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| The performance and potential of protected areas JEM Watson, N Dudley, DB Segan, M Hockings Nature 515 (7525), 67, 2014 | 707 | 2014 |
| Biodiversity: The ravages of guns, nets and bulldozers SL Maxwell, RA Fuller, TM Brooks, JEM Watson Nature News 536 (7615), 143, 2016 | 434 | 2016 |
| Assessing species vulnerability to climate change M Pacifici, WB Foden, P Visconti, JEM Watson, SHM Butchart, KM Kovacs, ... Nature climate change 5 (3), 215, 2015 | 373 | 2015 |
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| Habitat structure and proximity to forest edge affect the abundance and distribution of forest-dependent birds in tropical coastal forests of southeastern Madagascar JEM Watson, RJ Whittaker, TP Dawson Biological Conservation 120 (3), 311-327, 2004 | 211 | 2004 |
| Working Together: A call for conclusive conservation H Tallis, J Lubchenco Nature 515 (7525), 27-28, 2014 | 181 | 2014 |
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| Major conservation policy issues for biodiversity in Oceania RT Kingsford, JEM Watson, CJ Lundquist, O Venter, L Hughes, ... Conservation Biology 23 (4), 834-840, 2009 | 177 | 2009 |
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| Catastrophic declines in wilderness areas undermine global environment targets JEM Watson, DF Shanahan, M Di Marco, J Allan, WF Laurance, ... Current Biology 26 (21), 2929-2934, 2016 | 151 | 2016 |
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