| Future threats to biodiversity and pathways to their prevention D Tilman, M Clark, DR Williams, K Kimmel, S Polasky, C Packer Nature 546 (7656), 73-81, 2017 | 1267 | 2017 |
| How can higher-yield farming help to spare nature? B Phalan, RE Green, LV Dicks, G Dotta, C Feniuk, A Lamb, ... Science 351 (6272), 450-451, 2016 | 290 | 2016 |
| Proactive conservation to prevent habitat losses to agricultural expansion DR Williams, M Clark, GM Buchanan, GF Ficetola, C Rondinini, D Tilman Nature Sustainability 4 (4), 314-322, 2021 | 213 | 2021 |
| Robustness despite uncertainty: regional climate data reveal the dominant role of humans in explaining global extinctions of Late Quaternary megafauna LJ Bartlett, DR Williams, GW Prescott, A Balmford, RE Green, A Eriksson, ... Ecography, 2015 | 150 | 2015 |
| Quantitative global analysis of the role of climate and people in explaining late Quaternary megafaunal extinctions GW Prescott, DR Williams, A Balmford, RE Green, A Manica Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (12), 4527-4531, 2012 | 136 | 2012 |
| The challenge of biased evidence in conservation AP Christie, T Amano, PA Martin, SO Petrovan, GE Shackelford, ... Conservation Biology 35 (1), 249-262, 2021 | 128 | 2021 |
| Bird conservation: global evidence for the effects of interventions DR Williams, RG Pople, DA Showler, LV Dicks, MF Child, E Ermgassen, ... Pelagic Publishing, Exeter, 2012 | 127* | 2012 |
| The past and future role of conservation science in saving biodiversity DR Williams, A Balmford, DS Wilcove Conservation Letters 13 (4), e12720, 2020 | 125 | 2020 |
| The environmental footprint of global food production BS Halpern, M Frazier, J Verstaen, PE Rayner, G Clawson, JL Blanchard, ... Nature Sustainability 5 (12), 1027-1039, 2022 | 122 | 2022 |
| Farmland Conservation: Evidence for the effects of interventions in northern and western Europe LV Dicks, JE Ashpole, J Dänhardt, K James, AM Jönsson, N Randall, ... Pelagic Publishing Ltd, 2014 | 110* | 2014 |
| Opinion: Putting all foods on the same table: Achieving sustainable food systems requires full accounting BS Halpern, RS Cottrell, JL Blanchard, L Bouwman, HE Froehlich, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (37), 18152-18156, 2019 | 89 | 2019 |
| Poor availability of context-specific evidence hampers decision-making in conservation AP Christie, T Amano, PA Martin, SO Petrovan, GE Shackelford, ... Biological Conservation 248, 108666, 2020 | 81 | 2020 |
| The role of livestock intensification and landscape structure in maintaining tropical biodiversity F Alvarado, F Escobar, DR Williams, V Arroyo‐Rodríguez, ... Journal of Applied Ecology 55 (1), 185-194, 2018 | 81 | 2018 |
| Land‐use strategies to balance livestock production, biodiversity conservation and carbon storage in Yucatán, Mexico DR Williams, F Alvarado, RE Green, A Manica, B Phalan, A Balmford Global change biology 23 (12), 5260-5272, 2017 | 81 | 2017 |
| Investigating the risks of removing wild meat from global food systems H Booth, M Clark, EJ Milner-Gulland, K Amponsah-Mensah, AP Antunes, ... Current Biology 31 (8), 1788-1797. e3, 2021 | 69 | 2021 |
| Global protected areas seem insufficient to safeguard half of the world's mammals from human-induced extinction DR Williams, C Rondinini, D Tilman Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (24), e2200118119, 2022 | 67 | 2022 |
| Time to rethink trophic levels in aquaculture policy RS Cottrell, M Metian, HE Froehlich, JL Blanchard, N Sand Jacobsen, ... Reviews in Aquaculture 13 (3), 1583-1593, 2021 | 60 | 2021 |
| Carbon Storage and Land-Use Strategies in Agricultural Landscapes across Three Continents DR Williams, B Phalan, C Feniuk, RE Green, A Balmford Current Biology 28 (15), 2500-2505. e4, 2018 | 41 | 2018 |
| Mapping the spatial distribution of global mariculture production G Clawson, CD Kuempel, M Frazier, G Blasco, RS Cottrell, HE Froehlich, ... Aquaculture 553, 738066, 2022 | 39 | 2022 |
| Is research effort associated with the conservation status of European bird species? HJ Murray, EJ Green, DR Williams, IJ Burfield, ML Brooke ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH 27 (3), 193-206, 2015 | 32 | 2015 |
Andrew BalmfordDepartment of Zoology, University of CambridgeVerified email at zoo.cam.ac.uk
