Ensuring tests of conservation interventions build on existing literature

William J Sutherland¹, Sergio Ticul Alvarez-Castañeda², Tatsuya Amano³, Roberto Ambrosini⁴, Philip Atkinson⁵, John M Baxter⁶, Alexander L Bond⁷, Philip J Boon⁸, Katherine L Buchanan⁹, Jos Barlow¹⁰, Giuseppe Bogliani¹¹, Olivia M Bragg¹², Mark Burgman¹³, Marc W Cadotte¹⁴, Michael Calver¹⁵, Steven J Cooke¹⁶, Richard T Corlett¹⁷, Vincent Devictor¹⁸, John G Ewen¹⁹, Martin Fisher²⁰, Guy Freeman²¹, Edward Game²², Brendan J Godley²³, Christian Gortázar²⁴, Ian R Hartley²⁵, David L Hawksworth²⁶, Keith A Hobson²⁷, Ming-Lun Lu²⁸, Berta Martín-López²⁹, Keping Ma³⁰, Antonio Machado³¹, Dirk Maes³², Marco Mangiacotti³³, Dominic J McCafferty³⁴, Victoria Melfi³⁵, Sanjay Molur³⁶, Allen J Moore³⁷, Stephen D Murphy³⁸, Darren Norris³⁹, Alexander P E van Oudenhoven⁴⁰, Jennifer Powers⁴¹, Eileen C Rees⁴², Mark W Schwartz⁴³, Ilse Storch⁴⁴, Claire Wordley⁴⁵

Affiliations

¹ Conservation Evidence, Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, U.K.
² Therya, Sergio Ticul Alvarez-Castañeda, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, La Paz, BCS, 23096, Mexico.
³ School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia.
⁴ Avocetta - Journal of Ornithology, and Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of Milan, Via Celoria 26, Milan, I-20133, Italy.
⁵ Bird Conservation International, British Trust for Ornithology, The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 2PU, U.K.
⁶ Aquatic Conservation, School of Biology, Scottish Oceans Institute, East Sands, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 8LB, Scotland.
⁷ Avian Conservation and Ecology, Natural History Museum at Tring, The Walter Rothschild Building, Akeman St, Tring, HP23 6AP, U.K.
⁸ Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, The Freshwater Biological Association, The Ferry Landing, Far Sawrey, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 0LP, U.K.
⁹ Emu - Austral Ornithology, Kate Buchanan School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Engineering & Built Environment, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, 3220, Australia.
¹⁰ Journal of Applied Ecology, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, U.K.
¹¹ Rivista italiana di Ornitologia-Research in Ornithology, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. University of Pavia, Via Adolfo Ferrata 9, Pavia, 27100, Italy.
¹² Mires and Peat, Geography, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN, U.K.
¹³ Conservation Biology, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College, London Weeks Building, 16-18 Princes Gardens, London, SW7 1NE, U.K.
¹⁴ Ecological Solutions and Evidence, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, M1C 1A4, Canada.
¹⁵ Pacific Conservation Biology, Environmental and Conservation Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia.
¹⁶ Conservation Physiology, Department of Biology and Institute of Environmental and Interdisciplinary Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6, Canada.
¹⁷ Global Ecology and Conservation, Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan, Kunming, 666303, China.
¹⁸ Biological Conservation, ISEM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France.
¹⁹ Animal Conservation, Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regents Park, London, NW1 4RY, U.K.
²⁰ Oryx, Fauna & Flora International, The David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, U.K.
²¹ Conservation Land Management, NHBS Ltd, 1-6 The Stables, Ford Road, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5LE, U.K.
²² Conservation Letters, The Nature Conservancy, Brisbane, Australia.
²³ Endangered Species Research, Centre for Ecology and Conservation University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, U.K.
²⁴ European Journal of Wildlife Research, Ronda de Toledo 12, Ciudad Real, 13005, Spain.
²⁵ Bird Study, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, U.K.
²⁶ Biodiversity and Conservation, Comparative Plant and Fungal Biology, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey, TW9 3DS, U.K.
²⁷ Avian Conservation and Ecology, Dept. Biology and Environment and Climate Change Canada, University of Western Ontario, Room 2025 BGS Building,1151 Richmond St. N., London, Ontario, N6A 5B7, Canada.
²⁸ Taiwan Journal of Biodiversity, Division of Management, Taiwan Endemic Species Research Institute, Nantou.
²⁹ Ecosystems and People, Faculty of Sustainability, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Lüneburg, 21335, Germany.
³⁰ Biodiversity Science, 20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan, Haidian District, Beijing, 100093.
³¹ Journal for Nature Conservation, Chopin 1, 38208 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
³² Journal of Insect Conservation, Species Diversity Group, Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Brussels, Belgium.
³³ Acta Herpetologica, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli 24, Pavia, 27100, Italy.
³⁴ IBIS, International Journal of Avian Science, British Ornithologists' Union, P.O. Box 417, Peterborough, PE7 3FX, U.K.
³⁵ Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research, Hartpury University, Gloucester, GL19 3BE, U.K.
³⁶ Journal of Threatened Taxa, 12 Thiruvannamalai Nagar, Kalapatti-Saravanampatti Road, Saravanampatti, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641035, India.
³⁷ Ecology and Evolution, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, The University of Georgia, 109 Conner Hall, Georgia, U.S.A.
³⁸ Restoration Ecology, School of Environment, Resources & Sustainability, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
³⁹ Tropical Conservation Science, School of Environmental Sciences, Federal University of Amapá, Macapá, AP, 68903-419, Brazil.
⁴⁰ Ecosystems and People, Institute of Environmental Sciences CML, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 2, Leiden, 2333 CC, The Netherlands.
⁴¹ Biotropica, College of Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota, 1987 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, MN, 55108, U.S.A.
⁴² Wildfowl, WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre, Fish Lane, Burscough, Lancashire, L40 0TA, U.K.
⁴³ Conservation Science and Practice, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, U.S.A.
⁴⁴ Wildlife Biology, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, D-79085, Germany.
⁴⁵ Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, U.K.

