% pubman genre = article
@article{item_3250134,
title = {{A severe lack of evidencel limits effective conservation of the world{\textquotesingle}s primates}},
author = {Junker, Jessica and Petrovan, Silviu O and Arroyo-Rodr{\'I}guez, Victor and Boonratana, Ramesh and Byler, Dirck and Chapman, Colin A and Chetry, Dilip and Cheyne, Susan M and Cornejo, Fanny M and Cort{\'E}s-Ortiz, Liliana and Cowlishaw, Guy and Christie, Alec P and Crockford, Catherine and Torre, Stella De La and De Melo, Fabiano R and Fan, P and Grueter, Cyril C and Guzm{\'A}n-Caro, Diana C and Heymann, Eckhard W and Herbinger, Ilka and Hoang, Minh D and Horwich, Robert H and Humle, Tatyana and Ikemeh, Rachel A and Imong, Inaoyom S and Jerusalinsky, Leandro and Johnson, Steig E and Kappeler, Peter M and Kierulff, Maria Cec{\'I}lia M and Kon{\'E}, Inza and Kormos, Rebecca and Le, Khac Q and Li, Baoguo and Marshall, Andrew J and Meijaard, Erik and Mittermeier, Russel A and Muroyama, Yasuyuki and Neugebauer, Eleonora and Orth, Lisa and Palacios, Erwin and Papworth, Sarah K and Plumptre, Andrew J and Rawson, Ben M and Refisch, Johannes and Ratsimbazafy, Jonah and Roos, Christian and Setchell, Joanna M and Smith, Rebecca K and Sop, Tenekwetsche and Schwitzer, Christoph and Slater, Kerry and Strum, Shirley C and Sutherland, William J and Talebi, Maur{\'I}cio and Wallis, Janette and Wich, Serge and Williamson, Elizabeth A and Wittig, Roman M and K{\"u}hl, Hjalmar S.},
language = {eng},
issn = {0006-3568},
doi = {10.1093/biosci/biaa082},
publisher = {Oxford},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-09},
abstract = {{Threats to biodiversity are well documented. However, to effectively conserve species and their habitats, we need to know which conservation interventions do (or do not) work. Evidence-based conservation evaluates interventions within a scientific framework. The Conservation Evidence project has summarized thousands of studies testing conservation interventions and compiled these as synopses for various habitats and taxa. In the present article, we analyzed the interventions assessed in the primate synopsis and compared these with other taxa. We found that despite intensive efforts to study primates and the extensive threats they face, less than 1\{\textpercent} of primate studies evaluated conservation effectiveness. The studies often lacked quantitative data, failed to undertake postimplementation monitoring of populations or individuals, or implemented several interventions at once. Furthermore, the studies were biased toward specific taxa, geographic regions, and interventions. We describe barriers for testing primate conservation interventions and propose actions to improve the conservation evidence base to protect this endangered and globally important taxon.}},
journal = {{BioScience}},
volume = {70},
number = {9},
pages = {794--803},
}