Leah Gerber
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Leah Gerber's Degrees
- PhD Ecology University of California, Davis
- Masters Ecology University of California, Davis
- Bachelors Biology University of California, Santa Cruz
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Leah R. Gerber is a conservation biologist and environmental scientist most known for her contributions to the field of biodiversity conservation. She has conducted research on population ecology, conservation decision-making, and the application of innovative quantitative methods in conservation biology.
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Published Works
- Predicted growth in plastic waste exceeds efforts to mitigate plastic pollution (2020) (696)
- Population models for marine reserve design: A retrospective and prospective synthesis (2003) (400)
- Marine Reserves as a Tool for Ecosystem-Based Management: The Potential Importance of Megafauna (2004) (357)
- The Role of Landscape Connectivity in Planning and Implementing Conservation and Restoration Priorities. Issues in Ecology (2012) (284)
- The rising tide of ocean diseases: unsolved problems and research priorities (2004) (284)
- Good Medicine for Conservation Biology: the Intersection of Epidemiology and Conservation Theory (2002) (249)
- Foundations of translational ecology (2017) (199)
- Process-based models are required to manage ecological systems in a changing world (2013) (179)
- Connecting places: The ecological consequences of dispersal in the sea (2007) (165)
- Complexity in Ecology and Conservation: Mathematical, Statistical, and Computational Challenges (2005) (147)
- Sex–biased dispersal in a salmonid fish (2002) (142)
- Climate change impacts on connectivity in the ocean: Implications for conservation (2014) (105)
- Without inclusion, diversity initiatives may not be enough (2017) (104)
- Conservation triage or injurious neglect in endangered species recovery (2016) (102)
- Catastrophic events and recovery from low densities in populations of otariids: implications for risk of extinction (2001) (92)
- The use of demographic sensitivity analysis in marine species conservation planning (2004) (90)
- Human Disturbance Influences Reproductive Success and Growth Rate in California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus) (2011) (89)
- The role of dispersal and demography in determining the efficacy of marine reserves (2005) (89)
- Inferring spatial structure from time‐series data: using multivariate state‐space models to detect metapopulation structure of California sea lions in the Gulf of California, Mexico (2010) (87)
- A theory for optimal monitoring of marine reserves (2005) (85)
- Ecosystem‐Based Fisheries Management for Social–Ecological Systems: Renewing the Focus in the United States with Next Generation Fishery Ecosystem Plans (2018) (81)
- ARE WE RECOVERING? AN EVALUATION OF RECOVERY CRITERIA UNDER THE U.S. ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT (2002) (80)
- Including risk in stated-preference economic valuations: Experiments on choices for marine recreation. (2009) (79)
- INCLUDING SPECIES INTERACTIONS IN THE DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF MARINE RESERVES: SOME INSIGHTS FROM A PREDATOR-PREY MODEL (2004) (74)
- Diverting the Colorado River leads to a dramatic life history shift in an endangered marine fish (2008) (72)
- Population status and trends of the California sea lion (Zalophus californianus californianus) in the Gulf of California, Mexico (2006) (62)
- Should Whales Be Culled to Increase Fishery Yield? (2009) (62)
- Gray Whales and the Value of Monitoring Data in Implementing the U.S. Endangered Species Act (1999) (59)
- Endangered species recovery: A resource allocation problem (2018) (57)
- Including behavioral data in demographic models improves estimates of population viability (2006) (57)
- EXPOSING EXTINCTION RISK ANALYSIS TO PATHOGENS: IS DISEASE JUST ANOTHER FORM OF DENSITY DEPENDENCE? (2005) (57)
- Isolation by distance among California sea lion populations in Mexico: redefining management stocks (2009) (56)
- Does infectious disease influence the efficacy of marine protected areas? A theoretical framework (2005) (56)
- Designing connected marine reserves in the face of global warming (2018) (54)
- The influence of life history attributes and fishing pressure on the efficacy of marine reserves (2002) (53)
- Building effective fishery ecosystem plans (2018) (53)
- Survival Rates of the California Sea Lion, Zalophus californianus, in Mexico (2008) (49)
- Comparing bycatch mitigation strategies for vulnerable marine megafauna (2014) (49)
