| Effectiveness of the global protected area network in representing species diversity ASL Rodrigues, SJ Andelman, MI Bakarr, L Boitani, TM Brooks, ... Nature 428 (6983), 640, 2004 | 1381 | 2004 |
| Conservation planning in a changing world RL Pressey, M Cabeza, ME Watts, RM Cowling, KA Wilson Trends in ecology & evolution 22 (11), 583-592, 2007 | 915 | 2007 |
| Marxan and relatives: software for spatial conservation prioritisation IR Ball, HP Possingham, M Watts Spatial conservation prioritisation: Quantitative methods and computational …, 2009 | 788 | 2009 |
| Global gap analysis: priority regions for expanding the global protected-area network ASL Rodrigues, HR Akcakaya, SJ Andelman, MI Bakarr, L Boitani, ... BioScience 54 (12), 1092-1100, 2004 | 550 | 2004 |
| Marxan with Zones: Software for optimal conservation based land-and sea-use zoning ME Watts, IR Ball, RS Stewart, CJ Klein, K Wilson, C Steinback, R Lourival, ... Environmental Modelling & Software 24 (12), 1513-1521, 2009 | 448 | 2009 |
| Incorporating ecological and evolutionary processes into continental‐scale conservation planning C Klein, K Wilson, M Watts, J Stein, S Berry, J Carwardine, MS Smith, ... Ecological applications 19 (1), 206-217, 2009 | 188 | 2009 |
| Achieving the triple bottom line in the face of inherent trade-offs among social equity, economic return, and conservation BS Halpern, CJ Klein, CJ Brown, M Beger, HS Grantham, S Mangubhai, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (15), 6229-6234, 2013 | 186 | 2013 |
| Avoiding costly conservation mistakes: the importance of defining actions and costs in spatial priority setting J Carwardine, KA Wilson, M Watts, A Etter, CJ Klein, HP Possingham PLoS One 3 (7), e2586, 2008 | 186 | 2008 |
| Effectiveness of protected areas in north-eastern New South Wales: recent trends in six measures RL Pressey, GL Whish, TW Barrett, ME Watts Biological Conservation 106 (1), 57-69, 2002 | 178 | 2002 |
| Conservation planning under climate change: toward accounting for uncertainty in predicted species distributions to increase confidence in conservation investments in space and … SB Carvalho, JC Brito, EG Crespo, ME Watts, HP Possingham Biological Conservation 144 (7), 2020-2030, 2011 | 162 | 2011 |
| Planning for persistence in marine reserves: a question of catastrophic importance ET Game, ME Watts, S Wooldridge, HP Possingham Ecological Applications 18 (3), 670-680, 2008 | 158 | 2008 |
| Spatial marine zoning for fisheries and conservation CJ Klein, C Steinback, M Watts, AJ Scholz, HP Possingham Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 8 (7), 349-353, 2010 | 145 | 2010 |
| Conserving biodiversity in production landscapes KA Wilson, E Meijaard, S Drummond, HS Grantham, L Boitani, G Catullo, ... Ecological Applications 20 (6), 1721-1732, 2010 | 133 | 2010 |
| Is maximizing protection the same as minimizing loss? Efficiency and retention as alternative measures of the effectiveness of proposed reserves RL Pressey, ME Watts, TW Barrett Ecology Letters 7 (11), 1035-1046, 2004 | 124 | 2004 |
| The C-Plan conservation planning system: origins, applications, and possible futures RL Pressey, ME Watts, TW Barrett, MJ Ridges Spatial conservation prioritization: quantitative methods and computational …, 2009 | 121 | 2009 |
| A kinome-wide RNAi screen in Drosophila Glia reveals that the RIO kinases mediate cell proliferation and survival through TORC2-Akt signaling in glioblastoma RD Read, TR Fenton, GG Gomez, J Wykosky, SR Vandenberg, I Babic, ... PLoS genetics 9 (2), e1003253, 2013 | 108* | 2013 |
| Incorporating asymmetric connectivity into spatial decision making for conservation M Beger, S Linke, M Watts, E Game, E Treml, I Ball, HP Possingham Conservation Letters 3 (5), 359-368, 2010 | 108 | 2010 |
| Global gap analysis: towards a representative network of protected areas ASL Rodrigues, SJ Andelman, J Long, PA Marquet, JD Pilgrim, ... Conservation International, 2003 | 108 | 2003 |
| Informed opportunism for conservation planning in the Solomon Islands ET Game, G Lipsett‐Moore, R Hamilton, N Peterson, J Kereseka, W Atu, ... Conservation Letters 4 (1), 38-46, 2011 | 95 | 2011 |
| Conservation planning when costs are uncertain J Carwardine, KA Wilson, SA Hajkowicz, RJ Smith, CJ Klein, M Watts, ... Conservation Biology 24 (6), 1529-1537, 2010 | 80 | 2010 |
Hugh PossinghamThe Chief Scientist, The Nature ConservancyVerified email at tnc.org
