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4 resultsShowing papers from San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research
ClearLeveraging AI to improve evidence synthesis in conservation
This review examines how large language models and other AI tools can accelerate systematic evidence synthesis in conservation science, which is traditionally expensive and slow. While not specific to microplastics, the approach is directly relevant to the growing challenge of synthesizing the rapidly expanding body of microplastic research literature.
Mercury in Neotropical birds: a synthesis and prospectus on 13 years of exposure data
Researchers compiled the largest database of mercury contamination in Neotropical birds (2,316 samples across 322 species and 9 countries), finding that birds near artisanal gold mining sites had mercury levels more than four times higher than elsewhere — raising serious conservation concerns for the world's most biodiverse region.
The Rules of Attraction: The Necessary Role of Animal Cognition in Explaining Conservation Failures and Successes
This review examines how animal cognition and decision-making should be integrated into wildlife conservation strategies, arguing that understanding why animals approach or avoid certain stimuli can explain conservation failures and successes. This animal behavior and conservation paper is not directly related to microplastic research.
Grand Challenges in Animal Conservation
This is a grand challenges editorial article from Frontiers in Conservation Science identifying priority research and policy areas for animal conservation science.