Research
I am Chief Scientist at BirdLife International, where I have worked since 2002.
I lead BirdLife’s global Science Division, which develops BirdLife’s global scientific datasets, research and priority-setting that underpins the Conservation Programmes implemented by the BirdLife Partnership of nearly 120 national biodiversity conservation organisations around the world, and that provides a sound scientific basis for BirdLife’s policy, advocacy and communication work.
This includes identifying which bird species worldwide are closest to extinction - by regularly assessing all 11,000 bird species for the IUCN Red List (in our role as Red List Authority for birds for IUCN). It also includes supporting BirdLife Partners to identify some of the most important sites for biodiversity: Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas, which are part of a wider network of Key Biodiversity Areas.
We also undertake a wide range of collaborative research to understand better the state of the world’ birds and the sites and habitats they depend upon, the threats to them, and the conservation solutions required. In addition, we undertake research on how can data from birds be used to track global environmental trends, and on quantifying the impact of conservation efforts.
Publications
Langhammer, P. F., Bull, J. W., Bicknell, J. E., Brown, M. H., Bruford, M. W., Butchart, S. H. M., Carr, J. A., Church, D., Cooney, R., Cutajar, S., Foden, W., Foster, M. N., Gascon, C., Geldmann, J., Genovesi, P., Hoffmann, M., Howard-Mccombe, J., Lewis, T., Macfarlane, N. B. W, Melvin, Z. E., Merizalde, R. G., Morehouse, M. G., Pagad, S., Polidoro, B., Sechrest, W., Segelbacher, G., Smith, K., Steadman, J., Strongin, K., Williams, J., Woodley, S. and Brooks, T. M. (2024) The positive impact of conservation action. Science 384: 453-458. DOI: 10.1126/science.adj6598.
McGowan, P. J. K., Hutchinson, A., Brooks, T. M., Elliott, W., Hoffmann, M., McDougall, A., Raimondo, D., Butchart, S. H. M. (in press) Understanding the species elements in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. BioScience.
Butchart, S. H. M., Akçakaya, H. R., Berryman, A. J., Brooks, T. M., Burfield, I. J., Chanson, J., Dias, M. P., Donaldson, J. S., Hermes, C., Hilton-Taylor, C., Hoffmann, M., Luedtke, J. A., Martin, R., McDougall, A., Neam, K., Polidoro, B., Raimondo, D., Rodrigues, A. S. L., Rondinini, C., Rutherford, C., Scott, T., Simkins, A. T., Stuart, S. N. and Vine, J. (2024) Measuring trends in extinction risk: a review of two decades of development and application of the Red List Index. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2023-0206.
Allan, J. R., Possingham, H. P., Atkinson, S. C., Waldron, A., Di Marco, M., Butchart, S. H. M., Adams, V. M., Kissling, W. D., Worsdell, T., Sandbrook, C., Gibbon, G., Kundar, K., Mehta, P., Maron, M., Williams, B. A., Jones, K. R., Wintle, B. A., Reside, A. and Watson, J. E. M. (2022) The minimum land area requiring conservation attention to safeguard biodiversity. Science 376: 1094-1101.
Mair, L., Bennun, L. A., Brooks, T. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Bolam, F. C., Burgess, N. D., Ekstrom, J. M. M., Milner-Gulland, E. J., Hoffmann, M., Ma, K., Macfarlane, N. B. W., Raimondo, D. C., Rodrigues, A. S. L., Shen, X., Strassburg, B. N. B., Beatty, C. R., Iribarrem, A., Irmadhiany, M., Lacerda, E., Mattos, B. C., Parakkasi, K., Tognelli, M. F., Bennett, E. L., Bryan, C., Carbone, G., Chaudhary, A., Eiselin, M., da Fonseca, G. A. B., Galt, R., Geschke, A., Glew, L., Goedicke, R., Green, J. M. H., Gregory, R. G., Hill, S. L. L., Hole, D. G., Hughes, J., Hutton, J., Keijzer, M. P. W., Navarro, L. M., Nic Lughadha, E., Plumptre, A. J., Puydarrieux, P., Possingham, H. P., Rankovic, A., Regan, E. C., Rondinini, C., Schneck, J. D., Siikamäki, J., Sendashonga, C., Seutin, G., Sinclair, S., Skowno, A. L., Soto-Navarro, C. A., Stuart, S. N., Temple, H. J., Vallier, A., Verones, F., Viana, L. R., Watson, J., Bezeng, S., Böhm, M., Burfield, I. J., Clausnitzer, V., Clubbe, C., Cox, N. A., Freyhof, J., Gerber, L. R., Hilton-Taylor, C., Jenkins, R., Joolia, A., Joppa, L. N., Koh, L. P., Lacher, Jr., T. E., Langhammer, P. F., Long, B., Mallon, D., Pacifici, M., Polidoro, B. A., Pollock, C. M., Rivers, M. C., Roach, N. S., Rodríguez, J. P., Smart, J., Young, B. E., Hawkins, F. and McGowan, P. J. K. (2021) Measuring spatially-explicit contributions to science-based species targets. Nature Ecol. Evol. doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01432-0.
Bradbury, R. B., Butchart, S. H. M., Fisher, B., Hughes, F. M. R., Ingwall-King, L., MacDonald, M. A., Merriman, J. C., Pellier, A.-C., Thomas, D. H. L., Trevelyan, R. and Balmford, A. (2021) The economic consequences of conserving or restoring sites for nature. Nature Sustainability 4: 602–608.
Leclère, D., Obersteiner, M., Barrett, M., Butchart, S. H. M., Chaudhary, A., De Palma, A., DeClerck, F. A. J., Di Marco, M., Doelman, J. C., Durauer, M., Freeman, R., Harfoot, M., Hasegawa, T., Hellweg, S., Hilbers, J. P., Hill, S. L. L., Humpenöder, F., Jennings, N., Krisztin, T., Mace, G. M., Ohashi, H., Popp, A., Purvis, A., Schipper, A. M., Tabeau, A., Valin, H., van Meijl, H., van Zeist, W. J., Visconti, P., Alkemade, R. , Almond, R., Bunting, G., Burgess, N. D., Cornell, S.E., Di Fulvio, F., Ferrier, S., Fritz, S., Fujimori , S., Grooten, M., Harwood, T., Havlík, P., Herrero, M., Hoskins, A. J., Kram, T., Lotze-Campen, H., Matsui, T., Meyer, C., Nel, D., Newbold, T., Schmidt-Traub, G., Stehfest, E., Strassburg, B., van Vuuren, D. P., Ware, C., Watson, J. E. M., Wu, W. and Young, L. (2020) A bold and integrated strategy is needed to bend the curve of terrestrial biodiversity loss. Nature. doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2705-y.
Strassburg, B. B. N., Iribarrem, A., Beyer, H., Cordeiro, C. L., Crouzeilles, R., Jakovac, C., Junqueira, A., Lacerda, E., Latawiec, A., Balmford, A., Brooks, T., Butchart, S. H. M., Chazdon, R. L., Erb, K.-H., Brancalion, P., Buchanan, G., Cooper, D., Diaz, S., Donald, P. F., Kapos, V., Leclere, D., Miles, L., Obersteiner, M., Plutzar, C., Scaramuzza, C. A., Scarano, F. and Visconti, P. (2020) Global priority areas for ecosystem restoration. Nature 586: 724–729.
Hanson, J. O., Rhodes, J. R., Butchart, S. H. M., Buchanan, G. M., Rondinini, C., Ficetola, G. F. and Fuller, R. A. (2020) Global conservation of species’ niches. Nature 580: 232–234.
Bolam, F. C., Mair, L., Angelico, M., Brooks, T. M., Burgman, M., Hermes, C., Hoffmann, M., Martin, R. W., McGowan, P. J. K., Rodrigues, A. S. L., Rondinini, C., Wheatley, H., Bedolla-Guzmán, Y., Calzada, J., Child, M. F., Cranswick, P. A., Dickman, C. R., Fessl, B., Fisher, D. O., Garnett, S. T., Groombridge, J. J., Johnson, C. N., Kennerley, R. J., King, S. R. B., Lamoreux, J. F., Lees, A. C., Lens, L., Mahood, S. P., Mallon, D. P., Meijaard, E., Méndez-Sánchez, F., Percequillo, A. R., Regan, T. J., Renjifo, L. M., Rivers. M. C., Roach, N. S., Roxburgh, L., Safford, R. J., Salaman, P., Squires, T., Vázquez-Domínguez, E., Visconti, P., Westrip, J. R. S., Woinarski, J. C. Z., Young, R. P. and Butchart, S. H. M. (2020) How many bird and mammal extinctions has recent conservation action prevented? Conserv. Letters. 14: e12762.
Díaz, D., Settele, J., Brondízio, E. S., Ngo, H. T., Agard, J., Arneth, A., Balvanera, P., Brauman, K. A., Butchart, S. H. M., Chan, K. M. A, Garibaldi, L. A., Ichii, K., Liu, J., Subramanian, S. M., Midgley, G. F., Miloslavich, P., Molnár, Z., Obura, D., Pfaff, A., Polasky, S., Purvis, A., Razzaque, J., Reyers, B., Chowdhury, R. R., Shin, Y.-J., Visseren-Hamakers, I., Willis, K. and Zayas, C. N. (2019) Pervasive human-driven decline of life on Earth points to the need for profound change. Science 366: eaax3100.
Visconti, P., Butchart, S. H. M., Brooks, T. M., Langhammer, P. F., Marnewick, D., Vergara, S., Yanosky, A. and Watson, J. E. M. (2019) Protected area targets post-2020. Science. 364: 239-241.
Holmes, N. D., Spatz, D. R., Oppel, S., Tershy, B., Croll, D. A., Keitt, B. Genovesi, P. Burfield, I. J., Will, D. J., Bond, A., Wegmann, A., Aguirre-Muñoz, A., Raine, A. F., Knapp, C. R., Hung, C.-H., Wingate, D., Hagen, E., Méndez-Sánchez, F., Rocamora, G., Yuan, H.-W., Fric, J., Millett, J., Russell, J., Liske-Clark, J., Vidal, E., Jourdan, H., Campbell, K., Springer, K., Swinnerton, K., Gibbons-Decherong, L., Langrand, O., Brooke, M. de L., McMinn, M., Bunbury, N., Oliveira, N., Sposimo, P., Geraldes, P., McClelland, P., Hodum, P., Ryan, P. G., Borroto-Páez, R., Pierce, R., Griffiths, R., Fisher, R. N., Wanless, R., Pasachnik, S., Cranwell, S., Micol, T. and Butchart, S. H. M. (2019) Globally important islands where eradicating invasive mammals will benefit highly threatened vertebrates. PLoS ONE 14: e0212128.
Butchart, S. H. M., Miloslavich, P., Reyers, B., Subramanian, S. M., Adams, C., Bennett, E., Czúcz, B., Galetto, L., Galvin, K., Reyes-García, V., Gerber, L. R., Gode, T. B., Jetz, W., Kosamu, I. B. M., Palomo, M. G., Panahi, M., Selig, E. R., Singh, G. S., Tarkhnishvili, D., Xu, H., Lynch, A. J., Mwampamba, T. H., and Samakov. A. (2019) Assessing progress towards meeting major international objectives related to nature and nature’s contributions to people. Chapter 3 In Brondízio, E. S., Díaz, D. and Settele, J., eds, Global Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Germany: Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.
Butchart, S. H. M., Clements, A. and Gibbons, D. W. (2019) Conservation: high impact, low funds. Nature 566: 182.
Butchart, S. H. M, Lowe, S., Martin, R. M., Symes, A., Westrip, J. R. S. and Wheatley, H. (2018) Which bird species have gone extinct? A novel quantitative classification approach. Biol. Conserv. 227: 9–18.
Betts, M. G., Wolf, C., Ripple, W. J., Phalan, B., Millers, K. A., Duarte, A., Butchart, S. H. M. and Levi, T. (2017) Global forest loss disproportionately erodes biodiversity in intact landscapes. Nature 547: 441-444.
Pacifici, M., Visconti, P., Cassola, F. M., Watson, J. E. M., Butchart, S. H. M. and Rondinini, C. (2017) Species’ traits influenced their response to recent climate change. Nature Climate Change 7: 205–208.
Juffe-Bignoli, D., Brooks, T. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Kingston, N., Jenkins, R. B., Boe, K., Hoffmann, M., Angulo, A., Bachman, S., Böhm, M., Brummitt, N., Carpenter, K. E., Comer, P. J., Cox, N., Cuttelod, A., Darwall, W. R. T., Di Marco, M., Fishpool, L. D. C., Goettsch, B., Heath, M., Hilton-Taylor, C., Hutton, J., Johnson, T., Joolia, A., Keith, D. A., Langhammer, P. F., Luedtke, J., Nic Lughadha, E., Lutz, M., May, I., Miller, R. M., Oliveira-Miranda, M. A., Parr, M., Pollock, C. M., Ralph, G., Rodríguez, J. P., Rondinini, C., Smart, J., Stuart, S., Symes, A., Tordoff, A. W., Woodley, S., Young, B. and Kingston, N. (2016) Assessing the cost of global biodiversity and conservation knowledge. PLoS ONE 11(8): e0160640.
Stephens, P. A., Mason, L. R., Green, R. E., Gregory, R. D., Sauer, J. R., Alison, J., Aunins, A., Brotons, L. Butchart, S. H. M., Campedelli, T., Chodkiewic, T., Chylarecki, P., Crowe, O., Elts, J., Escandell, V., Foppen, R. P. B., Heldbjerg, H., Herrando, S., Husby, M., Jiguet, F., Lehikoinen, A., Lindström, A., Noble, D. G., Paquet, J.-Y., Reif, J., Sattler, T., Szép, T., Teufelbauer, N., Trautmann, S., van Strien, A. J., van Turnhout, C. A. M., Vorisek, P. and Willis, S. G. (2016) Consistent biodiversity response to climate change on two continents. Science 352: 84-87.
Jones, H. P., Holmes, N. D., Butchart, S. H. M., Tershy, B. R., Kappes, P. J., Corkery, I., Aguirre-Muñoz, A., Armstrong, D. P., Bonnaud, E., Burbidge, A. A., Campbell, K., Courchamp, F., Cowan, P., Cuthbert, R. J., Ebbert, S., Genovesi, P., Keitt, B. S., Kress, S. W., Miskelly, C. M., Oppel, S., Poncet, S., Rauzon, M. J., Rocamora, G., Russell, J. C., Samaniego-Herrera, A., Seddon, P. J., Spatz, D. R., Towns, D. R. and Croll, D. A. (2016) Invasive mammal eradication on islands results in substantial conservation gains. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci USA. 113: 4033–4038.
Tracewski, L., Butchart, S. H. M., Di Marco, M., Ficetola, G. F., Rondinini, C., Symes, A., Wheatley, H., Beresford, A. E. and Buchanan, G. M. (2016) Impact of 21st century deforestation on the extinction risk of terrestrial vertebrates. Conserv. Biol. 30: 1070–1079.
Runge, C. A., Watson, J. E. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Hanson, J. O., Possingham, H. P. and Fuller, R. A. (2015) Protected area coverage and migratory birds. Science 350: 1255-1258.
Pacifici, M. Foden, W. B., Visconti, P., Butchart, S. H. M., Kovacs, K. M., Hole, D. G., Corlett, R. T., Akçakaya, H. R., Bickford, D., Carr, J. A., Huntley, B., Martin, T. G., Pearson, R. G., Williams, S. E., Willis, S. G., Young, B., Watson, J. E. M. and Rondinini, C. (2015) Assessing species vulnerability to climate change: a review of alternative metrics and approaches. Nature Climate Change.5: 215-225.
Butchart, S. H. M., Clarke, M., Smith, B., Sykes, R., Scharlemann, J. P. W., Harfoot, M., Buchanan, G., Angulo, A., Balmford, A., Bertzky, B., Brooks, T. M., Carpenter, K. E., Comeros, M., Cornell, J., Ficetola, G. F., Fishpool, L. D. C., Harwell, H., Hilton-Taylor, C., Hoffmann, M., Joolia, A., Joppa, L., Kingston, N., May, I., Milam, A., Polidoro, B., Ralph, G., Richman, N., Rondinini, C., Skolnik, B., Spalding, M., Stuart, S. N., Symes, A., Taylor, J., Visconti, P. Watson, J. E. M. and Burgess, N. D. (2015) Shortfalls and solutions for meeting national and global protected area targets. Conserv. Lett. 8: 329–337.
