Conservation Science Group

Department of Zoology

Professor Andrew Balmford

a.balmford@zoo.cam.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1223 331770

After ten years as an undergraduate, PhD student and research fellow in Cambridge, I was a research fellow at the Institute of Zoology in London, and then a lecturer at the University of Sheffield. In 1998 I returned to Cambridge's Zoology Department, where I teach conservation biology, and help run the Conservation Science Group.

Research Interests

My research focuses on the costs and benefits of conservation, how best to reconcile conservation and farming, examining what works in conservation, reconnecting people and nature, conservation planning, and quantifying the changing state of nature. Focusing on developing countries, I try to tackle these questions through fieldwork, analyses of large databases, and modeling, and strive to work with colleagues in other disciplines. I am also extremely keen on building close working relationships between conservation scientists and conservation practitioners, and so co-founded the Cambridge Conservation Forum; am closely involved in the Cambridge Conservation Initiative; and with Rhys Green, Rosie Trevelyan and Shireen Green run the annual Student Conference on Conservation Science.

Publications

  • Balmford, A. 2013. Pollution, Politics, and Vultures. Science. Summary, Reprint, Full Text
  • Balmford, A. 2012. Wild hope: on the frontlines of conservation success. University of Chicago Press.
  • Willcock, S., O.L. Phillips, P.J. Platts, A. Balmford, N.D. Burgess, J.C. Lovett, A. Ahrends, J. Bayliss, N. Doggart, K. Doody, E. Fanning, J. Green, J. Hall, K.L. Howell, R. Marchant, A.R. Marshall, B. Mbilinyi, P.K.T. Munishi, N. Owen, R.D. Swetnam. E.J. Topp-Jorgensen & S.L. Lewis. In press. Towards regional, error-bounded landscape carbon storage estimates for data-deficient areas of the world. PLoS ONE.
  • Coad, L., J. Schleicher, E.J. Milner-Gulland, T. Marthews, M. Starkey, A. Manica, A. Balmford, W. Mbombe, T. Ndop & K. Abernethy. In press. Social and ecological change over a decade in a village hunting system, central Gabon. Conserv. Biol.
  • Marshall, A.R., S. Willcock, P.J. Platts, J.C. Lovett, A. Balmford, N.D. Burgess, J.E. Latham, P.K. Munishi, R. Salter, D.D. Shirima & S.L. Lewis. 2012. Measuring and modelling above-ground live carbon storage and tree allometry along an elevation gradient. Biol. Conserv. 154: 20-33.
  • Balmford, A., R. Green & B. Phalan. 2012. What conservationists need to know about farming. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B. 279: 2714-2724. doi:10.1098/rspb.2012.0515
  • Prescott, G.W., D.R. Williams, A. Balmford, R.E. Green & A. Manica. 2012. Reply to Lima-Ribeiro et al: human arrival scenarios have little influence on interpretations of late Quaternary extinctions. PNAS DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1208586109
  • Phalan, B., A. Balmford & R.E. Green. 2012. Agriculture as a key element for conservation: reasons for caution. Conservation Letters doi: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00248.x.
  • Schaafsma, M., S. Morse-Jones, P. Posen, R.D. Swetnam, A. Balmford, I. Bateman, N. Burgess, S.A.O. Chamshama, B. Fisher, R. Green, A.S. Hepelwa, A. Hernández-Sirvent, G.C. Kajembe, K. Kulindwa, J.F. Lund, L. Mbwambo, H. Meilby, Y.M. Ngaga, I. Theilade, T. Treue, V.G. Vyamana & R.K. Turner. 2012. Towards transferable functions for extraction of non timber forest products with a case study on charcoal production in Tanzania. Ecol. Econ. 80: 48-62. doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.04.026
  • Strassburg, B.B.N., A.S.L. Rodrigues, M. Gusti, A. Balmford, S. Fritz, M. Obersteimer, R.K. Turner & T.M. Brooks. 2012. Impacts of incentives to reduce emissions from deforestation on global species extinctions. Nature Climate Change 2: 350-355. doi:10.1038/nclimate1375.
  • Larsen, F.W., J. Bladt, A. Balmford & C. Rahbek. 2012. Birds as biodiversity surrogates: will supplementing birds with other taxa improve effectiveness? J. appl. Ecol. 49:349-356.
  • Green, J.H.M., N.D. Burgess, R.E. Green, S.S. Madoffe, P.K.T. Munishi, E. Nashanda, R.K. Turner & A. Balmford. 2012. Estimating management costs of protected areas: a novel approach from the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania. Biol. Conserv.150: 5-14.
  • Prescott, G.W., D.R. Williams, A. Balmford, R.E. Green & A. Manica. 2012. A quantitative global analysis of the role of climate and people in explaining late Quaternary megafaunal extinctions. PNAS 109: 4527-4531.
  • Bogich, T.L., G.M. Barker, K. Mahlfeld, F. Climo, R. Green & A. Balmford. 2012. Fragmentation, grazing and the Species-Area Relationship. Ecography 35: 224-231.
  • Mace, G.M., I. Bateman, S. Albon, A. Balmford, C. Brown, A. Church, R. Haines-Young, J.N. Pretty, K. Turner, B. Vira & J. Winn. 2011. Conceptual framework and methodology. Pages 11- 25 in: UK National Ecosystem Assessment: Understanding Nature’s Value to Society. Technical Report. UK National Ecosystem Assessment, UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge.
  • Balmford, A., J. Birch, R. Bradbury, C. Brown, S. Butchart, F. Hughes, K. Peh, A. Stattersfield, D. Thomas & M. Walpole. 2011. Measuring and monitoring ecosystem services at the site scale. Cambridge Conservation Initiative and BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.
