ReviewiScience2023
Biological mechanisms matter in contemporary wildlife conservation.
Review in iScience, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Uncovering correlates of decline and critical refuges for a threatened terrestrial mammal.Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · 2026Article
- Physiology and the future of animals in shifting-sand deserts: respiration, energetics and water balance.Conservation physiology · 2026Review
- Challenging 10 misconceptions in conservation physiology.Conservation physiology · 2026Article
- Biologging and biotelemetry tools bridge behaviour and physiology to advance the conservation and management of wildlife.Conservation physiology · 2026Article
- Co-production and conservation physiology: outcomes, challenges and opportunities arising from reflections on diverse co-produced projects.Conservation physiology · 2025Article
- Cortisol in fish scales remains stable during extended periods of storage.Conservation physiology · 2024Article
- Reflections on a decade of service as founding Editor-in-Chief ofConservation physiology · 2024Article
- Applied winter biology: threats, conservation and management of biological resources during winter in cold climate regions.Conservation physiology · 2023Article
- How can physiology best contribute to wildlife conservation in a warming world?Conservation physiology · 2023Article
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Authors and funding
9 authors.
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Abstract
Given limited resources for wildlife conservation paired with an urgency to halt declines and rebuild populations, it is imperative that management actions are tactical and effective. Mechanisms are about how a system works and can inform threat identification and mitigation such that conservation actions that work can be identified. Here, we call for a more mechanistic approach to wildlife conservation and management where behavioral and physiological tools and knowledge are used to characterize drivers of decline, identify environmental thresholds, reveal strategies that would restore populations, and prioritize conservation actions. With a growing toolbox for doing mechanistic conservation research as well as a suite of decision-support tools (e.g., mechanistic models), the time is now to fully embrace the concept that mechanisms matter in conservation ensuring that management actions are tactical and focus on actions that have the potential to directly benefit and restore wildlife populations.
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