Tittensor, D. P., Walpole, M., Hill, S. L. L., Boyce, D. G., Britten, G. L., Burgess, N. D., Butchart, S. H. M., Leadley, P. W., Regan, E. C., Alkamade, R., Baumung, R., Bellard, C., Bouwman, L., Bowles-Newark, N. J., Chenery, A. M., Cheung, W. W. L., Christensen, V., Cooper, H. D., Crowther, A. R., Dixon, M. J. R., Galli, A., Gaveau, V., Gregory, R. D., Gutierrez, N. L., Hirsch, T., Hoft, R., Januchowski-Hartley, S. R., Karmann, M., Krug, C. B., Leverington, F. J., Loh, J., Lojenga, R. K., Malsch, K., Marques, A., Morgan, D. H. W., Newbold, T., Noonan-Mooney, K., Pagad, S. N., Parks, B. C., Pereira, H. M., Robertson, T., Rondinini, C., Santini, L., Schindler, S., Sumaila, U. R., The, L. S. L., van Kolck, J., Visconti, V. and Ye, Y. (2014) A mid-term analysis of progress towards international biodiversity targets. Science 346: 241-244.
Venter, O., Fuller, R. A., Segan, D. B., Carwardine, J., Brooks, T., Butchart, S. H. M., Di Marco, M., Iwamura, T., Joseph, L., Possingham, H. P., Smith, R., Venter, M., Watson, J. E. M. (2014) Targeting global protected area expansion for imperilled biodiversity. PLoS Biol. 12(6): e1001891.
Peh, K, Balmford, A., Bradbury, R. B., Brown, C., Butchart, S. H. M., Hughes, F., Stattersfield, A. J., Thomas, D. H. L., Walpole, M., Bayliss, J., Gowing, D., Jones, J. P. G., Lewis, S. L., Mulligan, M., Pandeya, B., Stratford, C., Thompson, J. R., Turner, K., Vira, B., Willcock, S. and Birch, J. C. (2013) TESSA: a toolkit for rapid assessment of ecosystem services at sites of biodiversity conservation. Ecosystem Services 5: 51–57.
Foden, W., Butchart, S. H. M., Stuart, S. N., Vié, J.-C., Akçakaya, H. R., Angulo, A., DeVantier, L. M., Gutsche, A., Turak, E., Cao, L., Donner, S. D., Katariya, V., Bernard, R., Holland, R. A., Hughes, A. F., O’Hanlon, S. E., Garnett, S. T., Şekercioğlu, C. H. and Mace, G. M. (2013) Identifying the world's most climate change vulnerable species: a systematic trait-based assessment of birds, amphibians and corals. PLoS ONE (6): e65427.
McCarthy, D., Donald, P. F., Scharleman, J. P. W., Buchanan, G. M., Balmford, A. P., Green, J. M. H., Bennun, L. A., Burgess, N., Fishpool, L. D. C., Garnett, S. T., Leonard, D. L., Maloney, R. F., Morling, P., Schaeffer, H. M., Symes, A., Wiedenfeld, D. A. and Butchart, S. H. M. (2012) Financial costs of meeting global biodiversity conservation targets: current spending and unmet needs. Science 338: 946-949.
Szabo, J. K., Khwaja, N., Garnett, S. T. and Butchart, S. H. M. (2012) Global patterns and drivers of avian extinctions at the species and subspecies level. PLoS ONE e47080.
Butchart, S. H. M., Scharlemann, J. P. W., Evans, M., Quader, S. Arinaitwe, J., Bennun, L. A., Besançon, C., Boucher, T., Bomhard, B., Brooks, T. M., Burfield, I. J., Burgess, N. D., Clay, R. P., Crosby, M. J., Davidson, N. C. De Silva, N., Devenish, C., Dutson, G. C. L., Díaz Fernández, D. F., Fishpool, L. D. C., Foster, M., Hockings, M., Hoffmann, M., Knox, D., Larsen, F., Lamoreux, J. F., Loucks, C., May, I., Millett, J. Parr, M., Skolnik, B., Upgren, A. & Woodley, S. (2012) Protecting important sites for biodiversity contributes to meeting global conservation targets. PLoS ONE 7(3): e32529.
Croxall, J. P, Butchart, S. H. M., Lascelles, B., Stattersfield, A.J., Sullivan, B., Symes, A. and Taylor, P. (2012) Seabird conservation status, threats and priority actions: a global assessment. Bird Conserv. Int. 22: 1-34.
Hoffmann, M., Hilton-Taylor, C., Angulo, A., Böhm, M., Brooks, T. M., Butchart, S. H. M. and 174 other authors (2010) The impact and shortfall of conservation on the status of the world’s vertebrates. Science 330: 1503-1509.
Butchart, S. H. M., Walpole, M., Collen, B., van Strien, A., Scharlemann, J. P. W., Almond, R. E. E., Baillie, J. E. M., Bomhard, B., Brown, C., Bruno, J., Carpenter, K. E., Carr, G. M., Chanson, J., Chenery, A. M., Csirke, J., Davidson, N. C., Dentener, F., Foster, M., Galli, A., Galloway, J. N., Genovesi, P., Gregory, R. D., Hockings, M., Kapos, V., Lamarque, J.-F., Leverington, F., Loh, J., McGeoch, M. A., McRae, L., Minasyan, A., Morcillo, M. H., Oldfield, T. E. E., Pauly, D., Quader, S., Revenga, C., Sauer, J. R., Skolnik, B., Spear, D., Stanwell-Smith, D., Stuart, S. N., Symes, A., Tierney, M., Tyrrell, T. D., Vié, J. C. and Watson, R. (2010) Global biodiversity: indicators of recent declines. Science 328: 1164-1168.
Salafsky, N., Salzer, D., Stattersfield, A. J., Hilton-Taylor, C., Neugarten, R., Butchart, S. H. M., Collen, B., Cox, N., Master, L. L., O’Connor, S. and Wilkie, D. (2008) A standard lexicon for biodiversity conservation: unified classifications of threats and actions. Conserv. Biol. 22: 897-911.
Butchart, S. H. M., Akçakaya, H. R., Chanson, J., Baillie, J. E. M., Collen, B., Quader, S., Turner, W. R., Amin, R., Stuart, S. N., Hilton-Taylor, C. and Mace, G. M. (2007) Improvements to the Red List Index. PLoS ONE 2: e140.
Butchart, S. H. M., Stattersfield, A. J. and Collar, N. J. (2006) How many bird extinctions have we prevented? Oryx 40: 266–278.
Ricketts, T. H., Dinerstein, E., Boucher, T., Brooks, T. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Hoffmann, M. Lamoreux, J. F., Morrison, J., Parr, M., Pilgrim, J. D., Rodrigues, A. S. L., Sechrest, W., Wallace, G. E., Berlin, K. Bielby, J., Burgess, N. D., Church, D. R., Cox, N., Knox, D., Loucks, C., Luck, G. W., Master, L. L., Moore, R., Naidoo, R., Ridgely, R., Schatz, G. E., Shire, G., Strand, H., Wettengel, W. and Wikramanayake, W. (2005) Pinpointing and preventing imminent extinctions. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA. 102: 18497–18501.
Butchart, S. H. M., Stattersfield, A. J., Baillie, J. E. M., Bennun, L. A., Stuart, S. N., Akçakaya, H. R., Hilton-Taylor, C. and Mace, G. M. (2004) Measuring global trends in the status of biodiversity: Red List Indices for birds. PLoS. Biol. 2: 2294–2304.
2024
Berryman, A. J., Butchart, S. H. M., Jackson, M. V., Legge, S. M., Olah, G., Thomase, J., Woinarski, J. C. Z. and Garnett, S. T. (2024) Trends and patterns in the extinction risk of Australia’s birds over three decades. Emu. 124: 55-67.
Burgess, N. D., Hughes, J., Ali, N., Arnell, A., Brooks, S., Butchart, S. H. M., Hill, S., Kingston, N., van Soesbergen, A., Rodrigues, A., Baquero, A. C., Cierna, A., Ross, A., Despot Belmonte, K., Meng, H., McOwen, C., Vukelic, M., Bhola, N., Durán, A. P., Green, J., Molotoks, A., West, C., Seager, A., Swindell, L., Weatherdon, L. V., Ravilious, C., Hargey, A., Miles, L., Sihvonen, L., Harris, M., Correa, R., Hawkins, F., Brooks, T. M., Eyres, A., Jones, M. (in press) Global metrics for terrestrial biodiversity. Ann. Rev. Environ. Res
Butchart, S. H. M., Akçakaya, H. R., Berryman, A. J., Brooks, T. M., Burfield, I. J., Chanson, J., Dias, M. P., Donaldson, J. S., Hermes, C., Hilton-Taylor, C., Hoffmann, M., Luedtke, J. A., Martin, R., McDougall, A., Neam, K., Polidoro, B., Raimondo, D., Rodrigues, A. S. L., Rondinini, C., Rutherford, C., Scott, T., Simkins, A. T., Stuart, S. N. and Vine, J. (2024) Measuring trends in extinction risk: a review of two decades of development and application of the Red List Index. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2023-0206.
Donald, P. F., Fernando, E., Brown, L., Busana, M., Butchart, S. H. M., Chng, S., de la Colina, A., Ferreira, J. M., Jain, A., Jones, V. R., Lapido, R., Malsch, K., McDougall, A., Muccio, C., Nguyen, D., Outhwaite, W., Petrovan, S. O., Sutherland, W. J., Stafford, C., Tallowin, O. and Safford, R. (in press) Assessing the global prevalence of wild birds in trade. Conserv. Biol. bioRxiv: 2023.08.09.552606.
Henry, E., Santini, L., Butchart, S. H. M., González-Suárez, M., Lucas, P. B., Benítez-López, A. Mancini, G., Jung, M., Cardoso, P., Zizka, A., Meyer, C. Akcakaya, H. R., Berryman, A. J., Cazalis, V. and Di Marco, M. (2024) Modelling the probability of meeting IUCN Red List criteria to support reassessments. Global Change Biol. 30: e17119.
Langhammer, P. F., Bull, J. W., Bicknell, J. E., Brown, M. H., Bruford, M. W., Butchart, S. H. M., Carr, J. A., Church, D., Cooney, R., Cutajar, S., Foden, W., Foster, M. N., Gascon, C., Geldmann, J., Genovesi, P., Hoffmann, M., Howard-Mccombe, J., Lewis, T., Macfarlane, N. B. W, Melvin, Z. E., Merizalde, R. G., Morehouse, M. G., Pagad, S., Polidoro, B., Sechrest, W., Segelbacher, G., Smith, K., Steadman, J., Strongin, K., Williams, J., Woodley, S. and Brooks, T. M. (2024) The positive impact of conservation action. Science 384: 453-458. DOI: 10.1126/science.adj6598.
McGowan, P. J. K., Hutchinson, A., Brooks, T. M., Elliott, W., Hoffmann, M., McDougall, A., Raimondo, D., Butchart, S. H. M. (in press) Understanding the species elements in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. BioScience.
Plumptre, A. J., Brooks, T. M., Buchanan, G., Butchart, S. H. M., Bowser, A., Boyd, A., Carneiro, A. P. B., Davies, T., Elliot, W., Foster, M., Langhammer, P. F., Marnewick, D., Matiku, P., McCreless, E., Raudsepp-Hearne, C., Tordoff, A. W., Azpiroz, A. B., Trisurat, Y, and Upgren, A. (2024) Targeting site conservation to increase the effectiveness of new global biodiversity targets. One Earth 7: 11-17.
Serratosa, J., Oppel, S., Rotics, S, Santangeli, A., Butchart, S. H. M., Cano-Alonso, L. S., Tellería, J. L., Kemp, R., Nicholas, A., Kalvāns, A., Galarza, A., Franco, A. M. A., Andreotti, A., Kirschel, A. N. G., Ngari, A., Soutullo, A., Bermejo-Bermejo, A., Botha, A. J., Ferri, A., Evangelidis, A. and Jones, V. R. (2024) Tracking data highlight the importance of human-induced mortality for large migratory birds at a flyway scale. Biol. Conserv. 293: 110525.
Soriano-Redondo, A., Correia. R., Barve, V., Brooks, T., Butchart, S. H. M., Hirsch, T., Jarić, I., Kulkarni, R., Ladle, R. J., Vaz, A. S. and Di Minin, E. (2024) Harnessing online digital data to fill gaps in biodiversity monitoring. PloS Biol. 22: e3002497.
Turner, J. A., Starkey, M., Dulvy, N. K., Hawkins, F., Mair, L., Serckx, A., Brooks, T., Polidoro, B. Butchart, S. H. M., Carpenter, K., Epps, M., Jabado, R. W., Macfarlane, N. and Bennun, L. (2024) Targeting ocean conservation outcomes through threat reduction. Ocean Sustainability. 3: 4.
2023
Berryman, A. J., Burfield, I. J, Martin, R. W. and Butchart, S. H. M. (2023) Knowledge gaps do not preclude extinction risk assessments: a response to Gula et al. (2023). Biol. Conserv. 287: 110306.
Cazalis, V., Santini, L., Lucas, P., Gonzalez, M., Hoffmann, M., Benítez-López, A., Pacifici, M., Schipper, A., Böhm, M., Zizka, A., Clausnitzer, V., Meyer, C., Jung, M., Butchart, S. H. M., Cardoso, P., Mancini, G., Akcakaya, R., Young, B., Patoine, G. and Di Marco, M. (2023) Prioritizing the reassessment of Data Deficient species in the Red List. Conserv. Biol. 2023: e14139.
Crowe, O., Beresford, A., Buchanan, G. M., Grantham, H., Simkins, A., T., Watson, J. E. M. and Butchart, S. H. M. (2023) A global assessment of patterns in forest integrity in Key Biodiversity Areas. Biol. Conserv. 286: 110293.
Plumptre, A. J., Butchart, S. H. M., von Staden, L., Smith, R. J., Matimele, H., Starnes, T., Brooks, T. M., Baisero, D., Costa, H. and Duarte, E. (2023) Key Biodiversity Areas are proving useful for spatial planning if the criteria are applied correctly. Perspectives Ecol. Conserv. 21: 263-264.
Simkins, A. T., Beresford, A., Buchanan, G., Crowe, O., Elliot, W., Izquierdo, P., Patterson, D. and Butchart, S. H. M. (2023) A global assessment of the prevalence of current and potential future infrastructure in Key Biodiversity Areas. Biol. Conserv. 281: 109953.
Simkins, A. T., Donald, P. F., Beresford, A. E., Butchart, S. H. M., Garnett, S. T. and Buchanan, G. M. (2023) Rates of tree cover loss in Key Biodiversity Areas within Indigenous Peoples’ Lands. Cons Biol. 2024: e14195.
Sutherland, W. J., Bennett, C., Brotherton, P. N. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Butterworth, H. M., Clarke, S. J., Esmail, N., Fleishman, E., Gaston, K. J., Herbert-Read, J. E., Hughes, A. C., James, J., Kaartokallio, H., Le Roux, X., Lickorish, F. A., Newport, S., Palardy, J. E., Pearce-Higgins, J. W., Peck, L. S., Pettorelli, N., Primack, R. B., Primack, W. E., Schloss, I. R., Spalding, M. D., ten Brink, D., Tew, E., Timoshyna, A., Tubbs, N., Watson, J. E. M., Wentworth, J., Wilson, J. D. and Thornton, A. (2023) A horizon scan of global biological conservation issues for 2024. Trends Ecol. Evol. 39: 89–100.
2022
Allan, J. R., Possingham, H. P., Atkinson, S. C., Waldron, A., Di Marco, M., Butchart, S. H. M., Adams, V. M., Kissling, W. D., Worsdell, T., Sandbrook, C., Gibbon, G., Kundar, K., Mehta, P., Maron, M., Williams, B. A., Jones, K. R., Wintle, B. A., Reside, A. and Watson, J. E. M. (2022) The minimum land area requiring conservation attention to safeguard biodiversity. Science 376: 1094-1101.