  • Mace, G.M., I. Bateman, S. Albon, A. Balmford, C. Brown, A. Church, R. Haines-Young, J.N. Pretty, K. Turner, B. Vira & J. Winn. 2011. Conceptual framework and methodology. In: UK National Ecosystem Assessment Technical Report. UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge.
  • Phalan, B., M. Onial, A. Balmford & R.E. Green. (2011) Conservation: limits of land-sparing. Response. Science 334: 593-594.
  • Phalan, B., M. Onial, A. Balmford & R.E. Green. (2011)  Reconciling food production and biodiversity conservation: land sharing and land sparing compared. Science 333: 1289-1291.
  • Bogich, T.L., G.M. Barker, K. Mahlfeld, F. Climo, R. Green & A. Balmford. (2011)  Fragmentation, grazing and the Species-Area Relationship. Ecography 34: .
  • Fisher, B., S.L. Lewis, N.D. Burgess, R.E. Malimbwi, P.K. Munishi, R.D. Swetnam, R. K. Turner, S. Willcock & A. Balmford. (2011) Implementation and opportunity costs of reducing deforestation and forest degradation in Tanzania. Nature Climate Change 1: 161-164.
  • Shirima, D., P. Munishi, S. Lewis, N. Burgess, A. Marshall, A. Balmford, R. Swetnam & E. Zahabu.  (2011)  Carbon storage, structure and composition of miombo woodlands in Tanzania’s Eastern Arc mountains. Afr. J. Ecol. 49: 332-342.
  • Sparks, T.H., S.H.M. Butchart, A. Balmford, L.Bennun, D. Stanwell-Smith, M. Walpole, N. Bates, B. Bomhard, G.M. Buchanan, A.M. Chenery, B. Collen, J. Csirke, R.J. Diaz, N.K. Dulvy, C. Fitzgerald, V. Kapos, P. Mayaux, M. Tierney, M. Waycott, L. Wood & R.E. Green. (2011)  Linked indicator sets for addressing biodiversity loss. Oryx 45: 411-419.         
  • Fisher, B., R.K. Turner, N.D. Burgess, R.D. Swetnam, J. Green, R. Green, G. Kajembe, K. Kulindwa, S. Lewis, R. Marchant, A.R. Marshall, S. Madoffe, P.K.T. Munishi, S. Morse-Jones, S. Mwakalila, J. Paavola, R. Naidoo, T. Ricketts, M. Rouget, S. Willcock, S. White & A. Balmford. (2011)  Measuring, modeling and mapping ecosystem services in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania. Progress in Physical Geography 35: 595-611.Balmford, A., J. Kroshko, N. Leader-Williams & G. Mason. (2011)  Zoos and captive breeding. Science 332: 1149-1150.
  • Balmford, A., A.S.L. Rodrigues, R. E. Green, B. Fisher, R. Naidoo, B Strassburg & R. K. Turner. (2011) Bringing ecosystem services into the real world: an operational framework for assessing the economic consequences of losing wild nature. Environmental and Resource Economics. DOI: 10.1007/s10640-010-9413-2
  • Phalan, B., A. Balmford, R.E. Green & J. Scharlemann. (2011)  Minimising the harm to biodiversity of producing more food globally. Food Policy 36: S62-S71.
  • Swetnam, R.D. B. Fisher, B.P. Mbilinyi, P.K. Munishi, S. Willcock, T. Ricketts, S. Mwakalila,  A. Balmford, N.D. Burgess, A.R. Marshall & S.L. Lewis. (2011) Mapping socio-economic scenarios of land cover change: a GIS method to enable ecosystem service modelling. J. Env. Manage. 92: 563-574.
  • McCrea-Strub, A., D. Zeller, U.R. Sumaila, J. Nelson, A. Balmford & D. Pauly. (2011) Understanding the cost of establishing marine protected areas. Marine Policy 35: 1-9.
  • Coad, L., K. Abernethy, A. Balmford, A. Manica, L. Airey & E.J. Milner-Gulland. 2010. Bushmeat, wealth and gender: the distribution and use of bushmeat incomes in a rural village, Central Gabon. Conserv. Biol. 6: 1510-1518.
  • Craigie, I., J. Baillie, A. Balmford, C. Carbone, B. Collen, R. Green & J.M. Hutton. 2010. Large mammal population declines in Africa’s protected areas. Biol. Conserv. 143: 2221-2228.
  • Lobo, A., A. Balmford, A. Rohan & A. Manica. 2010. Commercializing bycatch can push a fishery beyond economic extinction. Conserv. Lett. 3: 277-285.
  • Strassburg, B.B.N., A. Kelly, A. Balmford, R.G. Davies, H.K. Gibbs, A. Lovett, L. Miles, C.D.L. Orme, J. Price, R.K. Turner & A.S.L. Rodrigues. 2010. Global congruence of carbon storage and biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems. Conserv. Lett.3: 98-105. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2009.00092.x
  • Kapos, V., A. Manica, R. Aveling, P. Bubb, P. Carey, A. Entwistle, J. Hopkins, T. Mulliken, R. Safford, A. Stattersfield, M. Walpole & A. Balmford. 2010. Defining and measuring success in conservation. Pp. 73-93 in Trade-offs in Conservation (eds. N. Leader-Williams & R.J. Smith), Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford, UK.
  • Wielgus, J., A. Balmford, T. Lewis, C. Mora & L. Gerber. 2010. Coral reef quality and recreation fees in Marine Protected Areas. Conserv. Lett. 3: 38-44.
