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Conservation Science articles
2020
- Lennox RJ, Veríssimo D, Twardek WM, Davis CR, Jarić I. Sentiment analysis as a measure of conservation culture in scientific literature Conservation Biology
- Veríssimo D, Anderson S, Tlusty M. Did the movie Finding Dory increase demand for blue tang fish? Ambio
- Thomas-Walters L McNulty C, Veríssimo D. A scoping review into the impact of animal imagery on pro-environmental outcomes. Ambio
2019
- ‘t Sas-Rolfes M, Challender DWS, Hinsley A, Veríssimo D, Milner-Gulland EJ. Illegal Wildlife Trade: Scale, Processes, and Governance Annual Review of Environment and Resources 44, 201-228
- Salazar G, Mills M, Veríssimo D. Qualitative impact evaluation of a social marketing campaign for conservation. Conservation Biology 33 (3), 634-644
- Veríssimo D, Wan AKY. Characterizing efforts to reduce consumer demand for wildlife products. Conservation Biology 33 (3), 623-633
- Jones JPG, Thomas‐Walters L, Rust NA, Veríssimo D. Nature documentaries and saving nature: Reflections on the new Netflix series Our Planet. People and Nature 1 (4), 420-425
- Correia RA, di Minin E, Jarić I, Jepson P, Ladle R, Mittermeier J, Roll U, Soriano‐Redondo A, Veríssimo D. Inferring public interest from search engine data requires caution. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 17 (5) 254-255.
- Veríssimo D. The past, present, and future of using social marketing to conserve biodiversity. Social Marketing Quarterly 25 (1), 3-8
- Greenfield S, Veríssimo D. To what extent is social marketing used in demand reduction campaigns for illegal wildlife products? Insights from elephant ivory and rhino horn. Social Marketing Quarterly 25 (1), 40-54
- Lundberg P, Vainio A, MacMillan DC, Smith RJ, Veríssimo D, A Arponen. The effect of knowledge, species aesthetic appeal, familiarity and conservation need on willingness to donate. Animal Conservation 22 (5) 432-443
- Doughty H, Veríssimo D, Tan RCQ, Lee JSH, Carrasco LR, Oliver K, Milner-Gulland EJ. Saiga horn user characteristics, motivations, and purchasing behaviour in Singapore. PLoS ONE 14(9): e0222038
- Ullmann T, Veríssimo D, Challender DWS. Evaluating the application of scale frequency to estimate the size of pangolin scale seizures. Global Ecology and Conservation 20, e00776
2018
- Veríssimo et al. Measuring the impact of an entertainment‐education intervention to reduce demand for bushmeat. Animal Conservation, 21 (4), 324-331
- Veríssimo et al. Why do people donate to conservation? Insights from a ‘real world’campaign. PloS ONE, 13 (1), e0191888
- Veríssimo et al. Does It Work for Biodiversity? Experiences and Challenges in the Evaluation of Social Marketing Campaigns, Social Marketing Quarterly, 24 (1), 18-34
2017
- Megias A, Anderson SC, Smith RJ, Veríssimo D. Investigating the impact of media on demand for wildlife: A case study of Harry Potter and the UK trade in owls, PloS ONE, 12 (10), e0182368
- Duthie E, Veríssimo D, Keane A, Knight AT. The effectiveness of celebrities in conservation marketing, PLoS ONE, 12 (7), e0180027
- Veríssimo et al. Increased conservation marketing effort has major fundraising benefits for even the least popular species. Biological Conservation 211, 95-101
- Bennett NJ, Roth R, Klain SC, Chan KMA, Clark DA, Cullman G, Epstein G, Nelson MP, Stedman R, Teel TL, Thomas REW, Wyborn C, Curran D, Greenberg A, Sandlos J. & Veríssimo D. Mainstreaming the social sciences in conservation. Conservation Biology, 31: 56–66.
