Metapopulation extinction risk is increased by environmental stochasticity and assemblage complexity by Bull, J, Pickup, N, Pickett, B, Hassell, M, Bonsall, M

“…Extinction risk is a key area of investigation for contemporary ecologists and conservation biologists. Practical conservation efforts for vulnerable species can be considerably enhanced by thoroughly understanding the ecological processes that interact to determine species persistence or extinction. …”

The Gut Microbiome of 54 Mammalian Species by Nadieh de Jonge, Benjamin Carlsen, Mikkel Hostrup Christensen, Cino Pertoldi, Cino Pertoldi, Jeppe Lund Nielsen

“…The microbiota retained regardless of captivity status is hypothesized to cover important symbiotic relationships with the host, while the remaining part reflects the artificial living conditions and can therefore be used as a future tool for conservation biologists. For five animal species (giraffes, horses, baboons, elephants, and zebras), it was possible to compare the microbiota of wild and captive individuals. …”
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Diversity, distribution, and classification of Neotropical woody bamboos (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) in the 21st Century by Eduardo Ruiz-Sanchez, Christopher D. Tyrrell, Ximena Londoño, Reyjane P. Oliveira, Lynn G. Clark

“…This new review will be useful for systematists, ecologists, conservation biologists and others working with woody bamboos in the Neotropics. …”
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Optimization of sensor deployment for acoustic detection and localization in terrestrial environments by Evelyn Piña‐Covarrubias, Andrew P. Hill, Peter Prince, Jake L. Snaddon, Alex Rogers, C. Patrick Doncaster

“…These methods allow conservation biologists to plan cost‐effective deployments for measuring target sounds, and to evaluate the impacts of sub‐optimal sensor placements imposed by access or cost constraints, or multipurpose uses.…”
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Core commitments for field trials of gene drive organisms by Long, Kanya C., Alphey, Luke, Annas, George J., Bloss, Cinnamon S., Campbell, Karl J., Champer, Jackson, Chen, Chun-Hong, Choudhary, Amit, Church, George M., Collins, James P., Cooper, Kimberly L., Delborne, Jason A., Edwards, Owain R., Emerson, Claudia I., Esvelt, Kevin Michael, Evans, Sam Weiss, Friedman, Robert M., Gantz, Valentino M., Gould, Fred, Hartley, Sarah, Heitman, Elizabeth, Hemingway, Janet, Kanuka, Hirotaka, Kuzma, Jennifer, Lavery, James V., Lee, Yoosook, Lorenzen, Marce, Lunshof, Jeantine E., Marshall, John M., Messer, Philipp W., Montell, Craig, Oye, Kenneth A., Palmer, Megan J., Papathanos, Philippos Aris, Paradkar, Prasad N., Piaggio, Antoinette J., Rasgon, Jason L., Rašić, Gordana, Rudenko, Larisa, Saah, J. Royden, Scott, Maxwell J., Sutton, Jolene T., Vorsino, Adam E., Akbari, Omar S.

“…We, as a multidisciplinary group of GDO developers, ecologists, conservation biologists, and experts in social science, ethics, and policy, outline commitments below that we deem critical for responsible conduct of a field trial and to ensure that these technologies, if they are introduced, serve the public interest.…”
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Optimisation of sensor deployment for acoustic detection and localisation in terrestrial environments by Piña-Covarrubias, E, Hill, A, Prince, P, Snaddon, J, Rogers, A, Doncaster, C

“…These methods allow conservation biologists to plan cost‐effective deployments for measuring target sounds, and to evaluate the impacts of sub‐optimal sensor placements imposed by access or cost constraints, or multipurpose uses.…”

Complexities of conflict: the importance of considering social factors for effectively resolving human-wildlife conflict by Dickman, A

“…Human-wildlife conflict is one of the most critical threats facing many wildlife species today, and the topic is receiving increasing attention from conservation biologists. Direct wildlife damage is commonly cited as the main driver of conflict, and many tools exist for reducing such damage. …”

An analysis of translocation regimes for the endangered puaiohi Myadestes palmeri by Fantle-Lepczyk, J, Crampton, LH, Taylor, A, Duffy, DC, Conant, S

“…To address this problem, conservation biologists must consider using approaches like translocation to create new populations, reducing the probability of extinction by splitting a population into 2 or more populations in geographically distinct locales. …”
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Landscape Genetics: A Toolbox for Studying Vector-Borne Diseases by Elizabeth Hemming-Schroeder, Eugenia Lo, Cynthia Salazar, Sandie Puente, Guiyun Yan

“…This approach has been widely used by conservation biologists, for example to identify barriers restricting movement in threatened populations. …”
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Mitigating pseudoreplication and bias in resource selection functions with autocorrelation‐informed weighting by Jesse M. Alston, Christen H. Fleming, Roland Kays, Jarryd P. Streicher, Colleen T. Downs, Tharmalingam Ramesh, Björn Reineking, Justin M. Calabrese

