David S. Wilcove

Princeton University — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

63h-index21.1kcitations245works10.22yr avg
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Research Topics

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(65), Species Distribution and Climate Change(61), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management(52), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(47), Avian ecology and behavior(35)

Publications244 total

Factors influencing survival of rescued Amazonian manatees ( <i>Trichechus inunguis</i> ) during clinical rehabilitation in Peru
Conservation Science and Practice·2026Open Access
Extent of threats to marine fish from the online aquarium trade in the United States
Conservation Biology·2025Open Access
Direct mortality due to humans threatens migratory shorebirds
Nature Ecology & Evolution·2025· 2 cited
Trajectories of biodiversity loss and extinction from trade globalization
Current Biology·2025· 2 cited
Safeguarding global terrestrial vertebrate species from future sea-level rise
2025Open Access
Assessing the Corn Belt as an anthropogenic barrier to migrating landbirds in the United States
Conservation Biology·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Assessing the effectiveness of riparian buffers in protecting biodiversity
2025Open Access
The potential and limitations of turtle farming to contribute to conservation in the Brazilian Amazon
Biological Conservation·2025· 1 cited
Global biodiversity loss from outsourced deforestation
Nature·2025· 23 cited
Urbanization and food transition in the Brazilian Amazon: From wild to domesticated meat
People and Nature·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Multidimensional patterns of bird diversity and their driving forces in the Yangtze River Basin of China
Eco-Environment & Health·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Biodiversity consequences of cropland abandonment
Nature Sustainability·2024· 18 cited
Global shortfalls in documented actions to conserve biodiversity
Nature·2024· 58 citedOpen Access
Ecological filtering shapes the impacts of agricultural deforestation on biodiversity
Nature Ecology & Evolution·2024· 27 citedOpen Access
Seasonal patterns and protection status of stopover hotspots for migratory landbirds in the eastern United States
Current Biology·2023· 11 cited
Assessing the illegal hunting of native wildlife in China
Nature·2023· 28 cited
Assessing shorebird mortalities due to razor clam aquaculture at key migratory stopover sites in southeastern China
Conservation Biology·2023· 12 citedOpen Access
Importance of habitat heterogeneity in tidal flats to the conservation of migratory shorebirds
Conservation Biology·2023· 20 citedOpen Access
Gaps and weaknesses in the global protected area network for safeguarding at-risk species
Science Advances·2023· 27 citedOpen Access
Dramatic improvements of terrestrial biodiversity in the Yangtze River Basin, China
Research Square (Research Square)·2023Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

David P. Edwards(10), Lian Pin Koh(6), Trond H. Larsen(6), Wayne W. Hsu(6), Keith C. Hamer(6), Brendan Fisher(6), Douglas W. Yu(5), Xingli Giam(5), Martin Wikelski(4), Felicity A. Edwards(4), Xiaoyang Wang(4), Bethany A. Bradley(4), Fangyuan Hua(4), Michael Oppenheimer(4), Andrew P. Dobson(3), Paul Woodcock(3), Suzan Benedick(3), William F. Laurance(3), Lin Wang(3), Yinqiu Ji(2)