Bolam, F. C., Ahumada, J., Akçakaya, H. R., Brooks, T., Elliott, W., Hoban, S., Mair, L., Mallon, D., McGowan, P. J. K., Raimondo, D., Roe, D., Rodríguez, J. P., Seddon, M. B., Shen, X., Stuart, S. N., Watson, J. E. M and Butchart, S. H. M. (2022) Over half of threatened species require targeted recovery actions alongside threat mitigation to avert human-induced extinction. Front. Ecol. Environ. doi:10.1002/fee.2537.
Bowgen, K. M., Kettel, E. F., Butchart, S. H. M., Carr, J. A., Foden, W. B., Magin, G., Morecrofts, M. D., Smith, R. K., Stein, B. A., Sutherland, W. J., Thaxter, C. B. and Pearce-Higgins, J. W. (2022) Conservation interventions can benefit species impacted by climate change. Biol. Conserv. 269: 109525.
Breiner, F. T., Anand, M., Butchart, S. H. M., Flörke, M., Fluet-Chouinard, E., Guisan, A., Hilarides, L., Jones, V. R., Kalyakin, M., Lehner, B., van Leeuwen, M., Pearce-Higgins, J. W., Voltzit, O. and Nagy, S. (2022) Setting priorities for climate change adaptation of Critical Sites in the Africa‐Eurasian waterbird flyways. Global Change Biol. 8: 739–752.
Cazalis, V., Di Marco, M, Butchart, S. H. M., Akçakaya, H. R., González‐Suárez, M., Meyer, C., Clausnitzer, V., Böhm, M., Zizka, A., Cardoso, P., Schipper, A. M., Bachman, S. P., Young, B. E., Hoffmann, M., Benítez-López, A., Lucas, P. M., Pettorelli, N., Patoine, G., Pacifici, M., Jörger-Hickfang, T., Brooks, T. M., Rondinini, C., Hill, S. L. L., Visconti, P. and Santini, L. (2022) Bridging the research-implementation gap in IUCN Red List assessments. Trends Ecol. Evol. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2021.12.002.
Dahal, P. R., Lumbierres, M., Butchart, S. H. M., Donald, P. F. and Rondinini, C. (2022) A validation standard for Area of Habitat maps for terrestrial birds and mammals. Geoscientific Model Development 15: 5093–5105.
Dickson, I. Butchart, S. H. M., Catalano, A., Gibbons, D., Jones, J. P. G., Lee-Brooks, K., Oldfield, T., Noble, D., Roy, S., Semelin, J., Tinsley-Marshall, P., Trevelyan, R., Wauchope, H., Wicander, S. and Sutherland, W. J. (2022) Introducing a common taxonomy to support learning from failure in conservation. Conserv. Biol. 2022: e13967.
Guilherme, J. L., Jones, V. R., Catry, I., Beal, M., Dias, M. P., Oppel, S., Vickery, J. A., Hewson, C. M., Butchart, S. H. M. and Rodrigues, A. S. L. (2022) Connectivity between countries established by landbirds and raptors migrating along the African-Eurasian flyway. Conserv. Biol. 2022: e14002.
Lees, A. C., Haskell, L., Allinson, T., Bezeng, S. B., Burfield, I. J., Renjifo, L. M., Rosenberg, K. V., Viswanathan, A. and Butchart, S. H. M. (2022) State of the World's Birds. Annu. Rev. Environ. Resour. 47: 231-260.
Lumbierres, M., Dahal, P. R., Soria, C., Di Marco, M., Butchart, S. H. M., Donald, P. F. and Rondinini, C. (2022) Area of Habitat maps for the world’s terrestrial birds and mammals. Scientific Data 9: 749.
Parks, D., Al-Fulaij, N., Brook, C., Butchart, S. H. M., Buxton, R., Collomb, J. G., Cope, D., Cross, M., Dowell, S., Falkingham, B., Frick, W. F., Gray, E., Gibbs, D., Heard, N., Mastro, K., Meredith, H., Miller, F., Mickleburgh, S., Nuijten, R., Ockendon, N., Owen, N., Rodríguez, J. P., Roy, S., Tully, E., Van Merm, R. and Vié, J.-C. (2022) Funding evidence-based conservation. Conserv. Biol. 2022: e13991.
Robinson, O. J., Socolar, J. B., Stuber, E. F., Auer, T., Berryman, A. J., Boersch-Supan, P. H., Brightsmith, D. J., Burbridge, A. H., Butchart, S. H. M., Davis, C. L., Di Giacomo, A. S., Farnsworth, A., Fink, D., Hochachka, W. M., Howell, P. E., La Sorte, F. A., Lees, A. C., Martin, R., Martin, R. O., Masello, J. F., Miller, E. T., Moodly, Y., Musgrove, A., Noble, D., Ojeda, V., Quillfeldt, P., Royle, J. A., Ruiz-Gutierrez, V., Tella, J. L., Yorio, P., Youngflesh, C. and Johnston, A. (2022) Extreme uncertainty and unquantifiable bias do not inform population sizes: A Response to Callaghan et al. Proc Natl. Acad. Sci. 119 (10) e2113862119.
Strassburg, B. B. N., Iribarrem, A., Beyer, H. L., Cordeiro, C. L., Crouzeilles, R., Jakovac, C., Junqueira, A. B., Lacerda, E., Latawiec, A. E., Balmford, A., Brooks, T. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Chazdon, R. L., Erb, K.-H., Brancalion, P., Buchanan, G., Cooper, D., Diaz, S., Donald, P. F., Kapos, V., Leclere, D., Miles, L., Obersteiner, M., Plutzar, C., Scaramuzza, C. A., Scarano, F. R. and Visconti, P. (2022) Strassburg et al 2022 Reply to Risks of overstating the climate benefits of ecosystem restoration. Nature 609 E4-E6.
Strassburg, B. B. N., Iribarrem, A., Beyer, H. L., Cordeiro, C. L., Crouzeilles, R., Jakovac, C., Junqueira, A. B., Lacerda, E., Latawiec, A. E., Balmford, A., Brooks, T. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Chazdon, R. L., Erb, K.-H., Brancalion, P., Buchanan, G., Cooper, D., Diaz, S., Donald, P. F., Kapos, V., Leclere, D., Miles, L., Obersteiner, M., Plutzar, C., Scaramuzza, C. A., Scarano, F. R. and Visconti, P. (2022) Reply to: Restoration prioritization must be informed by marginalized people. Nature 607: E7–E9.
2021
Bradbury, R. B., Butchart, S. H. M., Fisher, B., Hughes, F. M. R., Ingwall-King, L., MacDonald, M. A., Merriman, J. C., Pellier, A.-C., Thomas, D. H. L., Trevelyan, R. and Balmford, A. (2021) The economic consequences of conserving or restoring sites for nature. Nature Sustainability 4: 602–608.
Butchart, S. H. M. (2021) The impact of Covid-19 on birds and ornithology: consequences for international bird conservation British Birds 114: 716–718.
Butchart, S. H. M., Foden, W., Hannah, L. and Watson, J. E. M. (2021) Challenges and opportunities for conserving Key Biodiversity Areas under climate change. Pp. 247-263 in Langhammer, P. F., Mittermeier, R. A., Plumptre, A. J., Waliczky, Z. and Sechrest, W., eds. Key Biodiversity Areas. Washington, D.C.: CEMEX.
Harfoot, M., Balmford, A., Burgess, N. D., Butchart, S. H. M., Dias, M., Hazin, C., Hilton-Taylor, C., Hoffmann, M., Isaac, N. J. B., Iversen, L. L., Johnston, A., Outhwaite, C. L., Visconti, P. and Geldmann, J. (2021) Using the IUCN Red List to map threats to terrestrial vertebrates at global scale. Nature Ecol. Evol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01542-9.
Huang, R., Medina, W., Brooks, T. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Fitzpatrick, J., Gebracht, J. A., Hermes, C., Iliff, M., Jenkins, C. N., Johnston, A., Lebbin, D. J., Li, B. V., Ocampo-Peñuela, N., Parr, M., Upgren, A., Wheatley, H., Wiedenfeld, D., Wood, C. and Pimm, S. L. (2021) Batch-produced, GIS-informed range maps for birds based on provenanced, crowd-sourced data inform conservation assessments. PLoS ONE 16(11): e0259299.
Jonas, H. D., Ahmadia, G. N., Bingham, H. C., Briggs, J. Butchart, S. H. M., Cariño, J., Chassot, O., Chaudhary, S., Darling, E., DeGemmis, A., Dudley, N., Fa, J., Fitzsimons, J., Garnett, S., Geldmann, J., Golden Kroner, R., Gurney, G. G., Harrington, A. R., Himes-Cornell, A., Hockings, M., Jonas, H. C., Jupiter, S., Lee, E., Lieberman, S., Mangubhai, S., Marnewick, D., Matallana-Tobón, C. L., Maxwell, S. L., Meliane, I., Nelson, F., Parrish, J., Ranaivoson, R., Rao, M., Santamaría, M., Waithaka, J., Painemilla, K. W., Venter, O., Visconti, P., Watson, J. E. M. and von Weizsaecker, C. (2021) Equitable and effective conservation across landscapes and seascapes: the conserved areas paradigm in practice. Parks 27: 71-84.
Lumbierres, M., Dahal, P. R., di Marco, M., Butchart, S. H. M., Donald, P. F., and Rondinini, C. (2021) A habitat class to land cover translation model for mapping Area of Habitat of terrestrial vertebrates. Conserv. Biol. 36: e13851.
Luther, D., Cooper, W. J., Wong, J., Walker, M., Farinelli, S., Visseren-Hamakers, I., Burfield, I., Simkins, A., , G., Brooks, T. M., Scott, J., Westrip, J. R. S., Lamoreux, J., Parr, M., de , N., Upgren, A. and Butchart, S. H. M. (2021) Conservation actions benefit some of the most threatened species: a 13-year assessment of the Alliance for Zero Extinction list of species. Conserv. Sci. Practice. 2021: e510.
Mair, L., Bennun, L. A., Brooks, T. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Bolam, F. C., Burgess, N. D., Ekstrom, J. M. M., Milner-Gulland, E. J., Hoffmann, M., Ma, K., Macfarlane, N. B. W., Raimondo, D. C., Rodrigues, A. S. L., Shen, X., Strassburg, B. N. B., Beatty, C. R., Iribarrem, A., Irmadhiany, M., Lacerda, E., Mattos, B. C., Parakkasi, K., Tognelli, M. F., Bennett, E. L., Bryan, C., Carbone, G., Chaudhary, A., Eiselin, M., da Fonseca, G. A. B., Galt, R., Geschke, A., Glew, L., Goedicke, R., Green, J. M. H., Gregory, R. G., Hill, S. L. L., Hole, D. G., Hughes, J., Hutton, J., Keijzer, M. P. W., Navarro, L. M., Nic Lughadha, E., Plumptre, A. J., Puydarrieux, P., Possingham, H. P., Rankovic, A., Regan, E. C., Rondinini, C., Schneck, J. D., Siikamäki, J., Sendashonga, C., Seutin, G., Sinclair, S., Skowno, A. L., Soto-Navarro, C. A., Stuart, S. N., Temple, H. J., Vallier, A., Verones, F., Viana, L. R., Watson, J., Bezeng, S., Böhm, M., Burfield, I. J., Clausnitzer, V., Clubbe, C., Cox, N. A., Freyhof, J., Gerber, L. R., Hilton-Taylor, C., Jenkins, R., Joolia, A., Joppa, L. N., Koh, L. P., Lacher, Jr., T. E., Langhammer, P. F., Long, B., Mallon, D., Pacifici, M., Polidoro, B. A., Pollock, C. M., Rivers, M. C., Roach, N. S., Rodríguez, J. P., Smart, J., Young, B. E., Hawkins, F. and McGowan, P. J. K. (2021) Measuring spatially-explicit contributions to science-based species targets. Nature Ecol. Evol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01432-0.
Moussy, C., Burfield, I. J., Stephenson, P. J., Newton, A. F., Butchart, S. H. M., Sutherland, W. J., Gregory, R. D., McRae, L., Bubb, P., Roesler, I., Ursino, C., Wu, Y., Retief, E. F., Udin, J. S., Urazaliyev, R., Sánchez-Clavijo, L. M., Lartey, E. and Donald, P. F. (2021) A quantitative global review of species population monitoring. Conserv. Biol. 36: e13721.
Nagy, S. Breiner, F., Anand, M., Butchart, S. H. M., Flörke, M., Fluet-Chouinard, E., Gillings, S., Guisan, A., Hilarides, L., Jones, V., Kalyakin, M., Lehner, B., Pearce-Higgins, J. P. W. and Voltzit, O. (2021) Climate change exposure of waterbird species in the African-Eurasian flyway. Bird Conserv. Internat. 1-26. doi:10.1017/S0959270921000150.
Spiliopoulou, K., Brooks, T, M., Butchart, S. H. M. and Plumptre, A. J. (2021) Implementing and monitoring global biodiversity targets and Sustainable Development Goals. Pp. 143-159 in Langhammer, P. F., Mittermeier, R. A., Plumptre, A. J., Waliczky, Z. and Sechrest, W., eds. Key Biodiversity Areas. Washington, D.C.: CEMEX.
Sutherland, W. J., Atkinson, P. W., Butchart, S. H. M., Capaja, M., Dicks, L. V., Fleishman, E., Gaston, K. J., Hails, R. S., Hughes, A. C., Le Anstey, B., Le Roux, X., Lickorish, F. A., Maggs, M., Noor, N., Oldfield, T. E. E., Palardy, J. E., Peck, L. S., Pettorelli, N., Pretty, J., Spalding, M. D., Tonneijck, F. H., Truelove, G., Watson, J. E., Wentworth, J., Wilson, J. D. and Thornton. A. (2021) A horizon scan of global biological conservation issues for 2022. Trends Ecol. Evol. 37: 95-104.
Titley, M. A., Butchart, S. H. M, Jones, V., Whittingham, M. J. and Willis, S. G. (2021) Global inequities and political borders challenge wildlife conservation under climate change. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 118 (7) e2011204118.
Tobias, J. A., Donald, P. F., Martin, R. W., Butchart, S. H. M and Collar, N. J. (2021) Performance of a points-based scoring system for assessing species limits in birds. Auk. 138: 1–14.
Voskamp, A., Butchart, S. H. M., Baker, D., Wilsey, C. and Willis, S. G. (2021) Site-based conservation of terrestrial bird species in the Caribbean, Central and South America under climate change. Frontiers Ecol. Evol. 9: 625432 doi: 10.3389/fevo.2021.625432.
2020
Bird, J., Martin, M., Akçakaya, H. R., Gilroy, J., Burfield, I. J., Garnett, S., Symes, A., Taylor, J., Sekercioglu, C. and Butchart, S. H. M. (2020) Generation lengths of the world’s birds and their implications for extinction risk. Conserv. Biol. 34: 1252–1261.
Bolam, F. C., Mair, L., Angelico, M., Brooks, T. M., Burgman, M., Hermes, C., Hoffmann, M., Martin, R. W., McGowan, P. J. K., Rodrigues, A. S. L., Rondinini, C., Wheatley, H., Bedolla-Guzmán, Y., Calzada, J., Child, M. F., Cranswick, P. A., Dickman, C. R., Fessl, B., Fisher, D. O., Garnett, S. T., Groombridge, J. J., Johnson, C. N., Kennerley, R. J., King, S. R. B., Lamoreux, J. F., Lees, A. C., Lens, L., Mahood, S. P., Mallon, D. P., Meijaard, E., Méndez-Sánchez, F., Percequillo, A. R., Regan, T. J., Renjifo, L. M., Rivers. M. C., Roach, N. S., Roxburgh, L., Safford, R. J., Salaman, P., Squires, T., Vázquez-Domínguez, E., Visconti, P., Westrip, J. R. S., Woinarski, J. C. Z., Young, R. P. and Butchart, S. H. M. (2020) How many bird and mammal extinctions has recent conservation action prevented? Conserv. Letters. 14: e12762.
Buchanan, G. M. Butchart, S. H. M., Chandler, G. and Gregory, R. (2020) Assessment of national-level progress towards elements of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets. Ecological Indicators. 116: 106497.
Butchart, S. H. M. (2020) The impact of Covid-19 on international bird conservation. British Birds 113: 731–732.
Cazalis, V., Princé, K., Mihoub, J.-B., Kelly, J., Butchart, S. H. M. and Rodrigues, A. S. L. (2020) Protected areas effectively conserve bird diversity in tropical forest hotspots by mitigating habitat loss and degradation. Nature Communications 11: 4461.