“…Ecologists and conservation biologists can use this method to improve the quality of inferences derived from RSFs. …”
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The EDGE2 protocol: Advancing the prioritisation of Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered species for practical conservation action by Rikki Gumbs, Claudia L. Gray, Monika Böhm, Ian J. Burfield, Olivia R. Couchman, Daniel P. Faith, Félix Forest, Michael Hoffmann, Nick J. B. Isaac, Walter Jetz, Georgina M. Mace, Arne O. Mooers, Kamran Safi, Oenone Scott, Mike Steel, Caroline M. Tucker, William D. Pearse, Nisha R. Owen, James Rosindell

“…As we approach a crossroads for global biodiversity policy, this Consensus View shows how collaboration between academic and applied conservation biologists can guide effective and practical priority-setting to conserve biodiversity. …”
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Integrative taxonomy refutes a species hypothesis: The asymmetric hybrid origin of Arsapnia arapahoe (Plecoptera, Capniidae) by Michael K. Young, Rebecca J. Smith, Kristine L. Pilgrim, Matthew P. Fairchild, Michael K. Schwartz

“…This offers a cautionary tale for taxonomists and conservation biologists working on the less‐studied components of the global fauna.…”
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The Role of Carrion in the Landscapes of Fear and Disgust: A Review and Prospects by Marcos Moleón, José A. Sánchez-Zapata

“…We encourage ecologists, evolutionary biologists, epidemiologists, forensic scientists, and conservation biologists to explore the promising research avenues associated with the scary and disgusting facets of carrion. …”
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A robust, simple genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) approach for high diversity species. by Robert J Elshire, Jeffrey C Glaubitz, Qi Sun, Jesse A Poland, Ken Kawamoto, Edward S Buckler, Sharon E Mitchell

“…Future application of GBS to breeding, conservation, and global species and population surveys may allow plant breeders to conduct genomic selection on a novel germplasm or species without first having to develop any prior molecular tools, or conservation biologists to determine population structure without prior knowledge of the genome or diversity in the species.…”
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WORMSPREAD: an individual-based model of invasive earthworm population dynamics by George W. Armstrong, Ahsan Mahmood, Andie Nugent, et al.

“…WORMSPREAD allows ecologists and conservation biologists to test invasion scenarios with simulations that involve variations in landscape structure and demographic parameters that potentially affect abundance and distribution of invasive earthworm species. …”
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Identifying wild boar (Sus scrofa) crop damage hotspots to mitigate human-wild boar conflicts in northern Iran by Alireza Eshtiaghi, Saeid Naderi, Alireza Mohammadi, Ho Yi Wan

“…Conflict between wild boars and humans, and the ensuing economic losses has been a global challenge for government authorities and conservation biologists for over a decade. Understanding the interplay of ecological and anthropogenic factors driving human–wild boar conflicts is paramount for formulating effective strategies to address this challenge. …”
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Signals of forest degradation in the demography of common Asian amphibians by Nancy E. Karraker, Samantha Fischer, Anchalee Aowphol, Jennifer Sheridan, Sinlan Poo

“…Although these species occur in disturbed habitats, loss of forest cover continues to degrade aspects of their population demography. We urge conservation biologists to consider that populations of species appearing to be common, widespread, and tolerant of human disturbance may be eroding over time.…”
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Global progress in climate change and biodiversity conservation research by Tanzeel Javaid Aini Farooqi, Muhammad Irfan, Rubén Portela, Xu Zhou, Pan Shulin, Arshad Ali

“…Climate change is always an immense challenge for conservation biologists in the development and implementation of effective conservation strategies. …”
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Negative effects of agricultural open-channel irrigation system on vertebrate populations in central Mexico by Yuriana Gómez-Ortiz, Hublester Domínguez-Vega, Leroy Soria-Díaz, Tamara Rubio-Blanco, Claudia C. Astudillo-Sánchez, Victor Mundo, Armando Sunny

“…Nonetheless, small channels have received relatively little attention by conservation biologists. The objective of this study was to analyze vertebrate species richness and mortality in relation to different sections of an irrigation channel system and the surrounding landscape characteristics. …”
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Brassica biodiversity conservation: prevailing constraints and future avenues for sustainable distribution of plant genetic resources by Parthiban Subramanian, Seong-Hoon Kim, Bum-Soo Hahn

“…The current review identifies and highlights areas for progress in Brassica conservation, which include but are not limited to, distribution of conserved Brassica biodiversity, challenges faced by conservation biologists, conservation methods, technical hurdles and future avenues for research in diverse Brassica species.…”
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