| Sixteen years of change in the global terrestrial human footprint and implications for biodiversity conservation O Venter, EW Sanderson, A Magrach, JR Allan, J Beher, KR Jones, ... Nature communications 7 (1), 1-11, 2016 | 591 | 2016 |
| A global strategy for road building WF Laurance, GR Clements, S Sloan, CS O’connell, ND Mueller, ... Nature 513 (7517), 229-232, 2014 | 525 | 2014 |
| Targeting global protected area expansion for imperiled biodiversity O Venter, RA Fuller, DB Segan, J Carwardine, T Brooks, SHM Butchart, ... PLoS Biol 12 (6), e1001891, 2014 | 407 | 2014 |
| The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems JEM Watson, T Evans, O Venter, B Williams, A Tulloch, C Stewart, ... Nature ecology & evolution 2 (4), 599-610, 2018 | 322 | 2018 |
| One-third of global protected land is under intense human pressure KR Jones, O Venter, RA Fuller, JR Allan, SL Maxwell, PJ Negret, ... Science 360 (6390), 788-791, 2018 | 315 | 2018 |
| Catastrophic declines in wilderness areas undermine global environment targets JEM Watson, DF Shanahan, M Di Marco, J Allan, WF Laurance, ... Current Biology 26 (21), 2929-2934, 2016 | 287 | 2016 |
| Threats to endangered species in Canada O Venter, NN Brodeur, L Nemiroff, B Belland, IJ Dolinsek, JWA Grant Bioscience 56 (11), 903-910, 2006 | 277 | 2006 |
| Harnessing carbon payments to protect biodiversity O Venter, WF Laurance, T Iwamura, KA Wilson, RA Fuller, ... Science 326 (5958), 1368-1368, 2009 | 267 | 2009 |
| Major conservation policy issues for biodiversity in Oceania RT Kingsford, JEM Watson, CJ Lundquist, O Venter, L Hughes, ... Conservation Biology 23 (4), 834-840, 2009 | 198 | 2009 |
| Global terrestrial Human Footprint maps for 1993 and 2009 O Venter, EW Sanderson, A Magrach, JR Allan, J Beher, KR Jones, ... Scientific data 3 (1), 1-10, 2016 | 194 | 2016 |
| Do in-stream restoration structures enhance salmonid abundance? A meta-analysis SL Whiteway, PM Biron, A Zimmermann, O Venter, JWA Grant Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 67 (5), 831-841, 2010 | 190 | 2010 |
| Carbon payments as a safeguard for threatened tropical mammals O Venter, E Meijaard, H Possingham, R Dennis, D Sheil, S Wich, ... Conservation letters 2 (3), 123-129, 2009 | 176 | 2009 |
| Conserving biodiversity in production landscapes KA Wilson, E Meijaard, S Drummond, HS Grantham, L Boitani, G Catullo, ... Ecological Applications 20 (6), 1721-1732, 2010 | 146 | 2010 |
| Bolder science needed now for protected areas JEM Watson, ES Darling, O Venter, M Maron, J Walston, HP Possingham, ... Conservation Biology 30 (2), 243-248, 2016 | 133 | 2016 |
| The location and protection status of Earth’s diminishing marine wilderness KR Jones, CJ Klein, BS Halpern, O Venter, H Grantham, CD Kuempel, ... Current Biology 28 (15), 2506-2512. e3, 2018 | 119 | 2018 |
| Protect the last of the wild JEM Watson, O Venter, J Lee, KR Jones, JG Robinson, HP Possingham, ... Nature 563 (7729), 27-30, 2018 | 116 | 2018 |
| Biodiversity and REDD at Copenhagen A Grainger, DH Boucher, PC Frumhoff, WF Laurance, T Lovejoy, ... Current Biology 19 (21), R974-R976, 2009 | 106 | 2009 |
| Changing trends and persisting biases in three decades of conservation science M Di Marco, S Chapman, G Althor, S Kearney, C Besancon, N Butt, ... Global Ecology and Conservation 10, 32-42, 2017 | 105 | 2017 |
| Bias in protected‐area location and its effects on long‐term aspirations of biodiversity conventions O Venter, A Magrach, N Outram, CJ Klein, HP Possingham, M Di Marco, ... Conservation Biology 32 (1), 127-134, 2018 | 101 | 2018 |
| The spatial distribution of threats to species in Australia MC Evans, JEM Watson, RA Fuller, O Venter, SC Bennett, PR Marsack, ... Bioscience 61 (4), 281-289, 2011 | 97 | 2011 |
James E.M. WatsonUniversity of Queensland, Wildlife Conservation SocietyVerified email at wcs.org