- Bennett NJ, Roth R, Klain SC, Chan K, Christie P, Clark DA, Cullman G, Curran D, Durbin TJ, Epstein G, Greenberg A, Nelson MP, Sandlos J, Stedman R, Teel TL, Thomas R, Veríssimo D. & Wyborn C. 2017 Conservation social science: Understanding and integrating human dimensions to improve conservation. Biological Conservation, 205, 93-108.
- Veríssimo D, McKinley E. Understanding conservation marketing and focusing on the best available evidence: a reply to Hobson Oryx 51 (1), 22-22
- Veríssimo D. The Easter Bilby as a counter-marketing strategy for biodiversity conservation. Revista de Gestão dos Países de Língua Portuguesa 16 (3), 59-72
2016
- Veríssimo, D. 2016. Winning Hearts and Wallets for Biodiversity Conservation. Conservation Biology, 30: 1369–1370. [Book review]
- Shairp R, Veríssimo D, Fraser I, Challender D, MacMillan D. 2016. Understanding Urban Demand for Wild Meat in Vietnam: Implications for Conservation Actions. PLoS ONE 11(1): e0134787
- Cosentino, A. M., and D. Veríssimo. 2016. Ending the citation of retracted papers. Conservation Biology, 30: 676–678.
- Liu Y, Veríssimo D. & Farhidi F. 2016. Using social norm to promote energy conservation in a public building. Energy and Buildings, 133, 32-36.
- Veríssimo D, McKinley E. 2016. Introducing conservation marketing: why should the devil have all the best tunes? Oryx 50 (1), 14 (includes a reply and our response)
2015
- Veríssimo D, Campbell B. Understanding stakeholder conflict between conservation and hunting in Malta. Biological Conservation, 191, 812–818
- Green SJ, Armstrong J, Bogan M, Darling E, Kross S, Rochman CM, Smyth A, Veríssimo D. Conservation Needs Diverse Values, Approaches, and Practitioners. Conservation Letters, 8 (6) 385–387
- Wright AJ, Veríssimo D, Pilfold K et al. Competitive outreach in the 21st century: Why we need conservation marketing. Ocean & Coastal Management 115, 41-48.
- Harihar A, Veríssimo D, MacMillan DC. Beyond compensation: Integrating local communities’ livelihood choices in large carnivore conservation. Global environmental change, 33, 122-13.
- Hinsley A, Veríssimo D, Roberts DL. Heterogeneity in consumer preferences for orchids in international trade and the potential for the use of market research methods to study demand for wildlife. Biological Conservation, 190, 80-86.
- Campbell B, Veríssimo D. Black Stork Down: Military Discourses in Bird Conservation in Malta, Human Ecology, 43 (1) 79-92
- Rochman CM, Kross SM, Armstrong JB, Bogan MT, Darling ES, Green SJ, Veríssimo D. Scientific Evidence Supports a Ban on Microbeads. Environmental Science & Technology, 49 (18), 10759–10761
2014
- Campbell B, Veríssimo D. Bye, bye, Cacopardo! Revisiting factionalism through the hunting scene in Malta. Journal of Mediterranean Studies, 23 (2), 203–223
- Veríssimo D, Pais, MP. Conservation beyond science: scientists as story tellers. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 6 (12), 6529-6533
- Veríssimo et al. Evaluating Conservation Flagships and Flagship Fleets. Conservation Letters, 7(3), 263-270.
- Veríssimo et al. Has Climate Change Taken Prominence over Biodiversity Conservation? BioScience, 64 (7): 625-629.
- Bristol RM, Fraser I, Groombridge JJ, Veríssimo D. An economic analysis of species conservation and translocation for island communities: the Seychelles paradise flycatchers as a case study. Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy 3 (3) 237-252
- Veríssimo et al. 2014. Using a Systematic Approach to Select Flagship Species for Bird Conservation. Conservation Biology 28: 269-277.
2013
- Douglas LR, Veríssimo D. Flagships or Battleships: Deconstructing the Relationship between Social Conflict and Conservation Flagship Species. Environment and Society: Advances in Research 4: 98-116.