  • Leadley, P., H. M. Pereira, R. Alkemade, J.F. Fernandez-Manjarrés, V. Proença, J.P.W. Scharlemann, M.J. Walpole J. Agard, M. Araújo, A. Balmford, P. Balvanera, O. Biggs, L. Bopp, S. Burgiel, W. Cheung, P. Ciais, D. Cooper, J.C.Ellison, J. Figueiredo, E. Gilma, S. Guénette, R. Hoft, B. Hugueny, G. Hurtt, H.P. Huntington, F. Leprieur, C. Le Queré, G. Mace, C. Mbow, K. Mooney, A. Neuville, C. Nobre, T. Oberdorff, C. Revenga, J.C. Robertson, P. Rodrigues, J. C. Rocha G., H. Sato, B. Scholes, M. S. Smith, U.R. Sumaila & P.A. Tedesco. 2010. Biodiversity scenarios: projections of 21st century change in biodiversity and associated ecosystem services. Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal.
  • Naidoo, R., A. Balmford & A. Manica. 2010. Re. Comment on Balmford et al. (2009). A global perspective on trends in nature-based tourism. PLoS Biology comments.
  • Balmford, A. 2009. Foreword. Page 6 in East of the Cape. Conserving Eden (R. Cowling & S. Pierce), Fernwood Press, Simon’s Town.
  • Balmford, A. 2009. Written evidence submitted to the UK Parliamentary Inquiry into the Global Food Crisis.
  • Balmford, A. 2009. Saving Ely’s Wildspace. Cambridgeshire Bird Club Bulletin 405: 5-6.
  • Burgess, N., Mwakalila, S., Madoffe, S., Ricketts, T.H., Olwero, N., Swetnam, R., Mbilinyi, B.,Marchant, R., Mtalo, F., White, S., Munishi, P., Marshall, A., Malimbwi, R., Jambiya, G., Fisher, B., Kajembe, G., Morse-Jones, S., Kulindwa, K., Green, J., and A. Balmford. 2009. Valuing the Arc – a programme to map and value ecosystem services in Tanzania. Mountain Research Initiative Newsletter 18(3):18-21.
  • Balmford, A., J. Beresford, J. Green, R. Naidoo, M. Walpole & A. Manica. 2009. A global perspective on trends in nature tourism. PLoS Biology 7: e1000144.
  • Balmford, A., P. Carey, V. Kapos, A. Manica, A.S.L. Rodrigues, J.P.W. Scharlemann & R.E. Green. 2009. Capturing the many dimensions of threat – a comment on Salafsky et al. Conserv. Biol. 23: 482-487
  • Danielsen, F, N.D. Burgess, A. Balmford, P.F. Donald, M. Funder, J.P.G. Jones, P. Alviola, D.S. Balete, T. Blomley, J. Brashares, B. Child, M. Enghoff, J. Fjeldså, S. Holt, H. Hübertz, A.E. Jensen, P.M. Jensen, J. Massao, M.M. Mendoza, Y. Ngaga, M.K. Poulsen, R. Rueda, M. Sam, T. Skielboe, G. Stuart-Hill, E. Topp-Jørgensen, & D. Yonten. 2009. Local participation in natural resource monitoring: a characterization of approaches. Conserv. Biol. 23: 31-42.
  • Ewers, R.M., J.P.W. Scharlemann, A. Balmford & R.E. Green. 2009. Do increases in agricultural yield spare land for nature? Global Change Biology 15: 1716-1726.
  • Fisher, B., A. Balmford, R. Green & R. Trevelyan. 2009. Conservation science training: new perceptions of need. Oryx 43: 361-263.
  • Kapos, V., Balmford, A., Aveling, R., Bubb, P., Carey, P., Entwistle, A., Hopkins, J., Mulliken, T., Safford, R., Stattersfield, A., Walpole, M., & Manica, A. 2009 Outcomes, not implementation, predict conservation success. Oryx 43: 336-342.
  • Mwakalila, S., N. Burgess, T. Ricketts, N. Olwero. R. Swetnam, B. Mbilinyi, R. Marchant, F. Mtalo, S. White, P. Munishi, A. Marshall, R. Malimbwi, C. Smith, G. Jambiya, S. Madoffe, B. Fisher, G. Kajembe, S. Morse-Jones, K. Kulindwa, J. Green & A. Balmford. 2009. Valuing the Arc. Linking science with stakeholders to sustain natural capital. The Arc Journal 23: 25-30.
  • Rands , M., B. Adams, A. Balmford & B. Sutherland. 2009. Cambridge Conservation Initiative: transforming international biodiversity conservation. Research Horizons 9: 24-25
  • Rodrigues, A.S.L., R.M. Ewers, L. Parry, C. Souza Jr., A. Vérissimo & A. Balmford. 2009. Boom-and-bust development patterns across the Amazon deforestation frontier. Science 324: 1435-1437.
  • Thompson, M., J. Vlok, M. Rouget, M.T. Hoffman, A. Balmford & R.M. Cowling. 2009. Mapping grazing-induced degradation in a semi-arid environment: a rapid and cost effective approach for assessment and monitoring. Environmental Management 43: 585-596.
  • Ang, T. Z., O'Luanaigh, C., Rands, S. A., Balmford, A. and Manica, A. 2008. Quantifying the costs and benefits of protective egg coating in a Chrysomelid beetle . Ecol. Entomol. 33, 484-487.
  • Balmford, A., A.S.L. Rodrigues, M. Walpole. P. ten Brink, M. Kettunen, L. Braat & R. de Groot. 2008. The Economics of Biodiversity and Ecosystems: Scoping the Science. Cambridge, UK: European Commission (contract: ENV/070307/2007/486089/ETU/B2). Open Access
  • Bruner, A., R. Naidoo & A. Balmford, 2008. Review of the Costs of Conservation and Priorities for Action Cambridge , UK : European Commission (contract: ENV/070307/2007/486089/ETU/B2). Open Access
  • Fisher, B., K. Turner, R. Brouwer, R. Costanza, R. de Groot, S. Farber, P. Ferraro, R. Green, D. Hadley, J. Harlow, P. Jefferiss, C. Kirkby, P. Morling, S. Mowatt, R. Naidoo, J. Paavola, B. Strassburg, D. Yu, M. Zylstra & A. Balmford. 2008. Ecosystem services and economic theory: integration for policy-relevant research. Ecological Applications 18: 2050-2067.
