Mark O’Brien

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs): the development and characteristics of a global inventory of key sites for biodiversity

Paul F. Donald, Lincoln Fishpool, Ademola Ajagbe et al. · Bird Conservation International · 2018 · 164 citations · Full text

Biodiversity Loss, Engineering, Global Distribution +16

The effect of management for red grouse shooting on the population density of breeding birds on heather‐dominated moorland

A.P. Tharme, R.E. Green, David Baines et al. · Journal of Applied Ecology · 2001 · 132 citations

Biodiversity, Engineering, Wildlife Ecology +15

Testing a global standard for quantifying species recovery and assessing conservation impact

Molly K. Grace, H. Reşi̇t Akçakaya, Elizabeth L. Bennett et al. · Conservation Biology · 2021 · 101 citations · Full text

Changes in the status of waders breeding on wet lowland grasslands in England and Wales between 1982 and 1989

Mark O’Brien, Ken W. Smith · Bird Study · 1992 · 46 citations

Biodiversity, Engineering, Nature Reserves +15

A role for liming as a conservation intervention? Earthworm abundance is associated with higher soil pH and foraging activity of a threatened shorebird in upland grasslands

Heather M. McCallum, Jeremy D. Wilson, David Beaumont et al. · Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment · 2016 · 42 citations · Full text