Conservation Biology

Published on behalf of the Society for Conservation Biology

Edited by:
Gary K. Meffe

ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2006: 3/25 (Biodiversity Conservation); 13/114 (Ecology); 6/144 (Environmental Sciences)
Impact Factor: 3.762

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Over the past 20 years, Conservation Biology has become the most influential and frequently cited journal in its field. Nature calls this title "required reading for ecologists throughout the world." The journal continues to publish groundbreaking papers and remains instrumental in defining the key issues contributing to the study and preservation of species and habitats.

TopNews and Announcements

Read "Endangered Porpoise Worse Off Than Thought" the Nature News, coverage of the CB article, "Saving the Vaquita: Immediate Action, Not More Data"

Free online access to this journal is available within institutions in the developing world through the AGORA Initiative with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Members of the Society for Conservation Biology can access the journal through the SCB website.

TopHighlights

Testing the Accuracy of Population Viability Analysis
M.A. McCarthy, H.P. Possingham, J.R. Day, and A.J. Tyre

Beyond Kyoto: Forest Management in a Time of Rapid Climate Change
Reed F. Noss

Rural Development and Sustainable Wildlife Use in Peru
Richard E. Bodmer and Etersit Pezo Lozano

Increased Herbivory in Forest Isolates: Implications for Plant Community Structure and Composition
Madhu Rao, John Terborgh, and Percy Nuñez

The Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional Levels
Ulf Gärdenfors, Craig Hilton-Taylor, Georgina M. Mace, and Jon Paul Rodríguez

Positive Feedbacks Among Forest Fragmentation, Drought, and Climate Change in the Amazon
William F. Laurance and G. Bruce Williamson

 Planning to Save a Species: The Jaguar as a Model
Eric W. Sanderson, Kent H. Redford, Cheryl-Leslie B. Chetkiewicz, Rodrigo A. Medellín, Alan R. Rabinowitz, John G. Robinson, and Andrew B. Taber

TopEndorsements

"Required reading for ecologists throughout the world."
                                                                    -Nature