  • Kapos, V., Balmford, A., Aveling, R., Bubb, P., Carey, P., Entwistle, A., Hopkins, J., Mulliken, T., Safford, R., Stattersfield, A. et al. 2008. Calibrating conservation: new tools for measuring success. Conservation Letters 1, 155-164.
  • Knight, A.T., R.M. Cowling, M. Rouget, A. Balmford, A.T. Lombard & B.M. Campbell. 2008. ‘Knowing’ but not ‘doing’: Selecting priority conservation areas and the research-implementation gap. Conserv. Biol . 22, 610-617.
  • Naidoo, R., Balmford, A., Costanza, R., Fisher, B., Green, R. E., Lehner, B., Malcolm, T. R. and Ricketts, T. H. 2008. Global mapping of ecosystem services and conservation priorities. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A 105, 9495-500.
  • Amis, M. A., Rouget, M., Balmford, A., Thuiller, W., Kleynhans, C. J., Day, J. and Nel, J. 2007. An assessment of the ecological integrity of freshwater ecosystems using land use surrogates. Water SA 33, 215-221.
  • Balmford, A., Leader-Williams, N., Mace, G., Manica, A., Walter, O., West, C. and Zimmermann, A. 2007. Message received? Quantifying the impact of informal conservation education on adults visiting UK zoos. In Zoos in the 21st Century: Catalysts for Conservation?, eds. A. Zimmermann M. Hatchwell L. Dickie and C. West), 120-136. Cambridge , UK: Cambridge University Press.
  • Burgess, N. D., Balmford, A., Cordeiro, N. J., Fjeldså, J., Küper, W., Rahbek, C., Sanderson, E. W., Scharlemann, J. P. W., Sommer, H. and Williams, P. H. 2007. Correlations among species distributions, human density and human infrastructure across high biodiversity tropical mountains of Africa. Biol Cons 134, 164-177.
  • Forest, F., Grenyer, R., Rouget, M., Davies, T. J., Cowling, R. M., Faith, D. P., Balmford, A., Manning, J. C., Proches, S., van der Brink, M. et al. 2007. Preserving the evolutionary potential of floras in biodiversity hotspots. Nature 445, 757-760.
  • Leader-Williams, N., Balmford, A., Linkie, M., Mace, G. M., Smith, R. J., Stevenson, M., Walter, O., West, C. D. and Zimmerman, A. 2007. Beyond the ark: conservation biologists’ views of the achievements of zoos in conservation. In Zoos in the 21st Century: Catalysts for Conservation? , eds. A. Zimmermann M. Hatchwell L. Dickie and C. West), pp. 236-254. Cambridge , UK: Cambridge University Press.
  • Mace, G., Balmford, A., Leader-Williams, N., Manica, A., Walter, O., West, C. and Zimmermann, A. 2007. Measuring conservation success: assessing zoos’ contribution. In Zoos in the 21st Century: Catalysts for Conservation?, eds. A. Zimmermann M. Hatchwell L. Dickie and C. West), pp. 322-342. Cambridge , UK: Cambridge University Press.
  • Naidoo, R., Balmford, A., Ferraro, P., Polasky, S., Ricketts, T. and Rouget, M. 2007. The merit of economic and biological measures in conservation planning. Trends Ecol Evol 22, 287-288.
  • Phalan, B., Rodrigues, A. S. L., Balmford, A., Green, R. E. and Ewers, R. M. 2007. Comment on "Resource-conserving agriculture increases yields in developing countries. Environ Sci Technol 41, 1054-1055 author reply 1056-1057.
  • Scales, H., Balmford, A. and Manica, A. 2007. Impacts of the Live Reef Fish Trade on populations of coral reef fish off Northern Borneo. Proc R Soc Lond [Biol]. 274, 989-994.
  • Scales, H., A. Balmford & A. Manica. 2007. Monitoring the live reef fish trade: lessons learned from global perspectives . SPC Live Reef Fish Information Bulletin 17: 36-42.
  • Smith, R. J., Muir, R. D. J., Walpole, M. J., Balmford, A. and Leader-Williams, N. 2007. Revisiting the links between governance and biodiversity loss. Conserv. Biol. 21, 899-900.
  • Balmford, B., J. Balmford, A. Balmford, S. Blakeman, A. Manica & R. M. Cowling. 2006. Diurnal versus nocturnal pollination of Brunsvigia gregaria R.A. Dyer (Amaryllidaceae) at a coastal site. S. Afr. J. Botany 72: 291-294.
  • Balmford, A. & R.M. Cowling. 2006. Fusion or failure? The future of conservation biology. Conserv. Biol.20: 692-695.
  • Danielsen, N., N.D. Burgess, A. Balmford, P.F. Donald, M. Funder, J.P.G. Jones, J. Fjeldså, H.T. Andrianandrasana, C.D. Becker, L. Bennun, J.S. Brashares, S. Christiansen, S. Eguino, M. Enghoff, M. Gray, H. Hübertz, I. Oetting, M.K. Poulsen, J. van Rijsoort, G. Stuart-Hill, E. Topp-Jørgensen, W. R. Townsend, A. J. Uychiaoco, T. Whitten & D. Yonten. 2006. Monitoring matters: evaluating locally-based biodiversity monitoring in developing countries. Oryx.40: 14-15.
  • Naidoo, R., A. Balmford, P. Ferraro, S. Polasky, T. Ricketts & M. Rouget. 2006. Integrating economic costs into conservation planning. Trends Ecol. Evol. 21: 681-687.