Díaz, D., Settele, J., Brondízio, E. S., Ngo, H. T., Agard, J., Arneth, A., Balvanera, P., Brauman, K. A., Butchart, S. H. M., Chan, K. M. A, Garibaldi, L. A., Ichii, K., Liu, J., Subramanian, S. M., Midgley, G. F., Miloslavich, P., Molnár, Z., Obura, D., Pfaff, A., Polasky, S., Purvis, A., Razzaque, J., Reyers, B., Chowdhury, R. R., Shin, Y.-J., Visseren-Hamakers, I., Willis, K. and Zayas, C. N. (2020) Investments' role in ecosystem degradation−Response. Science 368: 377.
Hannah, L., Roehrdanz, P. R., Marquet, P. A., Enquist, B. J., Midgley, G. Foden, W., Lovett, J. C., Corlett, R., Corcoran, D. Butchart, S. H. M., Boyle, B., Feng, X., Maitner, B., Fajardo, J., McGill, B. J., Merow, C., Morueta-Holmes, N., Newman, E. A., Park, D. S., Raes, N., and Svenning, J.-C. (2020) Meeting targets for climate change and 30% area-based conservation could cut tropical extinction risk in half. Ecography 43: 943–953.
Hanson, J. O., Rhodes, J. R., Butchart, S. H. M., Buchanan, G. M., Rondinini, C., Ficetola, G. F. and Fuller, R. A. (2020) Global conservation of species’ niches. Nature 580: 232–234.
Henriques, S., Böhm, M., Collen, B., Luedtke, J., Hoffmann, M., Hilton-Taylor, C., Cardoso, P., Butchart, S. H. M. and Freeman, R. (2020) Accelerating the monitoring of global biodiversity: revisiting the sampled approach to generating Red List Indices. Conserv. Letters 2020: e12703.
Howard, C., Stephens, P. A., Pearce-Higgins, J. W., Gregory, R. D., Butchart, S. H. M. and Willis, S. G. (2020). Disentangling the relative roles of climate and land cover change in driving the long-term population trends of European migratory birds. Diversity & Distributions 26: 1442–1455.
Jones, K. R., Klein, C., Grantham, H. S., Possingham, H. P., Halpern, B. S., Lafolley, D., Burgess, N. D., Butchart, S. H. M., Robinson, J. G. and Watson, J. E. M. (2020) Safeguarding Earth’s marine species requires conserving more than 26% of the ocean. One Earth 2: 188-196.
Jung, M., Dahal, P. R., Butchart, S. H. M., Donald, P., De Lamo, X., Lesiv, M., Kapos, V., Rondinini, C. and Visconti, P. (2020) A global map of species terrestrial habitat types. Scientific Data 7: 256.
Leclère, D., Obersteiner, M., Barrett, M., Butchart, S. H. M., Chaudhary, A., De Palma, A., DeClerck, F. A. J., Di Marco, M., Doelman, J. C., Durauer, M., Freeman, R., Harfoot, M., Hasegawa, T., Hellweg, S., Hilbers, J. P., Hill, S. L. L., Humpenöder, F., Jennings, N., Krisztin, T., Mace, G. M., Ohashi, H., Popp, A., Purvis, A., Schipper, A. M., Tabeau, A., Valin, H., van Meijl, H., van Zeist, W. J., Visconti, P., Alkemade, R. , Almond, R., Bunting, G., Burgess, N. D., Cornell, S.E., Di Fulvio, F., Ferrier, S., Fritz, S., Fujimori , S., Grooten, M., Harwood, T., Havlík, P., Herrero, M., Hoskins, A. J., Kram, T., Lotze-Campen, H., Matsui, T., Meyer, C., Nel, D., Newbold, T., Schmidt-Traub, G., Stehfest, E., Strassburg, B., van Vuuren, D. P., Ware, C., Watson, J. E. M., Wu, W. and Young, L. (2020) A bold and integrated strategy is needed to bend the curve of terrestrial biodiversity loss. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2705-y.
Pavón‐Jordán, D., Abdou, W., Azafzaf, H., Balaž, M., Bino, T., Borg, J. J., Bouras, E., Božič, L., Butchart, S. H. M., Clausen, P., Dagys, M., Dakki, M., Devos, K., Domsa, C., Encarnaçao, V., Faragó, S., Fox, A. D., Frost, T., Gaudard, C., Georgiev, V., Goratze, I., Hornman, M., Keller, V., Kostiushyn, V., Langendoen, T., Ławicki, L., Ieronymidou, C.,Lewis, L. J., Lorentsen, S.-H., Luigujoe, L., Meissner, W., Mikuska, T., Molina, B., Musil, P., Musilova, Z., Natykanets, V., Nilsson, L., Paquet, J.-Y., Portolou, D., Ridzon, J., Santangeli, A., Sayoud, S., Šćiban, M., Stipniece, A., Teufelbauer, N., Topić, G., Uzunova, D., Vizi, A., Wahl, J., Yavuz, K. E., Zenatello, M. and Lehikoinen, A. (2020) Positive impacts of legally protected Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas on wintering waterbirds under changing local temperatures throughout Europe and North Africa. Biol. Conserv. 246: 108549.
Renjifo, L. M., Amaya-Villarreal, A. M. and Butchart, S. H. M. (2020) Tracking extinction risk trends and patterns in a mega-diverse country: a Red List Index for birds in Colombia. PLoS ONE 15 (1): e0227381.
Strassburg, B. B. N., Iribarrem, A., Beyer, H., Cordeiro, C. L., Crouzeilles, R., Jakovac, C., Junqueira, A., Lacerda, E., Latawiec, A., Balmford, A., Brooks, T., Butchart, S. H. M., Chazdon, R. L., Erb, K.-H., Brancalion, P., Buchanan, G., Cooper, D., Diaz, S., Donald, P. F., Kapos, V., Leclere, D., Miles, L., Obersteiner, M., Plutzar, C., Scaramuzza, C. A., Scarano, F. and Visconti, P. (2020) Global priority areas for ecosystem restoration. Nature 586: 724–729.
Williams, B. A., Watson, J. E. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Ward, M., Butt, N., Bolam, F. C., Stuart, S. N., Brooks T. M., Mair, L., McGowan, P. J. K., Hilton-Taylor, C., Mallon, D., Harrison, I. and Simmonds, J. S. (2020) A robust goal is needed for species in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. Conserv. Letters 14: e12778. Wotton, S. R., Eaton, M., Sheehan, D., Barasa Munyekenye, F., Burfield, I. J., Butchart, S. H. M., Moleofi, K., Nalwanga-Wabwire, D., Ndang’ang’a, P. K., Pomeroy, D., Senyatso, K. J. and Gregory, R. D. (2020) Developing biodiversity indicators for African birds. Oryx 54: 62–73.
2019
Brochet, A.L., Jbour, S., Sheldon, R. D., Porter, R. F., Jones, V. R., Al Fazari, W., AL Saghier, O., Alkhuzai, S., Al-Obeidi, L. A., Angwin, R., Ararat, K., Judas, J., Pope, M., Shobrak, M., Y., Willson, M. S., Zadegan, S. S. and Butchart, S. H. M. (2019) Preliminary assessment of the scope and scale of illegal killing and taking of birds in the Arabian Peninsula, Iran and Iraq. Sandgrouse 154: 41-175.
Brooks, T. M., Pimm, S. L., Akçakaya, R., Buchanan, G. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Foden, W., Hilton-Taylor, C., Hoffmann, M., Jenkins, C. N., Joppa, L., Li, B. V., Menon, V., Ocampo-Peñuela, N. and Rondinini, C. (2019) Measuring Area of Habitat (AOH) and its utility for the IUCN Red List. Trends Ecol. Evol. 34: 977-986.
Butchart, S. H. M., Miloslavich, P., Reyers, B., Subramanian, S. M., Adams, C., Bennett, E., Czúcz, B., Galetto, L., Galvin, K., Reyes-García, V., Gerber, L. R., Gode, T. B., Jetz, W., Kosamu, I. B. M., Palomo, M. G., Panahi, M., Selig, E. R., Singh, G. S., Tarkhnishvili, D., Xu, H., Lynch, A. J., Mwampamba, T. H., and Samakov. A. (2019) Assessing progress towards meeting major international objectives related to nature and nature’s contributions to people. Chapter 3 In Brondízio, E. S., Díaz, D. and Settele, J., eds, Global Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Germany: Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.
Butchart, S. H. M., Clements, A. and Gibbons, D. W. (2019) Conservation: high impact, low funds. Nature 566: 182.
Di Minin, E., Brooks, T. M., Toivonen, T., Butchart, S. H. M., Heikinheimo, V., Watson, J. E. M., Balmford, A., Burgess, N., Challender, D., Goettch, B., Jenkins, R. and Moilanen, A. (2019) Identifying global centres of unsustainable commercial harvesting of species. Science Advances 5: eaau2879.
Díaz, D., Settele, J., Brondízio, E. S., Ngo, H. T., Agard, J., Arneth, A., Balvanera, P., Brauman, K. A., Butchart, S. H. M., Chan, K. M. A, Garibaldi, L. A., Ichii, K., Liu, J., Subramanian, S. M., Midgley, G. F., Miloslavich, P., Molnár, Z., Obura, D., Pfaff, A., Polasky, S., Purvis, A., Razzaque, J., Reyers, B., Chowdhury, R. R., Shin, Y.-J., Visseren-Hamakers, I., Willis, K. and Zayas, C. N. (2019) Pervasive human-driven decline of life on Earth points to the need for profound change. Science 366: eaax3100.
Donald, P. F., Buchanan, G. M., Balmford, A., Bingham, H., Couturier, A. R., dela Rosa, G. E., Gacheru, P., Herzog, S. K., Jathar, G., Kingston, N., Marnewick, D., Maurer, G., Reaney, L., Shmygaleva, T., Sklyarenko, S., Stevens, C. M. D., Butchart, S. H. M. (2019) The prevalence, characteristics and effectiveness of Aichi Target 11’s “other effective area-based conservation measures” (OECMs) in Key Biodiversity Areas. Conserv. Letters. DOI: 10.1111/conl.12659
Garnett S. T., Butchart, S. H. M., Baker, G. B,. Bayraktarov, E., Buchanan, K., Burbidge, A. A., Chauvenet, A. L. M., Christidis, L., Ehmke, G., Grace, M., Hoccom, D. G., Legge, S. M., Leiper, I., Lindenmayer, D. B., Loyn, R. H., Maron, M., McDonald, P., Menkhorst, P., Possingham, H. P., Radford, J., Reside, A., Watson, D. M., Watson, J. E. M., Wintle, B., Woinarski, J. C. Z. and Geyle, H. M. (2019) Metrics of progress in the understanding and management of threats, and their application to Australian birds. Conserv. Biol. 2: 456–468.
Green, E. J., Buchanan, G. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Chandler, G. M., Burgess, N. D., Hill, S. L. L. and Gregory, R. D. (2019) Relating characteristics of global biodiversity targets to reported progress Conserv. Biol. 33: 1360–1369.
Hausmann, A., Toivonen, T., Fink, C., Heikinheimo, V., Tenkanen, H., Butchart, S. H. M., Brooks, T. M. and Di Minin, E. (2019) Assessing global popularity and threats to Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas using social media data. Sci. Total Environ. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.268.
Hill, S., Arnell, A., Butchart, S. H. M., Hilton-Taylor, C., Ciciarelli, C., Davies, C., Dinerstein, E., Purvis, A. and Burgess, N. D. (2019) Measuring forest biodiversity status and changes globally. Frontiers Forests Global Change 2:70 doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2019.00070
Holmes, N. D., Spatz, D. R., Oppel, S., Tershy, B., Croll, D. A., Keitt, B. Genovesi, P. Burfield, I. J., Will, D. J., Bond, A., Wegmann, A., Aguirre-Muñoz, A., Raine, A. F., Knapp, C. R., Hung, C.-H., Wingate, D., Hagen, E., Méndez-Sánchez, F., Rocamora, G., Yuan, H.-W., Fric, J., Millett, J., Russell, J., Liske-Clark, J., Vidal, E., Jourdan, H., Campbell, K., Springer, K., Swinnerton, K., Gibbons-Decherong, L., Langrand, O., Brooke, M. de L., McMinn, M., Bunbury, N., Oliveira, N., Sposimo, P., Geraldes, P., McClelland, P., Hodum, P., Ryan, P. G., Borroto-Páez, R., Pierce, R., Griffiths, R., Fisher, R. N., Wanless, R., Pasachnik, S., Cranwell, S., Micol, T. and Butchart, S. H. M. (2019) Globally important islands where eradicating invasive mammals will benefit highly threatened vertebrates. PLoS ONE 14: e0212128.
Monroe, M. J., Butchart, S. H. M. and Bokma, F. (2019) The dynamics underlying avian extinction trajectories forecast a wave of extinctions. Biol. Lett. 15: 20190633.
Purvis, A., Butchart, S. H. M., Brondízio, E. S., Settele, J. and Díaz, S. (2019) No inflation of threatened species. Science. 365: 767.
Santini, L., Butchart, S. H. M., Rondinini, C., Benítez-López, A., Hilbers, J. P., Schipper, A., Cengic, M., Tobias, J. A. and Huijbregts, M. A. J. (2019) Applying habitat and population‐density models to land‐cover time series to inform IUCN red list assessments. Conserv. Biol. 33: 1084–1093.
Visconti, P., Butchart, S. H. M., Brooks, T. M., Langhammer, P. F., Marnewick, D., Vergara, S., Yanosky, A., Crowe, O. and Watson, J. E. M. (2019) A bold successor to Aichi Target 11. Science 365: 650-651.
Visconti, P., Butchart, S. H. M., Brooks, T. M., Langhammer, P. F., Marnewick, D., Vergara, S., Yanosky, A. and Watson, J. E. M. (2019) Protected area targets post-2020. Science. 364: 239-241.
2018
Brauneder, K., Montes, C., Blyth, S., Bennun, L. A., Butchart, S. H. MJ., Hoffmann, M., Burgess, N. D., Cuttelod, A., Jones, M. I., Kapos, V., Pilgrim, J., Tolley, M. J., Underwood, E. C., Weatherdon, L. V., and Brooks, S. E. (2018) Identifying Critical Habitat in the terrestrial realm. PLoS ONE. 13: e0193102.
Buchanan, G. M., Parks, B. C., Donald, P. F., O’Donnell, B. F., Runfola D., Swaddle, J. P., Tracewski, L. and Butchart, S. H. M. (2018) The local impacts of World Bank development projects near sites of conservation significance. J. Environ. Development. DOI: 10.1177/1070496518785943.
Butchart, S. H. M, Lowe, S., Martin, R. M., Symes, A., Westrip, J. R. S. and Wheatley, H. (2018) Which bird species have gone extinct? A novel quantitative classification approach. Biol. Conserv. 227: 9–18.
Donald, P. F., Fishpool, L. D. C., Ajagbe, A., Bennun, L. A., Bunting, G., Burfield, I. J., Butchart, S. H. M., Heath, Capellan, S., Crosby, M. J., Dias, M. P., Diaz, D., Evans, M. I., Grimmett, R., Heath, M., Jones, V., Lascelles, B. G., Merriman, J. C., O’Brien, M., Ramirez, I., Waliczky, Z. and Wege, D. C. (2018) Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs): the development and characteristics of a global inventory of key sites for biodiversity. Bird Conserv. Internat. 29:177–198.
Harfoot, M., Tittensor, D., Knight, S., Arnell, A., Blyth, S, Butchart, S. H. M., Jones, M., Kapos, V., Scharlemann, J. and Burgess, N. D. (2018) Present and emerging biodiversity risk from oil and gas exploitation. Conserv. Letts. 2018: e12448.
Howard, C., Stephens, P. J., Tobias, J. A., Sheard, C., Butchart, S. H. M. and Willis, S. G. (2018) Flight range, fuel load, and the impact of climate change on the journeys of migrant birds. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 285: 20172329.
Langhammer, P., Butchart, S. H. M. and Brooks, T. M. (2018) Key Biodiversity Areas. In: D. A. DellaSala and M. I. Goldstein (eds.) Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene 3: 341-345. Oxford: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809665-9.09829-3.
