master, L. L., Moore, R., Naidoo, R., Ridgely, R., Schatz, G. E., Shire, G., Strand, H., Wettenge (2005). Pinpointing and preventing imminent extinctions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Volume 102: 18497-18501 ( |  )

Thieme, M., Abell, R, Stiassny, Melanie L. J., Skelton, Paul (2005). Freshwater ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: a conservation assessment. Island Press. Washington, D.C. ( )

2004

Abell, R, Thieme, M., Lehner, B. (2004). Ecoregion conservation for freshwater systems, with a focus on large rivers. RAP publication. Bangkok, Thailand ( |