  • Rouget, M., R.M. Cowling, J. Vlok, M. Thompson & A. Balmford. 2006.
    Getting the Biodiversity Intactness Index right: the importance of data quality. Global Change Biology 12: 2032-2036.
  • Scales, H., A. Balmford, Y. Sadovy & A. Manica. 2006. Keeping bandits at bay? Science 313: 612-613.
  • Tushabe, H., J. Kalema, A. Byaruhanga, J. Asasira, P. Ssegawa, A. Balmford, T. Davenport, J. Fjeldså, I. Friis, D. Pain, D. Pomeroy, P. William & C. Williams. 2006. How important are Important Bird Areas? A nationwide assessment of the biodiversity value of Uganda’s IBA network. Conserv. Biol. 20: 85-99.
  • Whitten, T. & A. Balmford. 2006. Who should pay for tropical forest conservation, and how could the costs be met? Pages 317-336 in: Emerging Threats to Tropical Forests (eds C. Peres, W. Laurance), University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
  • Balmford, A., L. Bennun, B. ten Brink, D. Cooper, I.M., P. Crane, A. Dobson, N. Dudley, I. Dutton, R.E. Green, R. Gregory, J. Harrison, E.T. Kennedy, C. Kremen, N. Leader-Williams, T. Lovejoy, G. Mace, R. May, P. Mayaux, J. Phillips, K. Redford, T.H. Ricketts, J.P. Rodriguez, M. Sanjayan, P. Schei, A. van Jaarsveld, & B. A. Walther. 2005. Science and the Convention on Biological Diversity?s 2010 target. Science 307: 212-213.
  • Balmford, A. & W. Bond. 2005. Trends in the state of nature and implications for human well-being. Ecology Letters. 8: 1218-1234.
  • Balmford, A., R. Green & J.P.W. Scharlemann. 2005. Sparing land for nature: exploring the potential impact of changes in agricultural yield on the area needed for crop production. Global Change Biology. 11: 1594-1605.
  • Danielsen, F., N. D. Burgess & A. Balmford. 2005. Monitoring matters: examining the potential of locally-based approaches. Biodiv. Conserv. 14:2507-2542
  • Pain, D., L. Fishpool, A. Byaruhanga, J. Arinaitwe & A. Balmford. 2005. Biodiversity representation in Uganda?s forest IBAs. Biol. Conserv. 125: 133-138.
  • Balmford, A., P. Crane, A.P. Dobson, R.E. Green & G.M. Mace. 2005. The 2010 challenge: data availability, information needs, and extraterrestrial insights. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. 360: 221-228.
  • Dobson, A.P., A. Balmford, P.R. Crane, R. E. Green & G.M. Mace. 2005. Establishing indicators for biodiversity. Response. Science 308: 792.
  • Green, R.E., A. Balmford, P.R. Crane, G.M. Mace, J.D. Reynolds & R.K. Turner. 2005. A framework for improved monitoring of biodiversity: Responses to the World Summit on Sustainable Development. Conserv. Biol.19: 56-65.
  • Green, R.E., S. Cornell, J.P.W. Scharlemann & A. Balmford. 2005. Farming and the fate of wild nature. Science 307: 550-555.
  • Green, R.E., S. J. Cornell, J.P.W. Scharlemann & A. Balmford. 2005. The future of farming and conservation. Response. Science 308: 1257-1258.
  • Jones, J.P.G., F.B. Andriahajaina, N. J. Hockley, A. Balmford, & O.R. Ravoahangimalala. 2005. Freshwater crayfish harvesting in Madagascar: a multidisciplinary approach to assessing sustainability. Conserv. Biol. 19: 1863-1871.
  • Levy, M., S. Babu, K. Hamilton, V. Rhoe, A. Catenazzi, M. Chen, W.V. Reid, D. Sengupta, C. Ximing, A. Balmford, W. Bond. 2005. Ecosystem conditions and human well-being. Pages 123-142 in: Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Current State and Trends, vol. 1 (eds R. Hassan, R. Scholes, N. Ash). Island press, Washington DC.
  • Mace, G., H. Masundire, J. Baillie, T. Ricketts, T. Brooks, M. Hoffmann, S. Stuart, A. Balmford, A. Purvis, B. Reyers. J. Wang, C. Revenga, E. Kennedy, S. Naeem, R. Alkemade, T. Allnutt, M. Bakarr, W. Bond, J. Chanson, N. Cox, G. Fonseca, C. Hilton-Taylor, C. Loucks, A. Rodrigues, W. Sechrest, A. Stattersfield, B.J. van Rensburg, C. Whiteman, R. Abell, G. Ceballos, Z. Cokeliss, J. Lamoreux, H.M. Pereira, J. Th?nell, P. Williams & C. Veron. 2005. Biodiversity. In Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005. Current State and Trends: Findings of the Condition and Trends Working Group. Ecosystems and Human Well-being, vol.1., Island Press, Washington DC.
  • Scharlemann, J.P.W., A. Balmford & R.E. Green. 2005. The level of threat to restricted-range bird species can be predicted from mapped data on land use and human population density. Biol. Conserv. 123: 317-326.
  • Balmford, A., A. Manica, L. Airey, L. Birkin, A. Oliver & J. Schleicher. 2004. Climate change, Hollywood and public opinion. Science 305: 1713.
  • Balmford, A., P. Gravestock, N. Hockley, C.J. McClean & C.M. Roberts. 2004. The worldwide costs of marine conservation. PNAS 101: 9694-9697.
  • Brashares, J.S., P. Arcese, M.K. Sam, P. B. Coppolillo, A. R. E. Sinclair & A. Balmford. 2004. Bushmeat hunting, wildlife declines, and fish supply in West Africa. Science 306: 1180-1183.