McClure, C. J. W., Westrip, J. R. S., Johnson, J. A., Schulwitz, S. E., Virani, M. Z., Davies, R., Symes, A., Wheatley, H., Thorstrom, R., Amar, A., Buij, R., Jones, V. R., Williams, N. P., Buechley, E. R. and Butchart, S. H. M. (2018) State of the world’s raptors: distributions, threats, and actions. Biol. Conserv. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320718305871
McGowan, P.J.K., Mair, L., Symes, A., Westripp, J., Wheatley, H. and Butchart, S.H.M. (2018) Tracking trends in the extinction risk of wild relatives of domesticated species to assess progress against global biodiversity targets. Conserv. Letters 2018: e12588.
Neugarten, R. A., Langhammer, P. F., Osipova, E., Bagstad, K. J., Bhagabati, N., Butchart, S. H. M., Dudley, N., Elliott, V., Gerber, L. R., Gutierrez Arrellano, C., Ivanic, C.-Z., Kettunen, M., Mandle, L., Merriman, J. C., Mulligan, M., Peh, K. S.-H., Raudsepp-Hearne, C., Semmens, D. J., Stolton, S. and Willcock, S. (2018) Tools for measuring, modelling, and valuing ecosystem services: guidance for Key Biodiversity Areas, natural World Heritage Sites, and protected areas. IUCN best Practice Protected Area Guidelines Series No. 28. Gland: IUCN. Available at https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/PAG-028-E...
Santangeli, A., Butchart, S. H. M., Pogson, M., Hastings, A., Smith, P. and Moilanen, A. (2018) Potential risks from on-land wind energy expansion to bats and soaring birds in their breeding and non-breeding distributions. Ornis Fennica. 95: 1–14.
Schulze, K., Knights, K., Coad, L., Geldmann, J., Leverington, F., Eassom, A., Marr, M., Butchart, S. H. M., Hockings, M., and Burgess, N. D. (2018) A global assessment of threats to the world’s terrestrial protected areas. Conserv. Letts. 2018: e12435.
Smith, R. J., Bennun, L., Brooks, T. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Cuttelod, A., Di Marco, M., Ferrier, S., Fishpool, L. D. C., Joppa, L., Juffe-Bignoli, D., Knight, A. T., Lamoreux, J. F., Langhammer, P., Possingham, H. P., Rondinini, C., Visconti, P., Watson, J. E. M., Woodley, S., Boitani, L., Burgess, N. D., De Silva, N., Dudley, N., Fivaz, F., Game, E. T., Groves, C., Lotter, M., McGowan, J., Plumptre, A. J., Rebelo, A. G., Rodriguez, J. P. and Scaramuzza, C. A. M. (2018) Synergies between the key biodiversity area and systematic conservation planning approaches. Conserv Letts. 2018: e12625.
Sutherland, W. J., Broad, S., Butchart, S. H. M., Clarke, S. J., Collins, A. M., Dicks, L. V., Doran, H., Esmail, N., Fleishman, E., Frost, N., Gaston, K. J., Gibbons, D. W., Hughes, A. C., Jiang, Z., Kelman, R., LeAnstey, B., Le Roux, X., Lickorish, F. A., Monk, K. A., Mortimer, D., Pearce-Higgins, J. W., Peck, L. S., Pettorelli, N., Pretty, J., Seymour, C. L., Spalding, M. D., Wentworth, J. and Ockendon, N. (2018) A horizon scan of emerging issues for global conservation in 2019. Trends Ecol. Evol. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2018.11.001
Waliczky, Z., Fishpool, L. D. C., Butchart, S. H. M., Thomas, D., Heath, M., Hazin, C., Donald, P. F., Kowalska, A., and Dias, Maria, A. P. (2018) Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs): the impact of IBAs on conservation policy, advocacy and action. Bird Conserv. Internat. 29:199–215.
2017
Akcakaya, H. R., Keith, D. A., Burgman, M., Butchart, S. H. M., Hoffmann, M., Regan, Helen, M., Harrison, I. and Boakes, E. (2017) Inferring Extinctions III: A cost-benefit framework for listing extinct species. Biol. Conserv. 214: 336-342.
Bagchi, R. Hole, D. G., Butchart, S. H. M., Collingham, Y. C., Fishpool, L. D. C., Plumptre, A. J., Owiunji, I., Mugabe, H. and Willis, S. G. (2017) Forecasting movement of endemic birds among important sites for biodiversity in the Albertine Rift under future climate change. Ecography 40: 001–012.
Betts, M. G., Wolf, C., Ripple, W. J., Phalan, B., Millers, K. A., Duarte, A., Butchart, S. H. M. and Levi, T. (2017) Global forest loss disproportionately erodes biodiversity in intact landscapes. Nature 547: 441-444.
Brochet, A.-L., Van den Bossche, W., Jones, V. R., Holmfridur, A., Damoc, D., Demko, M., Douglas, N., Driessens, G., FLensted, K., Gerber, M., Ghasabyan, M., Gradinarov, D., Hansen, J., Horvath, MJ., Lachman, L., Lehtiniem, T., Lorgé, P., Lötberg, U., Lusby, J., Ottens, G., Paquet, J.-Y., Rukhaia, A., Schmidt, M., Shimmings, P., Stipniek, A., Sultanov, E., Vermouzek, Z., Vintchevski, A., Volke, V., Willi, G. and Butchart, S. H. M. (2017) Illegal killing and taking of birds in Europe: assessing the scope and scale of a complex issue. Bird Conserv. Internat. 29: 10-40.
Burfield, I. J., Butchart, S. H. M. and Collar, N. J. (2017) Editorial commentary: BirdLife, conservation and taxonomy. Bird Conserv. International 27: 1-5.
Chown, S. L., Brooks, C. M., Terauds, A. Le Bohec, C., van Klaveren-Impagliazzo, C., Whittington, J. D., Butchart, S. H. M., Coetzee, B. W. T, Collen, B., Convey, P., Gaston, K. J., Gilbert, N., Gill, M., Höft, R., Johnston, S., Kennicutt II, M. C., Kriesell, H. J., Le Maho, Y., Lynch, H. J., Palomares, M., Puig-Marcó, R., Stoett, P., and McGeoch, M. A. (2017) Antarctica and the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity. PloS Biol. 15(3): e2001656.
Dickson, I. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Dauncey, V., Hughes, J., Jefferson, R., Merriman, J. C., Munroe, R., Pearce-Higgins, J. P., Stephenson, P. J., Sutherland, W. J., Thomas, D. H. L. and Trevelyan, R. (2017) PRISM – Toolkit for evaluating the outcomes and impacts of small/medium-sized conservation projects. Version 1. Available from www.conservationevaluation.org.
Hoffmann, M., Brooks, T. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Gregory, R. D. and McRae, L. (2017) Trends in biodiversity: vertebrates. In: D. A. DellaSala and M. I. Goldstein (eds.) Encyclopedia of the Anthropocine 3: 175-184. Oxford: Elsevier. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.09963-2.
Keith, D. A., Butchart, S. H. M., Regan, H. M., Collen, B., Harrison, I., Solow, A. R. and Burgman, M. A. (2017) Inferring extinctions I: A structured method using information on threats. Biol. Conserv. 214: 320-327.
Merriman, J. C., Gurung, H., Adhikari, S., Butchart, S. H. M., Khatri, T. P., Pandit, R. S., Ram, A. K., Thomas, D. H. L. and Thapa, I. (2017) The impact of Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve on wetland benefits to local communities. J. Wetland Ecol. Manage. 26: 491–507.
Novosolov, M., Rodda, G. H., North, A., Butchart, S. H. M. and Meiri, S. (2017) The species abundance-distribution relationship revisited. Global Ecol. Biogeog. 26: 1088-1097.
Olah, G., Theuerkauf, J., Legault, A., Gula, R., Stein, J., Butchart, S. H. M. and Heinsohn, R. (2017) Parrots of Oceania – a comparative study of extinction risk. Emu. 118: 94-112.
Pacifici, M., Visconti, P., Cassola, F. M., Watson, J. E. M., Butchart, S. H. M. and Rondinini, C. (2017) Species’ traits influenced their response to recent climate change. Nature Climate Change 7: 205–208.
Pfeifer, M., Lefebvre, V., Peres, C. A., Wearn, O. R., Marsh, C. J., Banks-Leite, C., Butchart, S. H. M., Arroyo-Rodríguez, V., Barlow, J., Cerezo, A., Cisneros, L., D’Cruze, N., Fariah, D., Hadley, A., Klingbeil, B. T., Kormann, U., Lens, L., Medina-Rangel, G. F., Morante-Filho, J. C., Olivier, P., Peters, S., Pidgeon, A., Ribeiro, D. B., Scherber, C., Schneider-Maunory, L., Struebig, M., Urbina-Cardona, N., Watling, J. I., Willig, M. R., Wood, E. M. and Ewers, R. M. (2017) Global creation of forest edges has a near-universal impact on forest vertebrates. Nature 551:187-191.
Spatz, D. R., Newton, K. M., Holmes, N. D., Butchart, S. H. M., Genovesi, P., Ceballos, G., Tershy, B. R. and Croll, D. A. (2017) Globally threatened vertebrates on islands with invasive species. Sci Advances. doi:10.1111/conl.12
Stuart, S. N., Brooks, T. M. Butchart, S. H. M., Elliott, W., Heath, M., Hoffmann, D., Honey, L., Kostadinova, I., Langhammer, P., Langrand, O., Lieberman, S., Marnewick, D., Raik, D., Rodríguez, J. P., Sechrest, W., Smart, J., Vergara, S., Woodley, S., Yanosky, A. and Zimsky, M. (2017) Clarifying the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership and Programme. Biodiversity Conserv. 27: 791–793.
Sutherland, W. J., Butchart, S. H. M., Connor, B., Culshaw, C., Dicks, L. V., Dinsdale, J., Doran, H. Entwistle, A. C., Fleishman, E., Gibbons, D. W., Jiang, Z., Keim, B., Le Roux, X., Lickorish, F. A., Markillie, P., Monk, K., Mortimer, D., Pearce-Higgins, J. W., Peck, L. S., Pretty, J., Seymour, K. L., Spalding, M. D., Tonneijck, F. H. and Gleave, R. A. (2017) A 2018 Horizon scan of emerging issues for global conservation and biological diversity. Trends Ecol. Evol. 33: 47-58.
Tayleur, C., Balmford, A. P, Buchanan, G. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Corlet, C., Ducharme, H., Green, R. E., Milder, J. C., Sanderson, F. J., Thomas, D. H. L., Tracewski, L., Vickery, J. and Phalan, B. (2017) Where in the world are tropical crops certified, and what does it mean for conservation and poverty alleviation? Biol. Conserv. 217: 36-46.
Thaxter, C. B., Buchanan, G. M., Carr, J., Butchart, S. H. M., Newbold, T., Green, R. E., Tobias, J. A., Foden, W. B., O’Brien, S. and Pearce-Higgins, J. W. (2017) Bird and bat species’ global vulnerability to collision mortality at wind farms revealed through a trait-based assessment. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond., B. 284: 20170829.
Thompson, C. J., Koshkina, V., Burgman, M. A., Butchart, S. H. M. and Stone, L. (2017) Inferring extinctions II: An iterative model based on records and surveys. Biol. Conserv. 214: 328-335.
Spatz, D. R., Holmes, N. D., Butchart, S. H. M., Tershy, B. R. and Croll, D. A. (2017) Managing invasive mammals to conserve globally threatened seabirds in a changing climate. Conserv. Letters. 10: 736–747.
Stephenson, P. J., Brooks, T. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Fegraus, E., Geller, G., Hoft, R., Hutton, J., Kingston, N., Long, B. and McRae, L. (2017) Priorities for big biodiversity data. Frontiers Ecol. Environ. 15: 124–125.
2016
Baker, D. J., Hartley, A. J., Butchart, S. H. M. and Willis, S. G. (2016) Choice of baseline climate data impacts projected species responses to climate change. Glob. Change Biol. 22: 2392-2404.
Brochet, A.-L., Van den Bossche, W., Jbour, S., Ndang’ang’a, K., Jones, V., Abdou, W. A. L. I., Al-Hmoud, A. R., Asswad, N. G., Atienza, J. C., Atrash, I., Barbara, N., Bensusan, K, Bino, T., Celada, C., Cherkaoui, S. M., Costa, J., Deceuninck, B., Etayeb, K. S., Feltrup-Azafzaf, C., Figelj, J., Gustin, M., Kmecl, P., Kotrosan, D., Laguna, J. M., , Lattuada, M., Leitão, D., Lopes, P., Lopez, P., Lucic, V., Micol, T., Perlman, Y., Piludu, N., Quaintenne, G., Ramadan-Jaradi, G., Ruzic, M., Sarajlico, N., Saveljic, D., Sheldon, R. D., Shialis, T., Thompson, C., Brunner, A., Grimmett, R. and Butchart, S. H. M. (2016) Preliminary assessment of the scope and scale of illegal killing and taking of birds in the Mediterranean. Bird Conserv. Internat. 26: 1-28.
Brooks, T. M., Akçakaya, H. R., Burgess, N. D., Butchart, S. H. M., Hilton-Taylor, C., Hoffmann, M., Juffe-Bignoli, D., Kingston, N., MacSharry, B., Parr, M., Perianin, L., Regan, E., Rodrigues, A. S. L., Rondinini, C., Shennan-Farpon, Y. and Young, B. E. (2016) Analysing biodiversity and conservation knowledge products to support regional environmental assessments. Sci. Data. 3: 160007.
Brooks, T. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Kingston, N. and Martinez, C. (2016) Goal 15: Life on land. Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss. Pp. 497-522 in Lalaguna, P. D, Barrado, C. M. D. and Liesa, C. R. F. (eds) International Society and Sustainable Development Goals. Thompson Reuters.
Butchart, S. H. M., Brooks, T. M., Scharlemann, J. P. W and Mwangi, M. A. K. (2016) Monitoring Protected Area coverage and impact on Key Biodiversity Areas, Important Bird Areas, and Alliance for Zero Extinction sites. Pp. 211-227 in Joppa, L. N., Baillie, J. E. M. and Robinson, J., G., Protected areas: are they safeguarding biodiversity? Cambridge: Wiley-Blackwell.
Butchart, S. H. M., Di Marco, M. and Watson, J. E. M. (2016) Formulating smart commitments on biodiversity: lessons from the Aichi Targets. Conserv. Lett. 9: 457-468.
Butchart, S., Tracewski, L, Buchanan, G and Lowen, J. (2016) Forest loss in Latin American Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas. Neotropical Birding 19: 13-19.
Collen, B. Dulvy, N. K., Gaston, K., Gärdenfors, U., Keith D., Punt, A. Regan, H., Böhm, M., Hedges, S., Seddon, M., Butchart, S. H. M., Hoffmann, M., Bachman, S. and Akçakaya, H. R. (2016) Clarifying misconceptions of extinction risk assessment with the IUCN Red List. Biol. Lett. 12: 20150843.
Gilroy, J. J., Gill, J. A., Butchart, S. H. M., Jones, V. R. and Franco, A. M. A. (2016) Migratory diversity predicts population declines in birds. Ecol. Lett. 19: 308-317.
Hughes, F. M. R., Adams, W. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Field, R. H., Peh, K. S.-H. and Warrington, S. (2016) The challenges of integrating biodiversity and ecosystem services monitoring and evaluation at a landscape-scale wetland restoration project in the UK. Ecol. Society 21: 10.
Jones, H. P., Holmes, N. D., Butchart, S. H. M., Tershy, B. R., Kappes, P. J., Corkery, I., Aguirre-Muñoz, A., Armstrong, D. P., Bonnaud, E., Burbidge, A. A., Campbell, K., Courchamp, F., Cowan, P., Cuthbert, R. J., Ebbert, S., Genovesi, P., Keitt, B. S., Kress, S. W., Miskelly, C. M., Oppel, S., Poncet, S., Rauzon, M. J., Rocamora, G., Russell, J. C., Samaniego-Herrera, A., Seddon, P. J., Spatz, D. R., Towns, D. R. and Croll, D. A. (2016) Invasive mammal eradication on islands results in substantial conservation gains. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci USA. 113: 4033–4038.