- Tools for measuring, modelling, and valuing ecosystem services (2018) (49)
- Management of a marine protected area for sustainability and conflict resolution: Lessons from Loreto Bay National Park (Baja California Sur, Mexico) (2009) (46)
- MORTALITY SENSITIVITY IN LIFE-STAGE SIMULATION ANALYSIS: A CASE STUDY OF SOUTHERN SEA OTTERS (2004) (45)
- A metric for spatially explicit contributions to science-based species targets (2021) (44)
- Long-term effectiveness of a multi-use marine protected area on reef fish assemblages and fisheries landings. (2013) (41)
- Navigating translational ecology: Creating opportunities for scientist participation (2017) (41)
- Transformative governance of biodiversity: insights for sustainable development (2021) (41)
- Bringing sustainability to life: A framework to guide biodiversity indicator development for business performance management (2020) (39)
- A Quantitative Approach to Endangered Species Act Classification of Long‐Lived Vertebrates: Application to the North Pacif ic Humpback Whale (1999) (38)
- A Decision Framework for the Adaptive Management of an Exploited Species with Implications for Marine Reserves (2007) (38)
- Innovative financing for the High Seas (2017) (36)
- Implementation of a marine reserve has a rapid but short-lived effect on recreational angler use. (2012) (34)
- Ecosystem models clarify the trophic role of whales off Northwest Africa (2010) (33)
- Habitat-specific larval dispersal and marine connectivity: implications for spatial conservation planning (2013) (33)
- Structuring Decisions for Managing Threatened and Endangered Species in a Changing Climate (2013) (33)
- Conservation science: A market approach to saving the whales (2012) (32)
- Implications of three viability models for the conservation status of the western population of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) (2001) (32)
- Coral reef quality and recreation fees in marine protected areas (2010) (31)
- Developing recovery and monitoring strategies for the endemic Mount Graham red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus grahamensis) in Arizona (2004) (30)
- Age-specific birth rates of California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) in the Gulf of California, Mexico (2008) (30)
- Food hoarding: future value in optimal foraging decisions (2004) (30)
- Incorporating uncertainty in spatial structure for viability predictions: a case study of California sea lions (Zalophus californianus californianus) (2006) (29)
- Sustaining seafood for public health (2012) (29)
- Two‐sex matrix models in assessing population viability: when do male dynamics matter? (2014) (29)
- Incorporating biodiversity conservation and recreational wildlife values into smart growth land use planning (2011) (28)
- Authorship and the Use of Biological Information in Endangered Species Recovery Plans (2001) (27)
- ARE RECOVERY PLANS IMPROVING WITH PRACTICE (2002) (27)
- Identifying Conservation Areas on the Basis of Alternative Distribution Data Sets (2010) (27)
- Testing the feasibility of a hypothetical whaling‐conservation permit market in Norway (2017) (26)
- Do the Largest Protected Areas Conserve Whales or Whalers? (2005) (25)
- Global reforestation and biodiversity conservation (2020) (25)
- Translocation of an imperilled woodrat population: integrating spatial and habitat patterns (2003) (23)
- Measuring Success in Conservation (2000) (22)
- Weak Polygyny in California Sea Lions and the Potential for Alternative Mating Tactics (2012) (22)
- A noninvasive demographic assessment of sea lions based on stage-specific abundances. (2008) (21)
- Density dependence and risk of extinction in a small population of sea otters (2004) (21)
- The Cost of Male Aggression and Polygyny in California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus) (2010) (21)
- Assessing the ecological and economic benefits of a no-take marine reserve (2008) (20)
- 'Whales eat fish'? Demystifying the myth in the Caribbean marine ecosystem (2010) (19)
- Managing for extinction? Conflicting conservation objectives in a large marine reserve (2011) (19)
- Monitoring behavior: assessing population status with rapid behavioral assessment (2013) (18)
- Review of the Southern Ocean Sanctuary: Marine Protected Areas in the context of the International Whaling Commission Sanctuary Programme (2023) (17)
- The Use of Surrogate Data in Demographic Population Viability Analysis: A Case Study of California Sea Lions (2015) (17)
- Population Viability Analysis: Origins and Contributions (2010) (16)