  • Bruner, A.G., R.E. Gullison & A. Balmford. 2004. Financial needs for comprehensive, functional protected area systems in developing countries. BioScience 54: 1119-1126.
  • Moore, J., A. Balmford, T. Allnutt & N. Burgess. 2004. Integrating costs into conservation planning across Africa. Biol. Conserv. 117: 343-350.
  • Green, R.E., A. Balmford & M. Jenkins. 2004. Response to Waller and Rooney: nature is changing in more ways than one. Trends Ecol. Evol. 19: 7.
  • Burgess, N., T. Ricketts, A. Balmford & R. Wild. 2004. The 5th World Parks Congress, Durban. Oryx. 38: 1-2.
  • Madden, J. R. & A. Balmford. 2004. Spotted bowerbirds do not prefer rare or costly bower decorations. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 55: 589-595.
  • Scharlemann, J.P.W., Green, R.E., & Balmford, A. 2004. Land-use trends in Endemic Bird Areas: global expansion of agriculture in areas of high conservation value. Global Change Biology
  • Scharlemann, J.P.W., Green, R.E., & Balmford, A. 2004. Agricultural land has expanded six-fold since 1700 and Endemic Bird Areas have suffered disproportionately. In State of the world's birds 2004: indicators for our changing world (ed BirdLife International), pp. 32. BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.
  • Scharlemann, J.P.W., Green, R.E., & Balmford, A. 2004. Agricultural expansion is a major threat to birds, and appears to be increasing in importance. In State of the world's birds 2004: indicators for our changing world (ed BirdLife International), pp. 33. BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.
  • Scharlemann, J.P.W., Green, R.E., & Balmford, A. 2004. More species are threatened in the developing world than in the developed world. In State of the world's birds 2004: indicators for our changing world (ed BirdLife International), pp. 50. BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.
  • Scharlemann, J.P.W., Green, R.E., & Balmford, A. 2004. Security or sustainability first? The fate of Endemic Bird Areas depends on the choices we make. In State of the world's birds 2004: indicators for our changing world (ed BirdLife International), pp. 72-73. BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.
  • Moore, J.L., M. Folkmann, A. Balmford, T. Brooks, N. Burgess, L. Hansen, C. Rahbek, P. Williams & J. Krarup. 2003. Heuristic and optimal solutions for set-covering problems in conservation biology. Ecography 26: 595-601.
  • Balmford, A. 2003. Conservation planning in the real world: South Africa shows the way. Trends Ecol. Evol. 18: 435-438.
  • Smith, R.J., R.D.J. Muir, M.J. Walpole, A. Balmford & N. Leader-Williams. 2003. Governance and the loss of bidiversity. i 426: 67-70.
  • Garnett, S.T., G.M. Crowley & A. Balmford. 2003. Costs of conservation of Australian threatened birds. BioScience 53: 658-665.
  • Balmford, A. & T. Whitten. 2003. Who should pay for tropical conservation, and how could the costs be met? Oryx 37: 238-250.
  • Balmford, A., R.E. Green & M. Jenkins. 2003. Measuring the changing state of nature. Trends Ecol. Evol. 18: 326-330.
  • Crane, P., A. Balmford, J. Beddington, B. Finlay, K. Gaston, R. Green, P. Harvey, S. Knapp, J. Lawton, G. Mace, A. Magurran, R. May, E. Lughadha, P. Raven, J. Reynolds, K. Turner, R. Heap, R. Quinn & R. Banes. 2003. Measuring Biodiversity for Conservation. Royal Society, London.
  • Williams, P.H., J.L. Moore, T.M. Brooks, H. Stran, J. D?Amico, J. Oglethorpe, M. Wisz, N.D. Burgess, A. Balmford & C. Rahbek. 2003. Integrating biodiversity priorities with conflicting socioeconomic values for regional conservation planning. Biodivers. Conserv. 12: 1297-1320.
  • Balmford, A., K. J. Gaston, S. Blyth, A. James & V. Kapos. 2003. Global variation in terrestrial conservation costs, conservation benefits, and unmet conservation needs. PNAS 100: 1046-1050.
  • Moore, J.L., A. Balmford, T. Brooks, N. Burgess, L.A. Hansen, C. Rahbek & P.H. Williams. 2003. The performance of sub-Saharan African vertebrates as indicator groups for conservation priority setting. Conserv. Biol. 17: 207-218.
  • Balmford, A., A. Bruner, P. Cooper, R. Costanza, S. Farber, R. E. Green, M. Jenkins, P. Jefferiss, V. Jessamy, J. Madden, K. Munro, N. Myers, S. Naeem, J. Paavola, M. Rayment, S. Rosendo, J. Roughgarden, K. Trumper & R. K. Turner. 2002. Why conserving wild nature makes economic sense. Science 297: 950-953.
  • Moore, J.L., L. Manne, T. Brooks, N.D. Burgess, R. Davies, L.A. Hansen, C. Rahbek, P. Williams & A. Balmford. 2002. The distribution of cultural and biological diversity in Africa. Proc. R. Soc. Lond., B. 269: 1645-1653.
  • Burgess, N.D., C. Rahbek, F.W. Larsen, P. Williams & A. Balmford. 2002. How much of the vertebrate diversity of sub-Saharan Africa is catered for by recent conservation proposals? Biol. Conserv. 107: 327-339.
  • Johnson, C.N., S. Delean & A. Balmford. 2002. Phylogeny and the selectivity of extinction in Australian marsupials. Anim. Conserv. 5: 135-142.
  • Balmford, A., L. Clegg, T. Coulson & J. Taylor. 2002. Why conservationists should heed Pokémon. Science 295: 2367.
