| Integrating research using animal‐borne telemetry with the needs of conservation management J McGowan, M Beger, RL Lewison, R Harcourt, H Campbell, M Priest, ... Journal of Applied Ecology 54 (2), 423-429, 2017 | 63 | 2017 |
| Shortfalls in the global protected area network at representing marine biodiversity CJ Klein, CJ Brown, BS Halpern, DB Segan, J McGowan, M Beger, ... Scientific reports 5, 17539, 2015 | 63 | 2015 |
| Integrating regional conservation priorities for multiple objectives into national policy M Beger, J McGowan, EA Treml, AL Green, AT White, NH Wolff, CJ Klein, ... Nature communications 6, 8208, 2015 | 60 | 2015 |
| Effective conservation requires clear objectives and prioritizing actions, not places or species CJ Brown, M Bode, O Venter, MD Barnes, J McGowan, CA Runge, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (32), E4342-E4342, 2015 | 42 | 2015 |
| Using seabird habitat modeling to inform marine spatial planning in central California’s National Marine Sanctuaries J McGowan, E Hines, M Elliott, J Howar, A Dransfield, N Nur, J Jahncke PLoS One 8 (8), e71406, 2013 | 41 | 2013 |
| The value of migration information for conservation prioritization of sea turtles in the Mediterranean T Mazor, M Beger, J McGowan, HP Possingham, S Kark Global Ecology and Biogeography 25 (5), 540-552, 2016 | 23 | 2016 |
| Where the whales are: using habitat modeling to support changes in shipping regulations within National Marine Sanctuaries in Central California A Dransfield, E Hines, J McGowan, B Holzman, N Nur, M Elliott, J Howar, ... Endangered Species Research 26, 39-57, 2014 | 20 | 2014 |
| From Marxan to management: ocean zoning with stakeholders for Tun Mustapha Park in Sabah, Malaysia R Jumin, A Binson, J McGowan, S Magupin, M Beger, CJ Brown, ... Oryx 52 (4), 775-786, 2018 | 16 | 2018 |
| Revisiting “success” and “failure” of marine protected areas: a conservation scientist perspective S Giakoumi, J McGowan, M Mills, M Beger, RH Bustamante, A Charles, ... Frontiers in Marine Science 5, 223, 2018 | 16 | 2018 |
| Standardized reporting of the costs of management interventions for biodiversity conservation GD Iacona, WJ Sutherland, B Mappin, VM Adams, PR Armsworth, ... Conservation biology 32 (5), 979-988, 2018 | 13 | 2018 |
| Methods for calculating Protection Equality for conservation planning ALM Chauvenet, CD Kuempel, J McGowan, M Beger, HP Possingham PloS one 12 (2), e0171591, 2017 | 12 | 2017 |
| Commentary: linking movement ecology with wildlife management and conservation J McGowan, HP Possingham Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 4, 30, 2016 | 11 | 2016 |
| Identifying conservation priority gaps in the Coral Triangle Marine Protected Area System M Beger, J McGowan, SF Heron, EA Treml, A Green, AT White, NH Wolff, ... Brisbane, Australia. 57pp: Coral Triangle Support Program of USAID, The …, 2013 | 11 | 2013 |
| An evaluation of marine important bird and biodiversity areas in the context of spatial conservation prioritization J McGowan, RJ Smith, M Di Marco, RH Clarke, HP Possingham Conservation Letters 11 (3), e12399, 2018 | 9 | 2018 |
| Addressing transboundary conservation challenges through marine spatial prioritization E Gissi, J McGowan, C Venier, DD Carlo, F Musco, S Menegon, ... Conservation biology 32 (5), 1107-1117, 2018 | 8 | 2018 |
| Metrics for evaluating representation target achievement in protected area networks K Jantke, CD Kuempel, J McGowan, ALM Chauvenet, HP Possingham Diversity and Distributions 25 (2), 170-175, 2019 | 5 | 2019 |
| Telemetry reveals existing marine protected areas are worse than random for protecting the foraging habitat of threatened shy albatross (Thalassarche cauta) C Mason, R Alderman, J McGowan, HP Possingham, AJ Hobday, ... Diversity and Distributions 24 (12), 1744-1755, 2018 | 4 | 2018 |
| Submission to the commonwealth marine reserves review J McGowan, HP Possingham ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions The University of …, 2015 | 4 | 2015 |
| Synergies between the key biodiversity area and systematic conservation planning approaches RJ Smith, L Bennun, TM Brooks, SHM Butchart, A Cuttelod, M Di Marco, ... Conservation Letters 12 (1), e12625, 2019 | 3 | 2019 |
| Ocean zoning within a sparing versus sharing framework J McGowan, M Bode, MH Holden, K Davis, NC Krueck, M Beger, KL Yates, ... Theoretical Ecology 11 (2), 245-254, 2018 | 3 | 2018 |
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