| Effectiveness of the global protected area network in representing species diversity ASL Rodrigues, SJ Andelman, MI Bakarr, L Boitani, TM Brooks, ... Nature 428 (6983), 640-643, 2004 | 1926 | 2004 |
| Conservation planning in a changing world RL Pressey, M Cabeza, ME Watts, RM Cowling, KA Wilson Trends in ecology & evolution 22 (11), 583-592, 2007 | 1314 | 2007 |
| Plant diversity in Mediterranean-climate regions RM Cowling, PW Rundel, BB Lamont, MK Arroyo, M Arianoutsou Trends in Ecology & Evolution 11 (9), 362-366, 1996 | 1240 | 1996 |
| Preserving the evolutionary potential of floras in biodiversity hotspots F Forest, R Grenyer, M Rouget, TJ Davies, RM Cowling, DP Faith, ... Nature 445 (7129), 757-760, 2007 | 1129 | 2007 |
| Knowing but not doing: selecting priority conservation areas and the research–implementation gap AT Knight, RM Cowling, M Rouget, A Balmford, AT Lombard, ... Conservation biology 22 (3), 610-617, 2008 | 1090 | 2008 |
| An operational model for mainstreaming ecosystem services for implementation RM Cowling, B Egoh, AT Knight, PJ O'Farrell, B Reyers, M Rouget, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 (28), 9483-9488, 2008 | 888 | 2008 |
| One hundred questions of importance to the conservation of global biological diversity WJ Sutherland, WM Adams, RB Aronson, R Aveling, TM Blackburn, ... Conservation biology 23 (3), 557-567, 2009 | 659 | 2009 |
| A conservation plan for a global biodiversity hotspot—the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa RM Cowling, RL Pressey, M Rouget, AT Lombard Biological conservation 112 (1-2), 191-216, 2003 | 590 | 2003 |
| An operational model for implementing conservation action AT Knight, RM Cowling, BM Campbell Conservation biology 20 (2), 408-419, 2006 | 584 | 2006 |
| Canopy seed storage in woody plants BB Lamont, DC Le Maitre, RM Cowling, NJ Enright The Botanical Review 57, 277-317, 1991 | 582 | 1991 |
| Integrating ecosystem services into conservation assessments: a review B Egoh, M Rouget, B Reyers, AT Knight, RM Cowling, AS Van Jaarsveld, ... Ecological economics 63 (4), 714-721, 2007 | 558 | 2007 |
| Formulating conservation targets for biodiversity pattern and process in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa RL Pressey, RM Cowling, M Rouget Biological conservation 112 (1-2), 99-127, 2003 | 506 | 2003 |
| Current patterns of habitat transformation and future threats to biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems of the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa M Rouget, DM Richardson, RM Cowling, JW Lloyd, AT Lombard Biological conservation 112 (1-2), 63-85, 2003 | 446 | 2003 |
| Vegetation of southern Africa RM Cowling, DM Richardson, SM Pierce Cambridge University Press, 2004 | 443* | 2004 |
| Fusion or failure? The future of conservation biology A Balmford, RM Cowling Conservation biology 20 (3), 692-695, 2006 | 438 | 2006 |
| Predicting the landscape‐scale distribution of alien plants and their threat to plant diversity SI Higgins, DM Richardson, RM Cowling, TH Trinder‐Smith Conservation biology 13 (2), 303-313, 1999 | 430 | 1999 |
| Can We Defy Nature's End? SL Pimm, M Ayres, A Balmford, G Branch, K Brandon, T Brooks, ... Science 293 (5538), 2207-2208, 2001 | 402 | 2001 |
| The Ecology of Fynbos: Nutrients, Fire and Diversity. RM Cowling The ecology of fynbos: nutrients, fire and diversity., 1992 | 383 | 1992 |
| Designing large‐scale conservation corridors for pattern and process M Rouget, RM Cowling, AT Lombard, AT Knight, GIH Kerley Conservation biology 20 (2), 549-561, 2006 | 369 | 2006 |
| Magnitude and distribution of biodiversity DL Hawksworth, MT Kalin-Arroyo, PM Hammond, RE Ricklefs, ... Global biodiversity assessment, 111-191, 1995 | 356 | 1995 |
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