- Veríssimo D. Pest control: embrace marketing. Science, 342(6160):798-9
- Veríssimo D, DL Roberts. The academic welfare state: making peer-review count. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 28:623-624
- Veríssimo, D. Influencing human behaviour: an underutilised tool for biodiversity management. Conservation Evidence 10:29-31
- Kanagavel A, R Raghavan, D Veríssimo. Beyond the “General Public”: Implications of Audience Characteristics for Promoting Species Conservation in the Western Ghats Hotspot, India. AMBIO 43 (2) 138-148.
- Veríssimo D et al. The tragedy of the nature photography commons, Asian Journal of Conservation. Biology. 3: 1-2
- Root-Bernstein M, Douglas L, Smith A, Veríssimo D. Anthropomorphized species as tools for conservation: utility beyond prosocial, intelligent and suffering species. Biodiversity and Conservation, 1-13.
- Veríssimo D, L Cugnière. Revived species: how would they survive? Nature 493:608.
2012
- Veríssimo et al. Wildlife trade in Asia: start with the consumer, Asian Journal of Conservation Biology, 2, 49-5
- Takahashi Y, D Veríssimo, DC MacMillan, A Godbole. Stakeholder Perceptions of Potential Flagship Species for the Sacred Groves of the North Western Ghats, India. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 17:257-269.
- Veríssimo et al. Jaguar Predation of Marine Turtles: Conflict among Flagship Species in Tortuguero, Costa Rica. Oryx, 45(3), 340-347
- Smith RJ, Veríssimo D, Isaac NJB, Jones KE. Identifying Cinderella species: uncovering mammals with conservation flagship appeal. Conservation Letters 5(3) 205-212
- Verissimo D, K Metcalfe. Whaling: Quota trading won’t work. Nature 482:162-162.
- Veríssimo et al. Selecting marine invertebrate flagship species: Widening the net. Biological Conservation 145(1), 4
2011
- Veríssimo et al. Marketing diversity: a response to Joseph and colleagues. Conservation Letters, 4, 326-327
- Veríssimo D et al. Towards a systematic approach to the flagship concept in conservation, Conservation Letters 4, 1-8
2009
- Smith RJ, Veríssimo D, Leader-Williams N, Knight AT, Cowling RM. Let the locals lead. Nature, 462, 280-281
- Veríssimo D et al. Birds as tourism flagship species: a case study of tropical islands. Animal Conservation, 12, 549-558
Book chapters
2020
- Burgess G, Olmedo A, Veríssimo D, Waterman C. Changing consumer behavior for pangolin products. In: Pangolins, Science, Society and Conservation. Academic Press. 349-366
- Smith RJ, Salazar GR, Starinchak J, Thomas-Walters LA, Veríssimo D. Social marketing and conservation. In: Conservation Research, Policy and Practice. Cambridge University Press
2019
- Veríssimo et al. Conservation marketing as a tool to promote human-wildlife coexistence. In: Human-wildlife interactions: Turning conflict into coexistence, Cambridge University Press 335-354
2010
- Smith RJ, Veríssimo D, MacMillan DC. Marketing and Conservation: How to Lose Friends and Influence People in N Leader-Williams, W Adams & RJ Smith (eds). Trade-offs in conservation: Deciding what to save. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, UK.