  • Balmford, A. 2002. Selecting sites for protection. Pages 74-104 in Conserving Bird Biodiversity. General Principles and their Application (eds K. Norris, D. Pain), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
  • Pimm, S.L., M. Ayres, A. Balmford, G. Branch, K. Brandon, T. Brooks, R. Bustamante, R. Costanza, R. Cowling, L.M. Curran, A. Dobson, S. Farber, G. Fonseca, C. Gascon, Roger Kitching, J. McNeely, T. Lovejoy, R. Mittermeier, N. Myers, J.A. Patz, B. Raffle, D. Rapport, P. Raven, C. Roberts, J. P. Rodríguez, A. Rylands, C. Tucker, C. Samper, M.L.J. Stiassny, C. Safina, J. Supriatna, D. Wall & D. Wilcove. 2001. Can we defy nature's end? Science 293: 2207-2208.
  • Amos, W. & A. Balmford. 2001. When does conservation genetics matter? Heredity 87: 257-265.
  • Moore, J., A. Balmford, T. Brooks, N. Burgess, M. Folkmann, L. A. Hansen, J. Krarup, J. C. Lovett, S. Tokumine, P. Williams, F.I. Woodward & C. Rahbek. 2001. Complementarity analyses reveal extent of conservation conflict in Africa. Science Online, available at http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/eletters/293/5535/1591.
  • Brooks, T.M., A. Balmford, N. Burgess, J. Fjeldså, L. A. Hansen, J. Moore, C. Rahbek & P. Williams. 2001. Toward a blueprint for conservation in Africa. BioScience 51: 613-624.
  • Balmford, A., J.L. Moore, T. Brooks, N. Burgess, L.A. Hansen, J.C. Lovett, S. Tokumine, P.H. Williams & C. Rahbek. 2001. People and biodiversity in Africa. Science 293: 1591-1592.
  • Balmford, A., J.L. Moore, T. Brooks, N. Burgess, L.A. Hansen, P.H. Williams & C. Rahbek. 2001. Conservation conflicts across Africa. Science 291: 2616-2619.
  • James, A.N., K.J. Gaston & A. Balmford. 2001. Can we afford to conserve biodiversity? BioScience 51: 43-52.
  • Brooks, T., A. Balmford, N. Burgess, L.A. Hansen, J. Moore, C. Rahbek, P. Williams, L. Bennun, A. Byaruhanga, P. Kasoma, P. Njoroge, D. Pomeroy & M. Wondafrash. 2001. Conservation priorities for birds and biodiversity: do East African Important Bird Areas represent species diversity in other terrestrial vertebrate groups? Ostrich S15: 3-12.
  • Mace, G.M., A. Balmford, L. Boitani, G. Cowlishaw, A.P. Dobson, D.P. Faith, K.J. Gaston, C.J. Humphries, R. I. Vane-Wright, P.H. Williams, J.H. Lawton, C. R. Margules, R.M. May, A.O. Nicholls, H.P. Possingham, C. Rahbek, & A.S. van Jaarsveld. 2000. It's time to work together and stop duplicating conservation efforts... Nature 405: 393.
  • da Fonseca, G.A.B., A. Balmford, C. Bibby, L. Boitani, F. Corsi, T. Brooks, C. Gascon, S. Olivieri, R.A. Mittermeier, N. Burgess, E. Dinerstein, D. Olson, L. Hannah, J. Lovett, D. Moyer, C. Rahbek, S. Stuart & P. Williams. 2000. ...following Africa's lead in setting priorities. Nature 405: 393-394.
  • James, A.N., K.J. Gaston & A. Balmford. 2000. Why private institutions alone will not do enough to protect biodiversity. Nature 404: 120.
  • Balmford, A. 2000. Separating fact from artefact in analyses of zoo visitor preferences. Conserv. Biol. 14: 1193-1195.
  • Balmford, A., M.J. Lewis, M. de L. Brooke, A.L.R. Thomas & C.N. Johnson. 2000. Experimental analyses of sexual and natural selection on short tails in a polygynous warbler. Proc. R. Soc. Lond., B. 267: 1121-1128.
  • Balmford, A., K.J. Gaston, A.S.L. Rodrigues & A. James. 2000. Integrating costs of conservation into international priority setting. Conserv. Biol. 14: 597-605.
  • Jones, T.M., A. Balmford & R.J. Quinnell. 2000. Adaptive female choice for middle-aged mates in a lekking sandfly. Proc. R. Soc. Lond., B. 267: 681-686.
  • Balmford, A., A.J.E. Lyon & R.M. Lang. 2000. Testing the higher-taxon approach to conservation planning in a megadiverse group: the macrofungi. Biol. Conserv. 93: 209-217.
  • Balmford, A. 2000. Priorities for captive breeding - which mammals should board the ark ? Pages 291-307 in Priorities for the conservation of mammalian diversity. Has the panda had its day? (eds A. Entwistle & N. Dunstone), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
  • Mace, G. & A. Balmford. 2000. Patterns and processes in contemporary mammalian extinction. Pages 27-52 in Priorities for the conservation of mammalian diversity. Has the panda had its day? (eds A. Entwistle & N. Dunstone), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
  • James, A.N., K.J. Gaston & A. Balmford. 1999. Balancing the Earth's accounts. Nature. 401: 323-324.
  • Balmford, A. & K.J. Gaston. 1999. Why biodiversity surveys are good value. Nature 398: 204-205. Brooks, T., J. Tobias & A. Balmford. 1999. Deforestation and bird extinctions in the Atlantic forest. Anim. Conserv. 2: 211-222.
  • Balmford, A. 1999. (Less and less) great expectations. Oryx 33: 87-88.
