David S. Melville

Rapid population decline in migratory shorebirds relying on Yellow Sea tidal mudflats as stopover sites

Colin E. Studds, Bruce E. Kendall, Nicholas Murray et al. · Nature Communications · 2017 · 555 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Conservation Biology, Ecology +17

Rethinking China's new great wall

Zhijun Ma, David S. Melville, Jianguo Liu et al. · Science · 2014 · 552 citations · Full text

Engineering, Biodiversity Conservation, Coastal Engineering +11

Simultaneous declines in summer survival of three shorebird species signals a flyway at risk

Theunis Piersma, Tamar Lok, Ying Chen et al. · Journal of Applied Ecology · 2015 · 251 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Conservation Biology, Ecology +17

Contrasting extreme long‐distance migration patterns in bar‐tailed godwits <i>Limosa lapponica</i>

Phil F. Battley, Nils Warnock, T. Lee Tibbitts et al. · Journal of Avian Biology · 2012 · 209 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Ecology, Zoology +15

A global threats overview for Numeniini populations: synthesising expert knowledge for a group of declining migratory birds

James W. Pearce‐Higgins, Daniel J. Brown, David J. T. Douglas et al. · Bird Conservation International · 2017 · 139 citations · Full text

Natural Resources, Biodiversity Conservation, Conservation Biology +17