Reports and thesis
2013
- Veríssimo D. Advancing the flagship concept through conservation marketing, PhD Thesis, Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), University of Kent, UK
2012
- Veríssimo D et al. Environmental Education Activities in São Tomé Island, São Tomé and Príncipe, Grin Publishers
2009
- Veríssimo D et al. Leatherback Season Report 2008 – Playa Norte Marine Turtle Monitoring and Conservation Programme, Global Vision International, Costa Rica
- Tsui W, Veríssimo D, Jones D, Chaverri R. Green Turtle Season Report 2008 – Playa Norte Marine Turtle Monitoring and Conservation Programme, Global Vision International, Costa Rica
2007
- Veríssimo D. What makes a flagship species: A case study on the birds of Seychelles, MSc thesis, Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), University of Kent, UK
Natural History articles
2017
- Freitas MA, Printes RC, Motoyama EK, Fucks AE, Veríssimo D. Roadkill records of Lowland Tapir Tapirus terrestris (Mammalia: Perissodactyla: Tapiridae) between kilometers 06 and 76 of highway BR-163, state of Pará, Brazil. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 9 (11): 10948-10952
- Veríssimo et al. Record number of Yellow-billed Oxpeckers Buphagus africanus Linnaeus, 1766 (Aves: Passeriformes: Buphagidae) foraging on a single host. Journal of Threatened Taxa 9 (1): 9768–9770
2014
- Freitas MA, Argôlo AJS ,Gonner C, Veríssimo C. Biology and conservation status of Piraja’s Lancehead Snake Bothrops pirajai Amaral, 1923 (Serpentes: Viperidae), Brazil. Journal of Threatened Taxa 6 (10): 6326–6334
- de Freitas MA, Machado DC, Venâncio NM, de França DPF, Veríssimo D. First record for Brazil of the Odd Anole lizard, Anolis dissimilis Williams, 1965 (Squamata: Polychrotidae) with notes on coloration, Herpetology Notes 6:383-385
2013
- Veríssimo D, Oquiongo GS. Schistometopum thomense (São Tomé caecilian). Predation, Herpetological Review. 44 (2): 290
- de Souza, JRD, Venâncio NM, de Freitas MA, de Souza MB, Veríssimo D. First record of Bothrops taeniatus Wagler, 1824 (Reptilia: Viperidae) for the state of Acre, Brazil. Check List, 9(2), 430-431
- de Freitas MA, DPF de França, D Veríssimo. First record of the Bicoloured-spined Porcupine Coendou bicolor (Tschudi, 1844) for Brazil. Check List 9:094-096.
- de Souza, JRD, NM Venâncio, MA de Freitas, MB de Souza, D Veríssimo. First record of Bothrops taeniatus Wagler, 1824 (Reptilia: Viperidae) for the state of Acre, Brazil. Check List 9:430-431.
2012
- de Freitas MA, de França, DPF, Graboski R, Uhlig V, Veríssimo D. Conservation status and notes on the ecology of Bothrops muriciensis Ferrarezzi and Freire, 2001 (Serpentes, Viperidae), North-Western Journal of Zoology 8 (2): 338-343
- Veríssimo D et al. DRYMOLUBER DICHROUS (northern woodland racer) and ANOLIS FUSCOAURATUS (slender anole): PREDATION. Herpetological Bulletin 120: 36-38
- Freitas MA, D Veríssimo. First record of the lizard Procellosaurinus erythrocercus (Rodrigues, 1991), (Squamata: Gymnophtalmidae) for the Brazilian state of Piauí, Brazil. Herpetology Notes 5: 35-36.
- Freitas MA, D Veríssimo, et al. Distribution extension for the lizard Enyalius lechii (Boulenger, 1885) (Squamata: Leiosauridae): Third record for the state of Rondônia, Brazil. Herpetology Notes 5: 33-34.
- Freitas MA, D Veríssimo, V Uhlig. Squamate Reptiles of the central Chapada Diamantina, with a focus on the municipality of Mucugê, state of Bahia, Brazil. Check List 8(1):16-22
- Freitas, MA, DPF França, D Veríssimo. Distribution extension of Drymoluber brazili (Gomes, 1918) (Serpentes: Colubridae) for the state of Piauí, Brazil. Check List 8(1):168-169
2011
- Freitas MA, DPF França, D Veríssimo. Distribution extension of Uracentron flaviceps (Guichenot, 1855) (Reptilia: Squamata): Second record for the state of Acre, Brazil. Check List 7(6), 823-824
- Freitas MA, DPF França, D Veríssimo. First record of Cercosaura eigenmanni (Griffin, 1917) (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) for the state of Acre, Brazil. Check List (7) 4, 516