  • Balmford, A., G.M. Mace & J.R. Ginsberg. 1998. The challenges to conservation in a changing world: putting processes on the map. Pages 1-28 in Conservation in a changing world (eds G.M. Mace, A. Balmford & J.R. Ginsberg), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
  • Mace, G.M., A. Balmford & J.R. Ginsberg (eds). 1998. Conservation in a changing world, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
  • Lwanga, J.S., A. Balmford & R. Badaza. 1998. Assessing fern diversity: relative species richness and its environmental correlates in Uganda. Biodiv. Conserv. 7: 1387-1398.
  • Howard, P.C., P. Viskanic, T.R.B. Davenport, F.W. Kigenyi, M. Baltzer, C.J. Dickinson, J.S. Lwanga, R.A. Matthews & A. Balmford. 1998. Complementarity and the use of indicators for reserve selection in Uganda. Nature 394: 472-475.
  • Jones, T.M., R.J. Quinnell and A. Balmford. 1998. Fisherian flies: the benefits of female choice in a lekking sandfly. Proc. R. Soc. Lond., B. 265: 1651-1657.
  • Balmford, A. 1998. On hotspots and the use of indicators for reserve selection. Trends Ecol. Evol. 13: 409.
  • Balmford, A., G.M. Mace & N. Leader-Williams. 1997. Priority-setting for ex situ conservation. Conserv. Biol. 11: 593-594.
  • Brooks, T. & A. Balmford. 1996. Atlantic forest extinctions. Nature 380: 115.
  • Balmford, A., A.H.M. Jayasuriya & M.J.B. Green. 1996. Using higher-taxon richness as a surrogate for species richness: II. Local applications. Proc. R. Soc. Lond., B. 263: 1571-1575.
  • Balmford, A., M.J.B. Green & M.G. Murray. 1996. Using higher-taxon richness as a surrogate for species richness: I. Regional tests. Proc. R. Soc. Lond., B. 263: 1267-1274.
  • Balmford, A., G.M. Mace & N. Leader-Williams. 1996. Redesigning the ark: setting priorities for captive breeding. Conserv. Biol. 10: 719-727.
  • Balmford, A. 1996. Extinction filters and current resilience: the significance of past selection pressures for conservation biology. Trends Ecol. Evol. 11: 193-196.
  • Thomas, A.L.R. & A. Balmford. 1995. How natural selection shapes birds' tails. Am. Nat. 146: 848-868.
  • Balmford, A. & A. Long. 1995. Across-country analyses of biodiversity congruence and current conservation effort in the tropics. Conserv. Biol. 9: 1539-1547.
  • Balmford, A., N. Leader-Williams & M.J.B. Green. 1995. Parks or arks: where to conserve threatened mammals? Biodiv. Conserv. 4: 595-607.
  • Balmford, A. & A. Long. 1994. Avian endemism and forest loss. Nature 372: 623-624.
  • Balmford, A., I.L. Jones & A.L.R. Thomas. 1994. How to compensate for costly sexually-selected tails: the origin of sexually dimorphic wings in long-tailed birds. Evolution 48: 1062-1070.
  • Balmford, A., A.L.R. Thomas & I.L. Jones. 1993. Aerodynamics and the evolution of long tails in birds. Nature 361: 628-630.
  • Balmford, A., I.L. Jones & A.L.R. Thomas. 1993. On avian asymmetry: evidence of natural selection for symmetrical wings and tails in birds. Proc. R. Soc. Lond., B. 252: 245-251.
  • Balmford, A., J.C. Deutsch, R. Nefdt & T. Clutton-Brock. 1993. Testing hotspot models of lek evolution: data from three species of ungulates. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 33: 57-65.
  • Balmford, A., L. Bartos, P. Brotherton, H. Herrman, J. Lancingerova, J. Mika & U. Zeeb. 1993. When to stop lekking: density-related variation in the rutting behaviour of sika deer. J. Zool., Lond. 231: 652-656.
  • Balmford, A. & A. Thomas. 1992. Swallowing ornamental asymmetry. Nature 359: 487.
  • Balmford, A., N. Leader-Williams & M.J.B. Green. 1992. Protected areas of Afrotropical forest: history, status and prospects. Pages 69-80 in Tropical Rain Forests - an Atlas for Conservation. Vol. II - Africa (eds M. Collins, J.A. Sayer), MacMillan, London.
  • Georgiadis, N. & A. Balmford. 1992. The calculus of conserving biodiversity. Trends Ecol. Evol. 7: 321-322.
  • Balmford, A., A. Rosser & S.D. Albon. 1992. Correlates of female choice in resource-defending antelope. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 31: 107-114.
  • Balmford, A. & M. Turyaho. 1992. Predation risk and lek-breeding in Uganda kob. Anim. Behav. 44: 117-127.
  • Balmford, A., S.D. Albon & S. Blakeman. 1992. Correlates of male mating success and female choice in a lek-breeding antelope. Behav. Ecol. 3: 112-123.
  • Balmford, A. 1992. Social dispersion and lekking in Uganda kob. I 120: 177-191.
  • Evans, M.I. & A. Balmford. 1992. Birds in the Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda. Scopus 16: 34-49.
  • Balmford, A. & A.F. Read. 1991. Testing alternative models of sexual selection through female choice. Trends Ecol. Evol. 6: 274-276.
  • Balmford, A. 1991. Mate choice on leks. Trends Ecol. Evol. 6: 87-92.
  • Balmford, A. & S. Blakeman. 1991. Horn and body size of topi in relation to a variable mating system. Afr. J. Ecol. 29: 37-42.
  • Balmford, A.P. 1990. Lekking in Uganda kob. Ph.D. thesis, University of Cambridge.
  • Quinnell, R. & A. Balmford. 1988. A future for Palawan's forests ? Oryx 22: 30-36.
  • Pemberton, J.M. & A.P. Balmford. 1987. Lekking in fallow deer. J. Zool., Lond. 213: 762-765.
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