| The biodiversity of species and their rates of extinction, distribution, and protection SL Pimm, CN Jenkins, R Abell, TM Brooks, JL Gittleman, LN Joppa, ... science 344 (6187), 2014 | 2118 | 2014 |
| Freshwater ecoregions of the world: a new map of biogeographic units for freshwater biodiversity conservation R Abell, ML Thieme, C Revenga, M Bryer, M Kottelat, N Bogutskaya, ... BioScience 58 (5), 403-414, 2008 | 1553 | 2008 |
| Terrestrial ecoregions of North America: a conservation assessment TH Ricketts, E Dinerstein, DM Olson, W Eichbaum, CJ Loucks, ... Island Press, 1999 | 772 | 1999 |
| Overfishing of inland waters JD Allan, R Abell, ZEB Hogan, C Revenga, BW Taylor, RL Welcomme, ... BioScience 55 (12), 1041-1051, 2005 | 718 | 2005 |
| Unlocking the potential of protected areas for freshwaters R Abell, JD Allan, B Lehner Biological conservation 134 (1), 48-63, 2007 | 468 | 2007 |
| Conservation biology for the biodiversity crisis: a freshwater follow‐up R Abell Conservation Biology 16 (5), 1435-1437, 2002 | 374 | 2002 |
| Freshwater ecoregions of North America: a conservation assessment RA Abell, DM Olson, E Dinerstein, W Eichbaum, P Hurley, JT Diggs, ... Island Press, 2000 | 370 | 2000 |
| Prospects for monitoring freshwater ecosystems towards the 2010 targets C Revenga, I Campbell, R Abell, P De Villiers, M Bryer Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 360 …, 2005 | 338 | 2005 |
| A workbook for conducting biological assessments and developing biodiversity visions for ecoregion-based conservation E Dinerstein, G Powell, D Olson, E Wikramanayake, R Abell, C Loucks, ... World Wildlife Fund, Washington, DC. http://www. worldwildlife. org/science …, 2000 | 311 | 2000 |
| Freshwater ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: a conservation assessment ML Thieme, R Abell, N Burgess, B Lehner, E Dinerstein, D Olson Island Press, 2005 | 242 | 2005 |
| Progress and challenges in freshwater conservation planning JL Nel, DJ Roux, R Abell, PJ Ashton, RM Cowling, JV Higgins, M Thieme, ... Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 19 (4), 474-485, 2009 | 195 | 2009 |
| Freshwater conservation planning in data-poor areas: an example from a remote Amazonian basin (Madre de Dios River, Peru and Bolivia) M Thieme, B Lehner, R Abell, SK Hamilton, J Kellndorfer, G Powell, ... Biological Conservation 135 (4), 484-501, 2007 | 132 | 2007 |
| Running dry: freshwater biodiversity, protected areas and climate change J Pittock, LJ Hansen, R Abell Biodiversity 9 (3-4), 30-38, 2008 | 107 | 2008 |
| Terrestrial reserve networks do not adequately represent aquatic ecosystems ME Herbert, PB Mcintyre, PJ Doran, JD Allan, R Abell Conservation Biology 24 (4), 1002-1011, 2010 | 105 | 2010 |
| A sourcebook for conducting biological assessments and developing biodiversity visions for ecoregion conservation. Volume II: Freshwater ecoregions R Abell, M Thieme, E Dinerstein, D Olson World Wildlife Fund, Washington, DC, USA, 2002 | 89 | 2002 |
| Ecoregion-based conservation in the Chihuahuan Desert: A biological assessment E Dinerstein, D Olson, J Atchley, C Loucks, S Contreras-Balderas, R Abell, ... World Wildlife Fund and others, 2000 | 77 | 2000 |
| River fisheries: ecological bases for management and conservation AH Arthington, K Lorenzen, BJ Pusey, R Abell, AS Halls, KO Winemiller, ... | 73 | 2004 |
| The role of protected areas for freshwater biodiversity conservation: challenges and opportunities in a rapidly changing world V Hermoso, R Abell, S Linke, P Boon Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 26, 3-11, 2016 | 71 | 2016 |
| Concordance of freshwater and terrestrial biodiversity R Abell, M Thieme, TH Ricketts, N Olwero, R Ng, P Petry, E Dinerstein, ... Conservation Letters 4 (2), 127-136, 2011 | 64 | 2011 |
| Bending the curve of global freshwater biodiversity loss: an emergency recovery plan D Tickner, JJ Opperman, R Abell, M Acreman, AH Arthington, SE Bunn, ... BioScience 70 (4), 330-342, 2020 | 63 | 2020 |
