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Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation Template

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About the Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation format

Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation is a peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier, covering Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change.

PublisherElsevier
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inWildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Species Distribution and Climate Change Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Plant and animal studies
ISSN2530-0644
Citation impact (2-yr)3.2
h-index50
i10-index245
Total citations10,907
Open accessYes
Top institutions publishing hereUniversidade de São Paulo
Journal websitewww.journals.elsevier.com
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Papers published in Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation per year

54
2017
35
2018
25
2019
39
2020
64
2021
41
2022
44
2023
42
2024
41
2025

Citation impact of Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation by publication year

2.7K
2017
1.9K
2018
1.4K
2019
1.2K
2020
2.1K
2021
426
2022
644
2023
302
2024
83
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation

From hotspot to hopespot: An opportunity for the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Camila Linhares De Rezende, Fábio Rúbio Scarano, Eduardo Delgado Assad et al. · 1 Oct 2018

New remote sensing data on vegetation cover and restoration opportunities bring hope to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, one of the hottest of the 36 global biodiversity hotspots. Available estimates of remaining vegetation cover in the biome currently range from 11% to 16%. However, our new land-cover map, prepared at the highest resolution ever (5 m),…

Fundão tailings dam failures: the environment tragedy of the largest technological disaster of Brazilian mining in global context

Flávio Fonseca do Carmo, Luciana Hiromi Yoshino Kamino, Rogério Tobias et al. · 1 Jul 2017

After the collapse of the Fundão dam, 43 million m3 of iron ore tailings continue to cause environmental damage, polluting 668 km of watercourses from the Doce River to the Atlantic Ocean. The objectives of this study are to characterize the Fundão Tailings Dam and structural failures; improve the understanding of the scale of the…

Understanding Brazil’s catastrophic fires: Causes, consequences and policy needed to prevent future tragedies

Vânia Regina Pivello, Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira, Alexander V. Christianini et al. · 1 Jul 2021

Brazil has experienced unprecedented wildfires in the last decade. Images ofimmense burnt areas or dead animals that failed to escape the 2020 wildfires have shocked the world. To prevent or minimize further similardisasters wemustunderstandthe factors thathave ledto these catastrophic events. The causes and consequences of wildfires entail complex interactions between the biophysical and sociocultural spheres,…

Deforestation control in the Brazilian Amazon: A conservation struggle being lost as agreements and regulations are subverted and bypassed

William Douglas de Carvalho, Karen Mustin, Renato Richard Hilário et al. · 29 Jun 2019

Despite efforts to reduce deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, there has been an up-turn in clearing rates since 2012. These increases are in part due to failures in deforestation control. Soybean planters, cattle ranchers, and timber merchants find ways to circumvent agreements and legislation. Here we explain some of the key problems with the implementation…

Why Brazil needs its Legal Reserves

Jean Paul Metzger, Mercedes Bustamante, Joice Ferreira et al. · 1 Jul 2019

Brazil's environmental legislation obliges private properties to retain a fixed proportion of their total area with native vegetation, the so-called "Legal Reserves". Those areas represent practically one third of the country's native vegetation and are well known for their role in biodiversity protection and in the provisioning of a wide range of ecosystem services for…

Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation template — frequently asked questions

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What reference style does Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation use?
Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
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