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The influence of the academic conservation biology literature on endangered species recovery planning

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Stinchcombe, J; Moyle, LC; Hudgens, BR; Bloch, PL; Chinnadurai, S; Morris, WF
Published in: Conservation Ecology
December 2002

Despite the volume of the academic conservation biology literature, there is little evidence as to what effect this work is having on endangered species recovery efforts. Using data collected from a national review of 136 endangered and threatened species recovery plans, we evaluated whether recovery plans were changing in response to publication trends in four areas of the academic conservation biology literature: metapopulation dynamics, population viability analysis, conservation corridors, and conservation genetics. We detected several changes in recovery plans in apparent response to publication trends in these areas (e.g., the number of tasks designed to promote the recovery of an endangered species shifted, although these tasks were rarely assigned a high priority). Our results indicate that, although the content of endangered species recovery plans changes in response to the literature, results are not uniform across all topics. We suggest that academic conservation biologists need to address the relative importance of each topic for conservation practice in different settings.

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Published In

Conservation Ecology

ISSN

1195-5449

Publication Date

December 2002

Volume

6

Issue

2

Related Subject Headings

  • Ecology
 

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Stinchcombe, J., Moyle, L. C., Hudgens, B. R., Bloch, P. L., Chinnadurai, S., & Morris, W. F. (2002). The influence of the academic conservation biology literature on endangered species recovery planning. Conservation Ecology, 6(2).
Stinchcombe, J., L. C. Moyle, B. R. Hudgens, P. L. Bloch, S. Chinnadurai, and W. F. Morris. “The influence of the academic conservation biology literature on endangered species recovery planning.” Conservation Ecology 6, no. 2 (December 2002).
Stinchcombe J, Moyle LC, Hudgens BR, Bloch PL, Chinnadurai S, Morris WF. The influence of the academic conservation biology literature on endangered species recovery planning. Conservation Ecology. 2002 Dec;6(2).
Stinchcombe, J., et al. “The influence of the academic conservation biology literature on endangered species recovery planning.” Conservation Ecology, vol. 6, no. 2, Dec. 2002.
Stinchcombe J, Moyle LC, Hudgens BR, Bloch PL, Chinnadurai S, Morris WF. The influence of the academic conservation biology literature on endangered species recovery planning. Conservation Ecology. 2002 Dec;6(2).

Published In

Conservation Ecology

ISSN

1195-5449

Publication Date

December 2002

Volume

6

Issue

2

Related Subject Headings

  • Ecology