- Estimating Sustainable Bycatch Rates for California Sea Lion Populations in the Gulf of California (2008) (16)
- The influence of human disturbance on California sea lions during the breeding season (2009) (15)
- Producing actionable science in conservation: Best practices for organizations and individuals (2020) (15)
- A state-space mixture approach for estimating catastrophic events in time series data (2007) (15)
- Viability Analysis of Reef Fish Populations Based on Limited Demographic Information (2007) (15)
- Scientific standards for conducting viability assessments under the Nathional Forest Management Act: report and recoomendations of the NCRAS Working Group (2001) (14)
- Quantifying the Spatial Ecology of Wide-Ranging Marine Species in the Gulf of California: Implications for Marine Conservation Planning (2011) (14)
- Short- and long-term population response to changes in vital rates: implications for population viability analysis. (2010) (14)
- Determinants of agonistic interactions in California sea lions (2008) (14)
- Marine Mammals: New Objectives in U.S. Fishery Management (1999) (13)
- Habitat preferences of California sea lions: implications for conservation (2008) (13)
- Spatial and temporal patterns of territory use of male California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) in the Gulf of California, Mexico (2008) (13)
- Assessing the impact of the U.S. Endangered Species Act recovery planning guidelines on managing threats for listed species (2015) (13)
- A Behaviorally Explicit Demographic Model Integrating Habitat Selection and Population Dynamics in California Sea Lions (2008) (13)
- Area‐based management of blue water fisheries: Current knowledge and research needs (2021) (13)
- LONG-DISTANCE MOVEMENT OF A PINNIPED NEONATE (2007) (12)
- Ecological Synthesis and Its Role in Advancing Knowledge (2020) (12)
- Solve the biodiversity crisis with funding (2019) (11)
- Determinants of Outcomes of Agonistic Interactions among Male California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus) (2008) (11)
- Past exploitation of California sea lions did not lead to a genetic bottleneck in the Gulf of California (2010) (10)
- Ten thousand and increasing: Is the western Arctic population of bowhead whale endangered? (2007) (10)
- The role of stakeholder perceptions and institutions for marine reserve efficacy in the Midriff Islands Region, Gulf of California, Mexico (2018) (10)
- PREDICTING EXTINCTION RISK IN SPITE OF PREDATOR–PREY OSCILLATIONS (2007) (10)
- Applying a jurisdictional approach to support sustainable seafood (2021) (9)
- Conservation markets for wildlife management with case studies from whaling. (2014) (9)
- Impacts of Whale Watching on the Behavior of Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Coast of Panama (2020) (8)
- Guiding principles for green economic development in the marine environment (2015) (8)
- An investment strategy to address biodiversity loss from agricultural expansion (2022) (7)
- Minding the Data-Gap Trap: Exploring Dynamics of Abundant Dolphin Populations Under Uncertainty (2021) (7)
- PRELIMINARY STANDARDIZED CATCH RATES FOR PELAGIC AND LARGE COASTAL SHARKS FROM LOGBOOK AND OBSERVER DATA FROM THE NORTHWEST ATLANTIC (2002) (7)
- A decision framework for estimating the cost of marine plastic pollution interventions (2021) (7)
- Evaluating the role of market-based instruments in protecting marine ecosystem services in wild-caught fisheries (2021) (7)
- Ecology: The effect of conservation spending (2017) (7)
- Correction: Weak Polygyny in California Sea Lions and the Potential for Alternative Mating Tactics (2012) (6)
- Seeking a rational approach to setting conservation priorities for marine mammals (1998) (6)
- Delisting of Species under the ESA (2003) (6)
- The Influence of Social Composition on Reproductive Behavior of Territorial Male California Sea Lions (2008) (6)
- Incorporating uncertainty in spatial structure for viability predictions: a case study of California sea lions (Zalophus californianus californianus) (2006) (6)
- A Scientific Synthesis of Marine Protected Areas in the United States: Status and Recommendations (2022) (5)
- The Potential Impact of Labor Choices on the Efficacy of Marine Conservation Strategies (2011) (5)
- Conservation science needs new institutional models for achieving outcomes (2018) (5)
- Evaluation of Bowhead Whale Status: Reply to Taylor (2003) (4)
- Extinctions of marine mammals (2001) (4)
- Wildlife Population Increases in Serengeti National Park (2007) (4)
- Marine Mammals, Extinctions of (2013) (4)
