Past conservation efforts reveal which actions lead to positive outcomes for species

Ashley T. Simkins; William J. Sutherland; Lynn V. Dicks; Craig Hilton-Taylor; Molly K. Grace; Stuart H. M. Butchart; Rebecca A. Senior; Silviu O. Petrovan

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3003051

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Past conservation efforts reveal which actions lead to positive outcomes for species

Ashley T. Simkins ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: ats43@cam.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0190-3960

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William J. Sutherland,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6498-0437

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Lynn V. Dicks,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8304-4468

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Craig Hilton-Taylor,

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1163-1425

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Molly K. Grace,

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1978-615X

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Stuart H. M. Butchart,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, BirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1140-4049

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Rebecca A. Senior,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Conservation Ecology Group, Department of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8208-736X

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Silviu O. Petrovan

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3984-2403

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Past conservation efforts reveal which actions lead to positive outcomes for species

Ashley T. Simkins,
William J. Sutherland,
Lynn V. Dicks,
Craig Hilton-Taylor,
Molly K. Grace,
Stuart H. M. Butchart,
Rebecca A. Senior,
Silviu O. Petrovan

Published: March 18, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003051

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