| How many bird and mammal extinctions has recent conservation action prevented? FC Bolam, L Mair, M Angelico, TM Brooks, M Burgman, C Hermes, ... Conservation Letters 14 (1), e12762, 2021 | 180 | 2021 |
| Lake sturgeon response to a spawning reef constructed in the Detroit River EF Roseman, B Manny, J Boase, M Child, G Kennedy, J Craig, K Soper, ... Journal of Applied Ichthyology 27, 66-76, 2011 | 101 | 2011 |
| Combining the fields of reintroduction biology and restoration ecology MK Lipsey, MF Child, PJ Seddon, DP Armstrong, RF Maloney Conservation Biology, 1387-1390, 2007 | 101 | 2007 |
| Bird conservation: Global evidence for the effects of interventions DR Williams, RG Pople, DA Showler, LV Dicks, MF Child, ... Pelagic Publishing, 2013 | 90 | 2013 |
| Contrasting spatial patterns of taxonomic and functional richness offer insights into potential loss of ecosystem services GS Cumming, MF Child Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 364 …, 2009 | 89 | 2009 |
| The red list of mammals of South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho MF Child, L Roxburgh, E Do Linh San, D Raimondo, HT Davies-Mostert South African National Biodiversity Institute and Endangered Wildlife Trust …, 2016 | 82 | 2016 |
| Interspecific audience effects on the alarm-calling behaviour of a kleptoparasitic bird AR Ridley, MF Child, MBV Bell Biology Letters 3 (6), 589-591, 2007 | 74 | 2007 |
| The Thoreau ideal as a unifying thread in the conservation movement MF Child Conservation Biology 23 (2), 241-243, 2009 | 71 | 2009 |
| Assessing the broad-scale impact of agriculturally transformed and protected area landscapes on avian taxonomic and functional richness MF Child, GS Cumming, T Amano Biological Conservation 142 (11), 2593-2601, 2009 | 47 | 2009 |
| The ecological economics of kleptoparasitism: pay‐offs from self‐foraging versus kleptoparasitism TP Flower, MF Child, AR Ridley Journal of Animal Ecology 82 (1), 245-255, 2013 | 41 | 2013 |
| Bird conservation DR Williams, MF Child, LV Dicks, N Ockendon, RG Pople, DA Showler, ... What works in conservation, 141-290, 2019 | 39 | 2019 |
| Ambiguity in guideline definitions introduces assessor bias and influences consistency in IUCN Red List status assessments MW Hayward, MF Child, GIH Kerley, PA Lindsey, MJ Somers, B Burns Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 3, 87, 2015 | 36 | 2015 |
| Specific targeting of host individuals by a kleptoparasitic bird AR Ridley, MF Child Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 63, 1119-1126, 2009 | 32 | 2009 |
| A conservation assessment of Panthera pardus LH Swanepoel, G Balme, S Williams, RJ Power, A Snyman, I Gaigher, ... The red list of mammals of South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho, 1-13, 2016 | 29 | 2016 |
| A framework to measure the wildness of managed large vertebrate populations MF Child, SAJ Selier, FGT Radloff, WA Taylor, M Hoffmann, L Nel, ... Conservation Biology 33 (5), 1106-1119, 2019 | 28 | 2019 |
| Quantifying the effects of diverse private protected area management systems on ecosystem properties in a savannah biome, South Africa MF Child, MJS Peel, IPJ Smit, WJ Sutherland Oryx 47 (1), 29-40, 2013 | 28 | 2013 |
| Achievements and lessons learned from the 32-year old Canada-US effort to restore Impaired Beneficial Uses in Great Lakes Areas of Concern JH Hartig, G Krantzberg, M Munawar, M Doss, M Child, R Kalinauskas, ... Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management 21 (4), 506-520, 2018 | 25 | 2018 |
| Horizon scanning for South African biodiversity: A need for social engagement as well as science CL Seymour, L Gillson, MF Child, KA Tolley, JC Curie, JM Da Silva, ... Ambio 49 (6), 1211-1221, 2020 | 23 | 2020 |
| A conservation assessment of Sousa plumbea S Plön, S Atkins, D Conry, P Pistorius, V Cockcroft, M Child The Red List of Mammals of South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho, eds MF Child …, 2016 | 20 | 2016 |
| A conservation assessment of Cercopithecus albogularis B Linden, K Wimberger, Y Ehlers-Smith, MF Child The red list of mammals of South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho, 1-12, 2016 | 19 | 2016 |