Joppa, L. N., Butchart, S. H. M., Hoffmann, M., Bachman, S., Akcakaya, H. R., Moat, J., Böhm, M., Holland, R. A., Newton, A., Polidoro, B. and Hughes, A. (2016) The impact of alternative metrics on estimates of Extent of Occurrence for extinction risk assessment. Conserv. Biol. 30: 352-370.
Joppa, L, O’Conner, B., Visconti, P., Smith, C., Geldmann, J., Hoffmann, M., Watson, J. E. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Virah-Sawmy, M., Halpern, B. S., Ahmed, S. E., Balmford, A., Sutherland, W. J., Harfoot, M., Hilton-Taylor, C., Foden, W., Di Minin, E., Pagad, S., Genovesi, P., Hutton, J. and Burgess, N. D. (2016) Filling in biodiversity threat gaps. Science 352: 416-418.
Juffe-Bignoli, D., Brooks, T. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Kingston, N., Jenkins, R. B., Boe, K., Hoffmann, M., Angulo, A., Bachman, S., Böhm, M., Brummitt, N., Carpenter, K. E., Comer, P. J., Cox, N., Cuttelod, A., Darwall, W. R. T., Di Marco, M., Fishpool, L. D. C., Goettsch, B., Heath, M., Hilton-Taylor, C., Hutton, J., Johnson, T., Joolia, A., Keith, D. A., Langhammer, P. F., Luedtke, J., Nic Lughadha, E., Lutz, M., May, I., Miller, R. M., Oliveira-Miranda, M. A., Parr, M., Pollock, C. M., Ralph, G., Rodríguez, J. P., Rondinini, C., Smart, J., Stuart, S., Symes, A., Tordoff, A. W., Woodley, S., Young, B. and Kingston, N. (2016) Assessing the cost of global biodiversity and conservation knowledge. PLoS ONE 11(8): e0160640.
Juffe-Bignoli, D., Harrison, I., Butchart, S. M. B., Flitcroft, R., Hermoso, V., Jonas, H., Lukasiewicz, A., Thieme, M., Turak, E., Bingham, H., Dalton, J., Darwall, W., Deguignet, M., Dudley, N., Gardner, R., Higgins, J., Kumar, R., Linke, S., Milton, G. R., Pittock, J., Smith, K. G., van Soesbergen, A. (2016) Achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 11 to improve protected areas performance and conserve freshwater biodiversity. Aquatic Conserv.: Marine Freshw. Ecosyst. 26 (Suppl. 1): 133–151.
Keinath, D., Doak, D., Hodges, K., Fagan, W., Prugh, L., Sekercioglu, C. Butchart, S. H. M. and Kauffman, M. (2016) A global analysis of species’ sensitivity to habitat disturbance. Global Ecol. Biogeog. doi:10.1111/geb.12509.
Kukkala, A. S., Santangeli, A., Butchart, S. H. M., Maiorano, L., Ramirez, I. and Moilanen, A. (2016) Representativeness of vertebrate species distributions in Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas and Special Protection Areas in the European Union. Biol. Conserv. 202: 1–9.
Lehikoinen, A., Foppen, R. P. B., Heldbjerg, H., Lindström, A., van Manen, W., Piirainen, S., van Turnhout, C. A. M. and Butchart, S. H. M. (2016) Large-scale climatic drivers of regional winter bird population trends. Diversity Distrib. 22: 1163-1173.
Luther, D., Brooks, T. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Hayward, M. W., Kester, M., Lamoreux, J. and Upgren, A. (2016) Determinants of bird conservation action implementation and associated population trends of threatened species. Conserv. Biol. 30: 1338-1346.
McCreless, E., Huff, D. D., Croll, D., Tershy, B., Spatz, D., Holmes, N., Butchart, S. H. M. and Wilcox, C. (2016) Past and estimated future impact of invasive alien mammals on insular threatened vertebrate populations. Nature Communications 7: 12488.
Mcowen, C., Ivory, S., Regan, E., Tittensor, D., Brunner, A., Butchart, S. H. M., Ramirez, I. Macchioni, S., Ingwall-King, L., Galli, A., Darrah, S., Burgess, N., Chenery, A. (2016) Projecting EU biodiversity indicators forwards to 2020. Conserv. Letters. 9: 489-494.
Olah, G., Butchart, S. H. M., Symes, A., Guzmán, I. M., Cunningham, R., Peakall, R., Brightsmith, D. J. and Heinsohn, R. (2016) Ecological and socio-economic factors affecting extinction risk in parrots. Biodiv. Conserv. 25: 205-223.
Peh, S.-H., Thapa, I., Basnyat, M., Balmford, A. P., Bhattarai, G. P., Bradbury, R. B., Brown, C., Butchart, S. H. M., Dhakal, M., Gurung, H., Hughes, F. M. R., Mulligan, M., Pandey, B., Stattersfield, A. J., Thomas, D. H. L., Walpole, M. and Birch, J. C. (2016) Synergies between biodiversity conservation and ecosystem service provision: Lessons on integrated ecosystem service valuation from a Himalayan protected area in Nepal. Ecosystem Services. doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.05.003
Scheffers, B. R., De Meester, L., Bridge, T. C. L., Hoffmann, A. A., Pandolfi, J. M., Corlett, R. T., Butchart, S. H. M., Pearce-Kelly, P., Rondinini, C., Kovacs, K. M., Pacifici, M. Foden, W. B., Mora, C., Dudgeon, D., Bickford, D., Watson, J. E. M. (2016) The broad footprint of climate change from genes to biomes to people. Science 354(6313). Doi: 10.1126/science.aaf7671.
Stephens, P. A., Mason, L. R., Green, R. E., Gregory, R. D., Sauer, J. R., Alison, J., Aunins, A., Brotons, L. Butchart, S. H. M., Campedelli, T., Chodkiewic, T., Chylarecki, P., Crowe, O., Elts, J., Escandell, V., Foppen, R. P. B., Heldbjerg, H., Herrando, S., Husby, M., Jiguet, F., Lehikoinen, A., Lindström, A., Noble, D. G., Paquet, J.-Y., Reif, J., Sattler, T., Szép, T., Teufelbauer, N., Trautmann, S., van Strien, A. J., van Turnhout, C. A. M., Vorisek, P. and Willis, S. G. (2016) Consistent biodiversity response to climate change on two continents. Science 352: 84-87.
Tayleur, C., Balmford, A. P, Buchanan, G. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Ducharme, H., Green, R. E., Milder, J. C., Sanderson, F. J., Thomas, D. H. L., Vickery, J. and Phalan, B. (2016) Global coverage of agricultural sustainability standards, and their role in conserving biodiversity. Conserv. Letts. DOI: 10.1111/conl.12314.
Thapa, I., Butchart, S. H. M., Gurunga, H., Stattersfield, A. J., Thomas, D. H. L., Birch, J. C. (2016) Using information on ecosystem services in Nepal to inform biodiversity conservation and local to national decision making. Oryx 50: 147–155.
Tracewski, L., Butchart, S. H. M., Di Marco, M., Ficetola, G. F., Rondinini, C., Symes, A., Wheatley, H., Beresford, A. E. and Buchanan, G. M. (2016) Impact of 21st century deforestation on the extinction risk of terrestrial vertebrates. Conserv. Biol. 30: 1070–1079.
Tracewski, L., Butchart, S. H. M., Donald, P. F., Evans, M., Fishpool, L. D. C. and Buchanan, G. M. (2016) Patterns of twenty-first century forest loss across a global network of important sites for biodiversity. Remote Sensing Ecol. Conserv. 2: 37-44.
Usui, T., Butchart, S. H. M. and Phillimore, A. B. (2016) Temporal shifts and temperature sensitivity of avian spring migratory phenology: a phylogenetic meta-analysis. J. Animal Ecol. 86: 250–261. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12612.
Watson, J. E. M., Jones, K. R., Fuller, R. A., Di Marco, M., Segan, D. B., Butchart, S. H. M., Allan, J. R., McDonald-Madden, E. and Venter, O. (2016) Persistent disparities between recent rates of habitat conversion and protection and implications for future global conservation targets. Conserv. Lett. 9: 413-421.
2015
Baker, D. J., Burgess, N. D., Butchart, S. H. M., Hartley, A. J., Willis, S. G. (2015) Assessing climate change impacts for vertebrate fauna across the West Africa protected area network using regionally appropriate climate projections. Diversity Distributions 21: 1101–1111.
Brooks, T. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Cox, N. A., Heath, M., Hilton-Taylor, C., Hoffmann, M., Kingston, N., Rodríguez, J. P., Smart, J. and Stuart, S. (2015) Harnessing biodiversity and conservation knowledge products to track the Aichi Targets and Sustainable Development Goals. Biodiversity. 16: 157-174.
Butchart, S. H. M., Clarke, M., Smith, B., Sykes, R., Scharlemann, J. P. W., Harfoot, M., Buchanan, G., Angulo, A., Balmford, A., Bertzky, B., Brooks, T. M., Carpenter, K. E., Comeros, M., Cornell, J., Ficetola, G. F., Fishpool, L. D. C., Harwell, H., Hilton-Taylor, C., Hoffmann, M., Joolia, A., Joppa, L., Kingston, N., May, I., Milam, A., Polidoro, B., Ralph, G., Richman, N., Rondinini, C., Skolnik, B., Spalding, M., Stuart, S. N., Symes, A., Taylor, J., Visconti, P. Watson, J. E. M. and Burgess, N. D. (2015) ShoConserv. Lett. 8: 329–337.
Di Marco, M., Brooks, T. M., Cuttelod, A., Fishpool, L. D. C., Rondinini, C., Smith, R. E., Butchart, S. H. M. et al (2015) Measuring the relative irreplaceability of Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas. Conserv. Biol. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12609.
Di Marco, M., Butchart, S. H. M., Visconti, P., Buchanan, G. M., Ficetola, G. F. and Rondinini, R. (2015) Synergies and trade-offs in achieving global biodiversity targets. Conserv. Biol. doi:10.1111/cobi.12559
Keith, D., Akçakaya, R., Butchart, S. H. M., Collen, B., Dulvy, N., Holmes, E., Hutchings, J. A., Keinath, D., Schwartz, M., Shelton, O. and Waples, R. (2015) Temporal correlations in population trends: Conservation implications from time-series analysis of diverse animal taxa. Biol. Conserv. 192: 247–25.
Pacifici, M. Foden, W. B., Visconti, P., Butchart, S. H. M., Kovacs, K. M., Hole, D. G., Corlett, R. T., Akçakaya, H. R., Bickford, D., Carr, J. A., Huntley, B., Martin, T. G., Pearson, R. G., Williams, S. E., Willis, S. G., Young, B., Watson, J. E. M. and Rondinini, C. (2015) Assessing species vulnerability to climate change: a review of alternative metrics and approaches. Nature Climate Change.5: 215-225.
Pearce-Higgins, J. W., Ockendon, N., Baker, D. J., Carr, J. A., White, E., Almond, R. E. A., Amano, T., Bertram, E., Bradbury, R. B., Bradley, C., Butchart, S. H. M., Doswald, N., Foden, W., Gill, D. J. C., Green, R. E., Sutherland, W. J., Tanner, E. V. J. (2015) Geographic variation in species’ population responses to changes in temperature and precipitation. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 282: 20151561.
Regan, E. C., Santini, L., Ingwall-King, L., Hoffmann, M., Rondinini, C., Symes, A., Taylor, J. and Butchart, S. H. M. (2015) Global trends in the status of bird and mammal pollinators. Conserv. Lett. 8: 397-403.
Runge, C. A., Watson, J. E. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Hanson, J. O., Possingham, H. P. and Fuller, R. A. (2015) Protected area coverage and migratory birds. Science 350: 1255-1258.
Segan. D. B., Hole, D. G., Donatti, C. I., Zganjar, C., Martin, S., Butchart, S. H. M. and Watson, J. E. M. (2015) Considering the impact of climate change on human communities significantly alters the outcome of species and site-based vulnerability assessments. Diversity Distrib. 21: 991–1003.
Visconti, P., Baisero, D., Brooks, T. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Joppa, L., Alkemade, R., Bakkenes, M., Di Marco, M., Santini, L., Hoffmann, M., Maiorano, L., Pressey, R. L., Arponen, A., Boitani, L., Reside, A., van Vuuren, D. and Rondinini, C. (2015) Projecting global biodiversity indicators under future development scenarios. Conserv. Lett. 9: 5-13.
Willis, S. G., Foden, W., Baker, D. J., Bellec, E., Burgess, N. D., Carr, J., Doswald, N., Garcia, R. A., Hartley, A., Hof, C., Newbold, T., Rahbekh, C., Smith, R. G., Visconti, P., Young, B. and Butchart, S. H. M. (2015) A framework methodology for integrating climate change vulnerability assessments from Species Distribution Models and Trait-based Approaches for use in systematic conservation planning. Biol. Conserv. 190: 167–178.
2014
Akçakaya, H. R., Butchart, S. H. M., Watson, J. E. M. and Pearson, R. G. (2014) Preventing species extinctions resulting from climate change. Nature Climate Change 4: 1048-1049.
Birch, J. C., Thapa, I., Balmford, A. P., Bradbury, R. B., Brown, C., Butchart, S. H. M., Gurung, H., Hughes, F. M., Mulligan, M., Pandeya, B., Peh, K. S., Stattersfield, A. J., Walpole, M., Thomas, D. H. (2014) What benefits do community forests provide, and to whom? A rapid assessment of ecosystem services from a Himalayan forest in Nepal. Ecosystem Services. 8: 118–127.
Collar, N. J. and Butchart, S. H. M. (2014) Conservation breeding and avian diversity: chances and challenges. Internat. Zoo. Yearbook 48: 7–28.
Dawson, J., Oppel, S., Cuthbert, R., Holmes, N., Bird. J., Butchart S. H. M., Spatz, D. and Tershy, B. (2014) Prioritising islands for the eradication of invasive vertebrates in the UK overseas territories. Conserv. Biol 29: 143-153.
Han, X., Smyth, R. L., Young, B. E., Brooks, T. M., Sánchez de Lozada, A., Butchart, S. H. M., Larsen, F. W., Rodrigues, A. S. L. and Turner, W. R. (2014) A biodiversity indicators dashboard: addressing challenges to monitoring progress towards the Aichi biodiversity targets using disaggregated global data. PloS ONE 9: e112046.
La Sorte, F. A., Butchart, S. H.M., Jetz, W. and Böhning-Gaese, K. (2014) Range-wide latitudinal and elevational temperature gradients for the world's terrestrial birds: implications under global climate change. PLoS ONE 9(5): e98361.
Newbold, T., Hudson, L., Phillips, H. R. P., Hill, S. L. L., Contu, S., Lysenko, I., Blandon, A., Butchart, S. H. M., Booth, H. L., Day, J. De Palma, A., Harrison, M. L. K., Kirkpatrick, L., Pynegar, E., Robinson, A., Simpson, J., Mace, G. M., Scharlemann, J. P. W. and Purvis. A. (2014) A global model of the response of tropical and sub-tropical forest biodiversity to anthropogenic pressures. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 281: 20141371.
Newbold, T., Scharlemann, J. P. W., Butchart, S. H. M., Şekercioğlu, C. H., Joppa, L., Alkemade, R. and Purves, D. W. (2014) Functional traits, land-use change and the structure of tropical forest bird communities. Global Ecol. Biogeog. 23: 1073–1084.
Ockendon, N., Baker, D. J., Carr, J. A., White, E., Almond, R. E. A., Amano, T., Bertram, E., Bradbury, R. B., Bradley, C., Butchart, S. H. M., Doswald, N., Foden, W., Gill, D., Green, R. E., Sutherland, W. J., Tanner, E. V. J. and Pearce-Higgins, J. W. (2014) Mechanisms underpinning the impact of climate change on global biodiversity: altered species interactions are more important than direct effects. Global Change Biol. 20: 2221–2229.
Peh, S.-H., Balmford, A. P., Birch, J. C., Brown, C., Butchart, S. H. M., Daly, J., Dawson, J., Grey, G., Hughes, F. M. R., Mendes, S., Millett, J., Stattersfield, A. J., Thomas, D. H. L., Walpole, M. and Bradbury, R. B. (2014) Potential impacts of invasive alien species on ecosystem services provided by tropical a forested ecosystem: a case study from Montserrat. Biological Invasions. 17: 461-475.
