Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology
Jan 18, 2024
Ecosystem state transitions can be ecologically devastating or be a restoration success. State transitions are common within aquatic systems worldwide, especially considering human-mediated changes to land use and water use. We created a transferable...
Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology
Apr 10, 2023
Timely detection and understanding of causes for population decline are essential for effective wildlife management and conservation. Assessing trends in population size has been the standard approach, but we propose that monitoring population health...
Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology
Jan 11, 2022
Successful, state-dependent management, in which the goal of management is to maintain a system in a desired state, involves defining the boundaries between different states. Once these boundaries have been defined, managers require a strategic actio...
Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology
Aug 6, 2021
Deep learning has become a key tool for the automated monitoring of animal populations with video surveys. However, obtaining large numbers of images to train such models is a major challenge for rare and elusive species because field video surveys p...
Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology
Nov 9, 2020
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List assessments are essential for prioritizing conservation needs but are resource intensive and therefore available only for a fraction of global species richness. Automated conservation ass...
Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology
Nov 28, 2018
Photo identification is an important tool for estimating abundance and monitoring population trends over time. However, manually matching photographs to known individuals is time-consuming. Motivated by recent developments in image recognition, we ho...
Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology
Mar 10, 2018
Systematic reviews are an increasingly popular decision-making tool that provides an unbiased summary of evidence to support conservation action. These reviews bridge the gap between researchers and managers by presenting a comprehensive overview of ...
Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology
Apr 1, 2025
Addressing global environmental conservation problems requires rapidly translating natural and conservation social science evidence to policy-relevant information. Yet, exponential increases in scientific production combined with disciplinary differe...