PMID: 32779884
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13555

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Ensuring tests of conservation interventions build on existing literature

William J Sutherland et al. Conserv Biol. 2020 Aug.

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. 2020 Aug;34(4):781-783.

doi: 10.1111/cobi.13555.

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Affiliations

¹ Conservation Evidence, Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, U.K.
² Therya, Sergio Ticul Alvarez-Castañeda, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, La Paz, BCS, 23096, Mexico.
³ School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia.
⁴ Avocetta - Journal of Ornithology, and Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of Milan, Via Celoria 26, Milan, I-20133, Italy.
⁵ Bird Conservation International, British Trust for Ornithology, The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 2PU, U.K.
⁶ Aquatic Conservation, School of Biology, Scottish Oceans Institute, East Sands, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 8LB, Scotland.
⁷ Avian Conservation and Ecology, Natural History Museum at Tring, The Walter Rothschild Building, Akeman St, Tring, HP23 6AP, U.K.
⁸ Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, The Freshwater Biological Association, The Ferry Landing, Far Sawrey, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 0LP, U.K.
⁹ Emu - Austral Ornithology, Kate Buchanan School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Engineering & Built Environment, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, 3220, Australia.
¹⁰ Journal of Applied Ecology, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, U.K.
¹¹ Rivista italiana di Ornitologia-Research in Ornithology, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. University of Pavia, Via Adolfo Ferrata 9, Pavia, 27100, Italy.
¹² Mires and Peat, Geography, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN, U.K.
¹³ Conservation Biology, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College, London Weeks Building, 16-18 Princes Gardens, London, SW7 1NE, U.K.
¹⁴ Ecological Solutions and Evidence, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, M1C 1A4, Canada.
¹⁵ Pacific Conservation Biology, Environmental and Conservation Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia.
¹⁶ Conservation Physiology, Department of Biology and Institute of Environmental and Interdisciplinary Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6, Canada.
¹⁷ Global Ecology and Conservation, Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan, Kunming, 666303, China.
¹⁸ Biological Conservation, ISEM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France.
¹⁹ Animal Conservation, Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regents Park, London, NW1 4RY, U.K.
²⁰ Oryx, Fauna & Flora International, The David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, U.K.
²¹ Conservation Land Management, NHBS Ltd, 1-6 The Stables, Ford Road, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5LE, U.K.
²² Conservation Letters, The Nature Conservancy, Brisbane, Australia.
²³ Endangered Species Research, Centre for Ecology and Conservation University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, U.K.
²⁴ European Journal of Wildlife Research, Ronda de Toledo 12, Ciudad Real, 13005, Spain.
²⁵ Bird Study, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, U.K.
²⁶ Biodiversity and Conservation, Comparative Plant and Fungal Biology, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey, TW9 3DS, U.K.
²⁷ Avian Conservation and Ecology, Dept. Biology and Environment and Climate Change Canada, University of Western Ontario, Room 2025 BGS Building,1151 Richmond St. N., London, Ontario, N6A 5B7, Canada.
²⁸ Taiwan Journal of Biodiversity, Division of Management, Taiwan Endemic Species Research Institute, Nantou.
²⁹ Ecosystems and People, Faculty of Sustainability, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Lüneburg, 21335, Germany.
³⁰ Biodiversity Science, 20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan, Haidian District, Beijing, 100093.
³¹ Journal for Nature Conservation, Chopin 1, 38208 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
³² Journal of Insect Conservation, Species Diversity Group, Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Brussels, Belgium.
³³ Acta Herpetologica, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli 24, Pavia, 27100, Italy.
³⁴ IBIS, International Journal of Avian Science, British Ornithologists' Union, P.O. Box 417, Peterborough, PE7 3FX, U.K.
³⁵ Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research, Hartpury University, Gloucester, GL19 3BE, U.K.
³⁶ Journal of Threatened Taxa, 12 Thiruvannamalai Nagar, Kalapatti-Saravanampatti Road, Saravanampatti, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641035, India.
³⁷ Ecology and Evolution, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, The University of Georgia, 109 Conner Hall, Georgia, U.S.A.
³⁸ Restoration Ecology, School of Environment, Resources & Sustainability, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
³⁹ Tropical Conservation Science, School of Environmental Sciences, Federal University of Amapá, Macapá, AP, 68903-419, Brazil.
⁴⁰ Ecosystems and People, Institute of Environmental Sciences CML, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 2, Leiden, 2333 CC, The Netherlands.
⁴¹ Biotropica, College of Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota, 1987 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, MN, 55108, U.S.A.
⁴² Wildfowl, WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre, Fish Lane, Burscough, Lancashire, L40 0TA, U.K.
⁴³ Conservation Science and Practice, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, U.S.A.
⁴⁴ Wildlife Biology, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, D-79085, Germany.
⁴⁵ Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, U.K.

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