Peh, S.-H., Balmford, A. P., Field, R. H., Lamb, A., Birch, J. C., Bradbury, R. B., Brown, C., Butchart, S. H. M., Lester, M., Morrison, R., Sedgwick, I., Soan, C., Stattersfield, A. J., Stroh, P., Swetnam, R., Thomas, D. H. L., Walpole, M., Warrington, S. and Hughes, F. M. R. (2014) Benefits and costs of ecological restoration: Rapid assessment of changing ecosystem service values at a UK wetland. Ecol. Evol. 4: 3875–3886.
Rodrigues, A. S. L, Brooks, T. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Chanson, J., Cox, N., Hoffmann, M. and Stuart, S. N. (2014) Spatially explicit trends in the global conservation status of vertebrates. PLoS ONE 9: e113934.
Rondinini, C., Di Marco, M., Visconti, P., Butchart, S. H. M. and Boitanti, L. (2014) Update or outdate: long-term viability of the IUCN Red List. Conserv. Lett. 7: 126-130.
Spatz, D., Newton, K., Heinz, R., Croll, D., Tershy, B., Holmes, N. and Butchart, S. H. M. (2014) The biogeography of globally threatened seabirds and island conservation opportunities. Conserv. Biol. 28: 1282–1290.
Tittensor, D. P., Walpole, M., Hill, S. L. L., Boyce, D. G., Britten, G. L., Burgess, N. D., Butchart, S. H. M., Leadley, P. W., Regan, E. C., Alkamade, R., Baumung, R., Bellard, C., Bouwman, L., Bowles-Newark, N. J., Chenery, A. M., Cheung, W. W. L., Christensen, V., Cooper, H. D., Crowther, A. R., Dixon, M. J. R., Galli, A., Gaveau, V., Gregory, R. D., Gutierrez, N. L., Hirsch, T., Hoft, R., Januchowski-Hartley, S. R., Karmann, M., Krug, C. B., Leverington, F. J., Loh, J., Lojenga, R. K., Malsch, K., Marques, A., Morgan, D. H. W., Newbold, T., Noonan-Mooney, K., Pagad, S. N., Parks, B. C., Pereira, H. M., Robertson, T., Rondinini, C., Santini, L., Schindler, S., Sumaila, U. R., The, L. S. L., van Kolck, J., Visconti, V. and Ye, Y. (2014) A mid-term analysis of progress towards international biodiversity targets. Science 346: 241-244.
Venter, O., Fuller, R. A., Segan, D. B., Carwardine, J., Brooks, T., Butchart, S. H. M., Di Marco, M., Iwamura, T., Joseph, L., Possingham, H. P., Smith, R., Venter, M., Watson, J. E. M. (2014) Targeting global protected area expansion for imperilled biodiversity. PLoS Biol. 12(6): e1001891.
Young, R., Hudson, M. A., Terry, A. M. R., Jones, C. G., Lewis, R. E., Tatayah, V., Zuël, N and Butchart, S. H. M. (2014) Accounting for conservation: using the IUCN Red List Index to evaluate institution-level conservation impacts. Biol. Conserv. 180: 84–96.
2013
Almond, R. E. A., Butchart, S. H. M., Oldfield, T. E. E., McRae, L. and de Bie, S. (2013). Exploitation indices: developing global and national metrics of wildlife use and trade. Pp. 159-188 in B. Collen, N. Pettorelli, S. Durant and J. E. M. Baillie, Eds. Biodiversity monitoring and conservation: bridging the gaps between global commitment and local action. Cambridge: Wiley-Blackwell.
Buchanan, G. M., Fishpool, L. D. C., Evans, M. I. and Butchart, S. H. M. (2013) Comparing field-based monitoring and remote-sensing, using deforestation from logging at Important Bird Areas as a case study. Biol. Conserv. 167: 334–338.
Butchart, S. H. M. (2013) Clarify extinction risk. Nature 504: 370.
Butchart, S. H. M., Mcarthy, D., Balmford, A., Bennun, L. A., Buchanan, G. M., Burgess, N. D., Donald, P. F., Fishpool, L. D. C., Garnett, S. T., Leonard, D. L., Maloney, R. F., Schaefer, H. M., Scharlemann, J. P. W., Symes, A. and Wiedenfeld. D. A. (2013) Response to Shiel et al. Whose conservation costs? Science 339: 271-272.
Foden, W., Butchart, S. H. M., Stuart, S. N., Vié, J.-C., Akçakaya, H. R., Angulo, A., DeVantier, L. M., Gutsche, A., Turak, E., Cao, L., Donner, S. D., Katariya, V., Bernard, R., Holland, R. A., Hughes, A. F., O’Hanlon, S. E., Garnett, S. T., Şekercioğlu, C. H. and Mace, G. M. (2013) Identifying the world's most climate change vulnerable species: a systematic trait-based assessment of birds, amphibians and corals. PLoS ONE 8(6): e65427.
Garnett, S. T., Franklin, D. C., Ehmke, G., VanDerWal, J. J., Hodgson, L., Pavey, C., Reside, A.E., Welbergen, J. A., Butchart, S. H. M., Perkins, G. C. and Williams, S. E. (2013) Climate change adaptation strategies for Australian birds. Brisbane, Australia: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.
Genovesi, P., Butchart, S. H. M., McGeoch, M. A. and Roy, D. B. (2013) Indices of invasion: how to monitor invasive species. Pp. 138-158 in B. Collen, N. Pettorelli, S. Durant and J. E. M. Baillie, Eds. Biodiversity monitoring and conservation: bridging the gaps between global commitment and local action. Cambridge: Wiley-Blackwell.
Hannah, L., Ikegami, M., Hole, D. G., Seo, C., Butchart, S. H. M. and Peterson, A. T. (2013) Global climate change adaptation priorities for biodiversity and food security. PLoS ONE 8: e72590.
Jones, J. P. G., Asner, G. P., Butchart, S. H. M. and Karanth, K. U. (2013) The ‘why’, ‘what’ and ‘how’ of monitoring for conservation. Pp. 327-343 in MacDonald, D. W and Willis, K. J., Eds. Key Topics in Conservation Biology 2. Cambridge: Wiley-Blackwell.
Le Saout, S. Hoffmann, M., Yichuan, S., Hughes, A., Bernard, C. Brooks, T. M., Bertzky, B., Butchart, S. H. M., Stuart, S. N., Badman, T. and Rodrigues, A. S. L. (2013) Protected areas and effective biodiversity conservation. Science 342: 803-805.
Mace, G. M., Foden, W. and Butchart, S. H. M. (2013) Indicators of climate change impacts on biodiversity. Pp. 120-137 in B. Collen, N. Pettorelli, S. Durant and J. E. M. Baillie, Eds. Biodiversity monitoring and conservation: bridging the gaps between global commitment and local action. Cambridge: Wiley-Blackwell.
Newbold, T, Scharlemann, J. P. W., Butchart, S. H. M., Sekercioglu, C. H., Alkemade, R., Booth, H. and Purves, D. W. (2013) Ecological traits affect the response of tropical forest bird species to land-use change. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. Doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2131.
Peh, K, Balmford, A., Bradbury, R. B., Brown, C., Butchart, S. H. M., Hughes, F., Stattersfield, A. J., Thomas, D. H. L., Walpole, M., Bayliss, J., Gowing, D., Jones, J. P. G., Lewis, S. L., Mulligan, M., Pandeya, B., Stratford, C., Thompson, J. R., Turner, K., Vira, B., Willcock, S. and Birch, J. C. (2013) TESSA: a toolkit for rapid assessment of ecosystem services at sites of biodiversity conservation. Ecosystem Services 5: 51–57.
Pereira, H. M., Ferrier, S., Walters, M., Geller, G., Jongman, R. H. G, Scholes, R. J., Bruford, M., Brummitt, N., Butchart, S. H. M., Cardoso, A., Coops, N. C., Dulloo, E., Faith, D. P., Freyhof, J., Gregory, R. D., Heip, C., Höft, R., Hurtt, G., Jetz, W., Karp, D., McGeoch, M. A., Obura, D., Onoda, Y, Pettorelli, N., Reyers, B., Sayre, R., Scharlemann, J. P. W, Stuart, S. N., Turak, E., Walpole, M. and Wegmann, M. (2013) Essential Biodiversity Variables for Global Earth Observation. Science 339: 277-278.
Phalan, B., Bertzsky, M., Butchart, S. H. M., Donald, P. F., Scharlemann, J. P. W., Stattersfield, A. J. and Balmford, A. P. (2013) Crop expansion and conservation priorities in tropical countries. PLoS ONE 8: e51759.
Somveille, M. P., Manica, A., Butchart, S. H. M. and Rodrigues, A. S. L. (2013) Mapping global diversity patterns for migratory birds. PLoS ONE 8(8): e70907.
2012
Bagchi, R., Crosby, M., Huntley, B., Hole, D., Collingham, Y., Butchart, S. H.M. and Willis, S. G. (2012) Evaluating the effectiveness of conservation site networks under climate change: accounting for uncertainty. Global Change Biol. 19: 1236-1248.
Butchart, S. H. M., Scharlemann, J. P. W., Evans, M., Quader, S. Arinaitwe, J., Bennun, L. A., Besançon, C., Boucher, T., Bomhard, B., Brooks, T. M., Burfield, I. J., Burgess, N. D., Clay, R. P., Crosby, M. J., Davidson, N. C. De Silva, N., Devenish, C., Dutson, G. C. L., Díaz Fernández, D. F., Fishpool, L. D. C., Foster, M., Hockings, M., Hoffmann, M., Knox, D., Larsen, F., Lamoreux, J. F., Loucks, C., May, I., Millett, J. Parr, M., Skolnik, B., Upgren, A. & Woodley, S. (2012) Protecting important sites for biodiversity contributes to meeting global conservation targets. PLoS ONE 7(3): e32529.
Croxall, J. P, Butchart, S. H. M., Lascelles, B., Stattersfield, A.J., Sullivan, B., Symes, A. and Taylor, P. (2012) Seabird conservation status, threats and priority actions: a global assessment. Bird Conserv. Int. 22: 1-34.
Hutchings, J., Butchart, S. H. M., Collen, B., Schwartz, M. K. and Waples, R. S. (2012) Red flags: correlates of impaired species recovery. Trends Ecol. Evol. 27: 542-546.
McBride, M. F., Garnett, S. T., Szabo, J. K., Burbidge, A. H., Butchart, S. H. M., Christidis, L., Dutson, G., Ford, H. A., Loyn, R. H., Watson, D. M. and Burgman, M. A. (2012) Structured elicitation of expert judgements for threatened species assessment: a case study on a continental scale using email. Methods Ecol. Evol. 3: 906-920.
McCarthy, D., Donald, P. F., Scharleman, J. P. W., Buchanan, G. M., Balmford, A. P., Green, J. M. H., Bennun, L. A., Burgess, N., Fishpool, L. D. C., Garnett, S. T., Leonard, D. L., Maloney, R. F., Morling, P., Schaeffer, H. M., Symes, A., Widenfeld, D. A. and Butchart, S. H. M. (2012) Financial costs of meeting global biodiversity conservation targets: current spending and unmet needs. Science 338: 946-949.
Newbold, T, Scharlemann, J. P. W., Butchart, S. H. M., Sekercioglu C. and Purves, D. W. (2012) Mapping functional traits: comparing abundance and presence-absence estimates at large spatial scales. PloS ONE 7(8): e44019.
Szabo, J. K., Butchart, S. H. M., Possingham, H. P. and Garnett, S. T. (2012) Adapting global biodiversity indicators to the national scale: a Red List Index for Australian birds. Biol. Conserv. 148: 61-68.
Szabo, J. K., Khwaja, N., Garnett, S. T. and Butchart, S. H. M. (2012) Global patterns and drivers of avian extinctions at the species and subspecies level. PloS ONE 7: e47080.
2011
Akçakaya, H. R., Mace, G. M., Gaston, K. J., Regan, H., Punt, A., Butchart, S. H. M., Keith, D. A., Gärdenfors, U. (2011) The SAFE index is not safe! Front. Ecol. Environ. 9: 485-486.
Beresford, A., Buchanan, G., Donald, P., Butchart, S. H. M., Fishpool, L. D. C. and Rondinini, C. (2011) Minding the protection gap: estimates of species’ range size and holes in the protected area network. Anim. Conserv. 14: 114-116.
Beresford, A., Buchanan, G., Donald, P., Butchart, S. H. M., Fishpool, L. D. C. and Rondinini, C. (2011) Poor overlap between the distribution of Protected Areas and globally threatened birds in Africa. Anim. Conserv. 14: 99–107.
Bird, J. P., Buchanan, G. M. Lees, A. C., Clay, R. P., Develey, P. F., Yépez, I. and Butchart, S. H. M. (2011) Integrating spatially explicit habitat projections into extinction risk assessments: a reassessment of Amazonian avifauna incorporating projected deforestation. Divers. Distrib. 18: 273-281.
Buchanan, G. M., Donald, P. F. and Butchart, S. H. M. (2011) Identifying priority areas for conservation: a global assessment for forest-dependent birds. PloS ONE 6: e29080.
Collar, N. J., Butchart, S. H. M., Brooks, T. M., Stuart, S. N. and Mittermeier, R. A. (2011) Biodiversity: blessing not blunder. BioScience 4: 254.
Garnett, S. T., Olsen, P., Butchart, S. H. M. and A. A. Hoffmann (2011) Did hybridisation save the Norfolk Island Boobook Owl or cause its extinction? Oryx 45: 500-504.
Hole, D. G., Huntley, B., Collingham, Y. C., Fishpool, L. D. C., Pain, D. J., Butchart, S. H. M. and Willis, S. G. (2011) Towards a management framework for protected area networks in the face of climate change. Conserv. Biol. 25: 305–315.
Rands, M. R. W., Adams, W. M., Bennun, L. A., Butchart, S. H. M., Clements, A., Coomes, D., Entwistle, Hodge, I., A., Kapos, V. Scharlemann, J. P. W, Sutherland, W. J., Vira, B. (2011) Response to Wu and Petriello. Science 331: 31.
Rodríguez-Rodríguez, R. Bomhard, B. Butchart, S. H. M. and Foster, M. (2011) Progress towards targets for protected area coverage in mountains: a multi-scale assessment. Biol. Conserv. 144: 2978–2983.
Sparks, T. H., Butchart, S. H. M., Balmford, A., Bennun, L., Stanwell-Smith, D., Walpole, M., Bates, N., Bomhard, B., Buchanan, G. M., Chenery, A. M., Collen, B., Csirke, J., Diaz, R. J., Dulvy, N. K., Fitzgerald, C., Kapos, V., Mayaux, P., Selig, E., Tierney, M., Waycott, M.. Wood, L. and Green, R. E. (2011) Linked indicator sets for addressing biodiversity loss. Oryx 45: 411-419.
2010
Balian, E., Harrison, I., Butchart, S. H. M., Chambers, P., Cordeiro, J., Cumberlidge, N., de Moor, F., Gascon, C., James, H., Kalkman, V., van Dijk, P. P and Yeo D. (2010). A Wealth of Life: Species Diversity in Freshwater Systems. Pp. 50-89 in R. A. Mittermeier, T. A. Farrell, I. J. Harrison, A. J. Upgren and T. M. Brooks, Freshwater – the essence of life. Washington, DC: Conservation International and CEMEX.
Butchart, S. H. M., Baillie, J. E. M., Chenery, A. M., Collen, B., Gregory, R. D. and Walpole, M., Collen, B. (2010) Response to Xu et al. National indicators show biodiversity progress. Science 329: 900-901.
Butchart, S. H. M, Brooks, T. M. and Symes, A. (2010) Aves. Pp 47-53 in J. E. M. Baillie, J. Griffiths, S. T. Turvey, J. Loh and B. Collen, eds. Evolution lost: status and trends of the world’s vertebrates. London: Zoological Society of London.http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2011.00453.x/pdf
Butchart, S. H. M., Collar, N. J., Stattersfield, A. J. and Bennun, L. A. (2010) Conservation of the world’s birds: the view from 2010. Pp. 13-68 in J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott and D. Christie Handbook of the world’s birds. Vol. 15. Barcelona, Spain: Lynx Edicions.
