Journal of the Week: Conservation Biology

Conservation Biology focuses on the science and practice of conserving Earth's biological diversity. Topics covered include anything relating to the conservation of Earth's ecosystems or geographic regions, with priority given to papers with relevance to conservation that transcend the particular ecosystem, species, or situation described.

Some interesting articles published so far this year include:

Candan U. Soykan and Rebecca L. Lewison (2015) Using community-level metrics to monitor the effects of marine protected areas on biodiversity, Conservation Biology, Volume 29, Issue 3,  775–783 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Ellen C. Garland, Anne W. Goldizen, Matthew S. Lilley, Melinda L. Rekdahl, Claire Garrigue, Rochelle Constantine, Nan Daeschler Hauser, M. Michael Poole, Jooke Robbins and Michael J. Noad (2015) Population structure of humpback whales in the western and central South Pacific Ocean as determined by vocal exchange among populations, Conservation Biology, Volume 29, Issue 4, 1198–1207 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Georgina G. Gurney, Robert L. Pressey, Natalie C. Ban, Jorge G. Álvarez-Romero, Stacy Jupiter and Vanessa M. Adams (2015) Efficient and equitable design of marine protected areas in Fiji through inclusion of stakeholder-specific objectives in conservation planning, Conservation Biology, Volume 29, Issue 5, 1378–1389 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Kristin L. Laidre, Harry Stern, Kit M. Kovacs, Lloyd Lowry, Sue E. Moore, Eric V. Regehr, Steven H. Ferguson, Øystein Wiig, Peter Boveng, Robyn P. Angliss, Erik W. Born, Dennis Litovka, Lori Quakenbush, Christian Lydersen, Dag Vongraven and Fernando Ugarte (2015) Arctic marine mammal population status, sea ice habitat loss, and conservation recommendations for the 21st century, Conservation Biology, Volume 29, Issue 3, 724–737 Link to Abstract/Full Text

P.R. Sutcliffe, C.J. Klein, C.R. Pitcher and H.P. Possingham (2015) The effectiveness of marine reserve systems constructed using different surrogates of biodiversity, Conservation Biology, Volume 29, Issue 3, 657–667 Link to Abstract/Full Text

The most recent issue of this journal is Volume 29, Issue 5, published in October 2015. AIMS staff interested in reading more or browsing the journal can click here. As the AIMS Library is currently subscribed to Conservation Biology, staff should be able to access the full text of all articles. 

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