- Tourist Knowledge, Pro-Conservation Intentions, and Tourist Concern for the Impacts of Whale-Watching in Las Perlas Archipelago, Panama (2021) (4)
- Synthesizing ecological and human use information to understand and manage coastal change (2018) (4)
- First Evidence for Adoption in California Sea Lions (2010) (4)
- Facilitate, don't forbid, trade between conservationists and resource harvesters. (2014) (4)
- Developing a non-invasive indicator of pinniped health: Neonate behavior and growth in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) (2010) (3)
- Flame retardant contamination and seafood sustainability (2018) (3)
- Modelling the trophic role of marine mammals in tropical areas: data requirements, uncertainty, and validation (2009) (2)
- Monitoring the Endangered Species Act: Revisiting the Eastern North Pacific Gray Whale (2004) (2)
- Evaluating the Fitness for Use of Citizen Science Data for Wildlife Monitoring (2021) (2)
- The Present and Future Status of Ecosystem Services for Coral Reefs (2021) (2)
- Buying Whales to Save Them (2013) (2)
- Aligning actions with objectives in endangered species recovery plans (2021) (2)
- Wildlife Population Increases in Serengeti National Park [with Response] (2007) (1)
- Does trophic level predict seafood sustainability (2013) (1)
- The plastic-scape: Applying seascape ecology to marine plastic pollution (2022) (1)
- The marriage of business and ecology (2016) (1)
- Beyond the whaling stalemate (2016) (1)
- Conservation prioritization to conservation action in the Gulf of California, Mexico (2014) (1)
- Habitat Conservation Plans provide limited insight into the cost of complying with the Endangered Species Act (2022) (1)
- Five approaches to producing actionable science in conservation (2022) (1)
- The value of increased spatial resolution of pesticide usage data for assessing risk to endangered species (2021) (1)
- A Trait-Based Framework for Assessing the Relative Vulnerability of Marine Biodiversity to Macroplastics (2023) (1)
- Innovative financing for the High Seas Torsten Thiele (2017) (0)
- Trophic level links seafood sustainability to human health (2013) (0)
- biased dispersal in a salmonid fish - Sex (2011) (0)
- Frontiers inEcology and the Environment Sustaining seafood for public health (2012) (0)
- Trophic Ecology (2021) (0)
- Virtue and the Natural Environment: The Outcomes of Demonstrating Pro-Environmental Behaviors (2014) (0)
- Challenges and Opportunities for Training Agents of Change in the Anthropocene (2019) (0)
- Conservation awareness through social media (2022) (0)
- Buzzfeed to Behavior: In Search of Sustainable Spillover from Happiness-Based Information Interventions (2015) (0)
- Hurdles to developing quantitative decision support for Endangered Species Act resource allocation (2022) (0)
- THE INFLUENCE OF DATA SOURCE IN IDENTIFYING AREAS OF CONSERVATION PRIORITY (2008) (0)
- Glenn R. VanBlaricom † 1949–2020 (2021) (0)
- Tracking Species Recovery Status to Improve Endangered Species Act Decisions (2021) (0)
- Practicing mindfulness in addressing the biodiversity crisis (2023) (0)
- IS THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA POPULATION OF CALIFORNIA SEA LIONS GENETICALLY DISTINCT? IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSERVATION (2008) (0)
- Wildlife population increases in Serengeti National Park [1] (2007) (0)
- A deal with Japan on whaling (2015) (0)
- Identifying opportunities for high resolution pesticide usage data to improve the efficiency of endangered species pesticide risk assessment (2022) (0)
- Examining Visitor Collected Species Data from Denali National Park and Preserve (2023) (0)
- A Proposal Frameworkfor a Tri-National Agreement on Biological Conservation in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem (2022) (0)
- Incentives for Galápagos protection (2017) (0)
- Erratum: Predicting extinction risk in spite of predator-prey oscillations (Ecological Applications, (2007) 17, 5, (1543-1554)). (2008) (0)
- Debating whale sanctuaries [4] (multiple letters) (2005) (0)
- Erratum: Do the largest protected areas conserve whales or whalers? (Science (January 28) (525-526)) (2005) (0)
- Which Endangered Species Should We Save? (2020) (0)
- The scientific whaling loophole. (2012) (0)
- Predicting [corrected] extinction risk in spite of predator-prey oscillations. (2007) (0)
- Marine Reserves and Ecosystem-Based Management (2019) (0)
- CONSERVATION BIOLOGY OF CETACEANS IN MARINE COMMUNITIES OF BAJA CALIFORNIA: SCIENCE OR ADVOCACY? (2001) (0)
- Refining the Ecosystems Services Model: Integrating Animal Behavior into Ecotourism Management (2021) (0)
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