as the top 3 threats to the species of research. Habitat loss was clearly the major threat for the sample of
papers analysed (Habitat=habitat loss, Exp=over-exploitation, Inv=invasive species, Climate=climate
change, Polln=pollution, Human=human influences (accidental), Chains=chains of extinction,
Manage=unsuitable management practices)
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4.3.5 Recommendations and Dissemination
72% of respondents made recommendations for conservation action or potential management
strategies and had a significantly higher proportion of findings implemented than those who
had not (fig. 18 (a)). 77% of respondents had disseminated their findings through forms other
than the peer reviewed paper, and in these cases a higher proportion of findings were
implemented (fig. 18 (b))
Fig 18. The relationship between (a) recommendations for conservation action (b) further dissemination of
research findings and implementation. There was a higher level of implementation when recommendations
were made (X
2
= 18.44, df = 1, p= <0.001) There was a higher level of implementation when findings were
further disseminated (X
2
= 25.41, df = 1, p = <0.001)
There were no significant differences in levels of recommendations made by journal, but BD
had significantly lower levels of dissemination than the baseline (z=-2.63, df=449, p=<0.01)
and was also the journal with the lowest levels of implementation (section 4.3.1).
Levels of dissemination were similar regardless of author capacity (fig. 19 (a)), but levels of
uptake when findings were not further disseminated (fig. 19 (b)) suggest that further
dissemination of findings is not as important to those with NGO/Govt affiliations, likely
because those involved in the research have the capacity to influence conservation practice.
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