Butchart, S. H. M., Walpole, M., Collen, B., van Strien, A., Scharlemann, J. P. W., Almond, R. E. E., Baillie, J. E. M., Bomhard, B., Brown, C., Bruno, J., Carpenter, K. E., Carr, G. M., Chanson, J., Chenery, A. M., Csirke, J., Davidson, N. C., Dentener, F., Foster, M., Galli, A., Galloway, J. N., Genovesi, P., Gregory, R. D., Hockings, M., Kapos, V., Lamarque, J.-F., Leverington, F., Loh, J., McGeoch, M. A., McRae, L., Minasyan, A., Morcillo, M. H., Oldfield, T. E. E., Pauly, D., Quader, S., Revenga, C., Sauer, J. R., Skolnik, B., Spear, D., Stanwell-Smith, D., Stuart, S. N., Symes, A., Tierney, M., Tyrrell, T. D., Vié, J. C. and Watson, R. (2010) Global biodiversity: indicators of recent declines. Science 328: 1164-1168.
Hoffmann, M., Hilton-Taylor, C., Angulo, A., Böhm, M., Brooks, T. M., Butchart, S. H. M. and 174 other authors (2010) The impact and shortfall of conservation on the status of the world’s vertebrates. Science 330: 1503-1509.
McGeoch, M. A., Butchart, S. H. M., Spear, D., Marais, E., Kleynhans, E. J., Symes, A., Chanson, J. and Hoffmann, M. (2010) Global indicators of biological invasion: species numbers, biodiversity impact and policy responses. Divers. Distrib. 16: 95-108.
Mwangi, M. A. K., Butchart, S. H. M., Barasa, F., Bennun, L. A, Evans, M. I., Fishpool, L. D. C., Kanyanya, E., Madindou, I., Machekele, J., Matiku, P., Mulwa, R., Ngari, A., Stattersfield, A. J. and Siele, J. (2010) Tracking trends in key sites for biodiversity: a case study using Important Bird Areas in Kenya. Bird Conserv. Int. 20: 215–230.
Rands, M. R. W., Adams, W. M., Bennun, L. A., Butchart, S. H. M., Clements, A., Coomes, D., Entwistle, Hodge, I. A., Kapos, V. Scharlemann, J. P. W, Sutherland, W. J., Vira, B. (2010) Biodiversity conservation beyond 2010. Science 329, 1298-1303.
Sutherland, W. J. Armstrong, D., Butchart, S. H. M., Earnhardt, J., Ewen, J. Jamieson, I., Jones, C. G., Lee, R., Newbery, P., Nichols, J., Parker, K. A., Sarrazin, F., Seddon, P., Shah, N., Tatayaha, V. (2010) Standards for documenting and monitoring bird reintroduction projects. Conserv. Lett. 3: 229-235.
Thieme, M. L., Turak, E., McIntyre, P., Darwall, W., Tockner, K., Cordeiro, J. and Butchart, S. H. M. (2010) Freshwater ecosystems under threat. Pp. 118-151 in R. A. Mittermeier, T. A. Farrell, I. J. Harrison, A. J. Upgren and T. M. Brooks, Freshwater – the essence of life. Washington, DC: Conservation International and CEMEX.
2009
Bubb, P. J., Butchart, S. H. M., Collen, B., Dublin, H., Kapos, V., Pollock, C., Stuart, S. N., Vié, J-C. (2009) IUCN Red List Index: Guidance for national and regional use. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
Butchart, S. H. M. and Bird, J. (2009) Data Deficient birds on the IUCN Red List: what don’t we know and why does it matter? Biol. Conserv. 143: 239-247.
Hole, D. G., Huntley, B., Pain, D. J., Fishpool, L. D. C., Butchart, S. H. M., Collingham, Y. C., Rahbek, C. and Willis, S. G. (2009) Projected impacts of climate change on a continental-scale protected area network. Ecol. Lett. 12: 420-431.
Salafsky, N., Butchart, S. H. M., Hilton-Taylor, C., Neugarten, R., Salzer, D. and Stattersfield, A. J. (2009) Pragmatism and practice in classifying threats: a reply to Balmford et al. Conserv. Biol. 23:488-493.
Walpole, M., Almond, R., Besançon, C., Butchart, S. H. M., Campbell-Lendrum, D., Carr, G. M., Collen, B., Collette, L, Davidson, N. C., Fazel, A., Galloway, J. N., Gill, M., Goverse, T., Hockings, M., Morgan, D. H. W., Revenga, C., Rickwood, C. J., Schutyser, F., Simons, S., Stattersfield, A. J., Tyrrell, T. and Vié, J.-C. (2009) Tracking progress towards the 2010 Biodiversity Target and beyond. Science 325: 1503-1504.
2008
Baillie, J. E. M., Collen, B., Amin, R., Akcakaya, H. R., Butchart, S. H. M., Brummitt, N., Meagher, T. R., Ram, M. and Hilton-Taylor, C. (2008) Toward monitoring global biodiversity Conserv. Lett. 1: 18-26.
Boyd, C., Brooks, T. M., Butchart, S. H. M., da Fonseca, G. A. B., Hawkins, A. F. A., Hoffmann, M., Sechrest, W. W., Stuart, S. N., van Dijk, P. P. and Edgar, G. J. (2008) Spatial scale and the conservation of threatened species. Conserv. Lett. 1: 37-43.
Brooke, M. de L., Butchart, S. H. M., Garnett, S. T., Crowley, G. M., Mantila-Beniers, N. B and Stattersfield, A. J. (2008) Rates of movement of threatened bird species between IUCN Red List categories and toward extinction. Conserv. Biol. 22: 417–427.
Buchanan, G. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Dutson, G. C. L., Pilgrim, J. D., Steininger, M., Bishop, K. D. and Mayaux, P. (2008) Using remote sensing to inform conservation status assessment: Estimates of recent deforestation rates on New Britain and the impacts upon endemic birds Biol. Conserv. 141:56–66.
Butchart, S. H. M. (2008) Red List Indices to measure the sustainability of species use and impacts of invasive alien species. Bird Conserv. Int. 18 (suppl.) 245-262.
Foden, W, Mace, G., Vié, J.-C., Angulo, A., Butchart, S., DeVantier, L., Dublin, H., Gutsche, A., Stuart, S. and Turak, E. (2008) Species susceptibility to climate change impacts. Pp. 77-88 in: J.-C. Vié, C. Hilton-Taylor and S. N. Stuart (eds). Wildlife in a changing world. An analysis of the 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN.
Hilton-Taylor, C., Pollock, C., Chanson, J., Butchart, S. H. M., Oldfield, T. and Katariya, V. (2008) Status of the world’s species. Pp 15–42 in: J.-C. Vié, C. Hilton-Taylor and S. N. Stuart (eds). Wildlife in a changing world. An analysis of the 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN.
Kirby, J. S., Stattersfield, A. J., Butchart, S. H. M., Evans, M. I., Grimmett, R. F. A., Jones, V., O’ Sullivan, J., Tucker, G. and Newton, I. (2008) Key conservation issues for migratory land- and waterbird species on the world's major flyways. Bird Conserv. Int. 18 (suppl.) 49-73.
Ohlemüller, R., Anderson, B. J., Araújo, M. B., Butchart, S. H. M., Kudrna, O. and Thomas, C. D. (2008) The coincidence of climatic and species rarity: high risk for rare species under global climate change. Biol. Lett. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0097.
Salafsky, N., Salzer, D., Stattersfield, A. J., Hilton-Taylor, C., Neugarten, R., Butchart, S. H. M., Collen, B., Cox, N., Master, Lawrence, L., O’Connor, S. and Wilkie, D. (2008) A standard lexicon for biodiversity conservation: unified classifications of threats and actions. Conserv. Biol. 22: 897-911.
2007
Butchart, S. H. M. (2007) Birds to find: a review of ‘lost’, obscure and poorly known African bid species. Bull. Afr. Bird Club. 14: 139–157.
Butchart, S. H. M., Akçakaya, H. R., Chanson, J., Baillie, J. E. M., Collen, B., Quader, S., Turner, W. R., Amin, R., Stuart, S. N., Hilton-Taylor, C. and Mace, G. M. (2007) Improvements to the Red List Index. PLoS ONE 2: e140.
Pilgrim, J. D., Brooks, T. M., Bryja, G., Butchart, S. H. M., de Silva, N., Fonseca, G. A. B., Foster, M., Hoffmann, M., Knox, D. H., Langhammer, P. F., Mittermeier, R. A., Sanderson, E. W., Sechrest, W. and Stuart, S. N. (2006) Threatened biodiversity. The human footprint as a measure of vulnerability. Pp. 115–125 in Sanderson, E. W., Gil, P. R., Mittermeier, C. G., Martin, V. G. and Kormos, C. F. The human footprint. Challenges for wilderness and biodiversity. Washington, D.C.: CEMEX.
2006
Akçakaya, H. R. Butchart, S. H. M., Mace, G. M., Stuart, S. N. and Hilton-Taylor, C. (2006) Use and misuse of the IUCN Red List criteria in projecting climate change impacts on biodiversity. Global Change Biol. 12: 2037–2043.
Burfield, I. Butchart, S., Nagy, S. and Van Bommel, F. (2006) Developing indicators for monitoring trends in the status of threatened birds in Europe. J. Ornithol. 147S: 17.
Butchart, S. H. M., Akcakaya, H. R., Kennedy, E. and Hilton-Taylor, C. (2006) Biodiversity indicators based on trends in conservation status: strengths of the IUCN Red List Index. Conserv. Biol. 20: 579–581.
Butchart, S. H. M., Stattersfield, A. J. and Brooks, T. M. (2006) Going or gone: defining ‘Possibly Extinct’ species to give a truer picture of recent extinctions. Bull. Brit. Orn. Club. 126A: 7–24.
Butchart, S. H. M., Stattersfield, A. J. and Collar, N. J. (2006) How many bird extinctions have we prevented? Oryx 40: 266–278.
Davies, N. B., Madden, J. R., Butchart, S. H. M. and Rutila, J. (2006) A host-race of the cuckoo Cuculus canorus with nestlings attuned to the parental alarm calls of the host species. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 273: 693-700.
Tobias, J. A., Butchart, S. H. M. and Collar, N. J. (2006) Lost and found: a gap analysis for the Neotropical avifauna. Neotropical Birding 1: 4–22.
2005
Butchart, S. H. M., Crosby, M. J., Collar, N. J. and Tobias, J. A. (2005) Lost and poorly known birds: top targets for birders in Asia. BirdingAsia. 3: 41–49.
Butchart, S. H. M., Stattersfield, A. J., Bennun, L. A., Akçakaya, H. R., Baillie, J. E. M., Stuart, S. N., Hilton-Taylor, C. and Mace, G. M. (2005) Using Red List Indices to measure progress towards the 2010 target and beyond. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc.1454: 255–268.
Langmore, N. E., Kilner, R. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Maurer, G., Davies, N. B., Cockburn, A., Macgregor, N., Peters, A., Magrath, M. J. L. and Dowling, D. (2005) The evolution of egg rejection by cuckoo hosts in Australia and Europe. Behav. Ecol. doi: 10.1093/beheco/ari041.
Ricketts, T. H., Dinerstein, E., Boucher, T., Brooks, T. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Hoffmann, M. Lamoreux, J. F., Morrison, J., Parr, M., Pilgrim, J. D., Rodrigues, A. S. L., Sechrest, W., Wallace, G. E., Berlin, K. Bielby, J., Burgess, N. D., Church, D. R., Cox, N., Knox, D., Loucks, C., Luck, G. W., Master, L. L., Moore, R., Naidoo, R., Ridgely, R., Schatz, G. E., Shire, G., Strand, H., Wettengel, W. and Wikramanayake, W. (2005) Pinpointing and preventing imminent extinctions. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA. 102: 18497–18501.
2004
Butchart, S. H. M., Stattersfield, A. J., Baillie, J. E. M., Bennun, L. A., Stuart, S. N., Akçakaya, H. R., Hilton-Taylor, C. and Mace, G. M. (2004) Measuring global trends in the status of biodiversity: Red List Indices for birds. PLoS. Biol. 2: 2294–2304.
Davies, N. B., Butchart, S. H. M, Madden, J. R. (2004) Learning fine-tunes a specific response of nestling to the parental alarm calls of their own species. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 271: 2297-2304.
2003
Butchart, S. H. M. (2003) Using the IUCN Red List criteria to assess species with declining populations. Conserv. Biol. 17: 1200-1201.
Butchart, S. H. M., Kilner, R. M., Fuisz, T. and Davies, N. B. (2003) Differences in the nestling begging calls of hosts and host-races of the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus. Anim. Behav.65: 345-354.
Davies, N. B., Butchart, S. H. M., Burke, T. A., Chaline, N. G. and Stewart, I. R. K. (2003) Reed warblers guard against cuckoos and cuckoldry. Anim Behav. 65: 285-295.
Seddon, N., Tobias, J. A., and Butchart, S. H. M. (2003) Group-living, breeding behaviour and territoriality in the Subdesert Mesite Monias benschi. Ibis 145: 277-294.
2002
Seddon, N, Butchart, S. H. M., and Odling-Smee, L. (2002) Duetting in the subdesert mesite (Monias benschi): evidence for acoustic mate-defence? Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 52: 7-16.
2000
Baker, G. C. and Butchart, S. H. M. (2000) Threats to the maleo Macrocephalon maleo and recommendations for its conservation. Oryx 34: 255-261.
Butchart, S. H. M. (2000) Population structure and breeding system of the sex-role reversed, polyandrous Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus. Ibis 142: 93-102.
Butchart, S. H. M. and Baker, G. C. (2000) Priority sites for conservation of maleos (Macrocephalon maleo) in central Sulawesi. Biol. Conserv. 94: 79-91.
Seddon, N., Tobias, J. Yount, J. W. Ramanampamonjy, J. R., Butchart, S. Randrianizahana, H. (2000) Conservation isues and priorities in the spiny forests of south-west Madagascar. Oryx 34: 287-304.
1999
Butchart, S. H. M. (1999) Sexual conflicts and copulations in polyandrous bronze-winged jacanas Metopidius indicus. Behav. 136: 443-468.
Butchart, S. H. M., Seddon, N. and Ekstrom, J. (1999) Yelling for sex: harem males compete for female access in bronze-winged jacanas. Anim. Behav. 57: 637-646.
Butchart, S. H. M., Seddon, N. and Ekstrom, J. (1999) Polyandry and competition for territories in bronze-winged jacanas. J. Anim. Ecol. 68: 928-939.
1997
Barnes, R., Butchart, S. H. M., Davies, C. W. N., Fernandez, M., and Seddon, N. (1997) New distributional information on eight bird species from northern Peru. Bull. Brit. Orn. Club. 117: 69-74.
Davies, C. W. N., Barnes, R., Butchart, S. H. M., Fernandez M. and Seddon, N. (1997) The conservation status of birds on the Cordillera de Colán, Peru. Bird Conserv. Int. 7: 181-195.
1996
Brooks, T. M., Clay, R. P., Lowen, J. C., Butchart, S. H. M., Barnes, R., Esquivel, E. Z., Etcheverry, N. I., and Vincent, J. (1996) New information on nine birds from Paraguay. Ornitologia Neotrop. 6:129-134.
Butchart, S. H. M., Brooks, T. M., Davies, C. W. N., Dharmaputra, G., Dutson, G. C. L., Lowen, J. C., and Sahu, A. (1996) The conservation status of forest birds on Flores and Sumbawa, Indonesia. Bird Conserv. Int. 6: 335-370.
Johnstone, R. E., Jepson, P., Butchart, S. H. M., Lowen, J. C. and Prawiradilaga, D. (1996) The birds of Sumbawa, Moyo and Sangeang islands, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Records W. Aust. Mus. 18: 157-178.
Seddon, N., Barnes, R., Butchart, S. H. M., Davies, C. W. N.and Fernandez, M. (1996) Recent observations and notes on the ecology of the Royal Sunangel Heliangelus regalis. Bull. Brit. Orn. Club. 116: 46-49.
1995
Butchart, S. H. M., Barnes, R., Davies, C. W. N., Fernandez, M. and Seddon, N. (1995) Threatened mammals of the Cordillera de Colán. Oryx 29: 275-281.
Butchart, S. H. M., Barnes, R., Davies, C. W. N., Fernandez, M. and Seddon, N. (1995) Observations of two threatened primates in the Peruvian Andes. Primate Conserv. 16: 15-19.