P. F. Donald

Assessing the global prevalence of wild birds in trade

This paper quantifies global bird trade prevalence using seven datasets, identifying species at risk and informing conservation strategies.

Area of Habitat maps for the world's terrestrial birds and mammals

The paper creates high-resolution Area of Habitat maps for 16,132 terrestrial bird and mammal species, showing habitat availability within their ranges and producing global species richness maps.

A validation standard for Area of Habitat maps for terrestrial birds and mammals

The paper develops a two-step validation protocol for Area of Habitat maps, finding that 95.9% of bird and 95.0% of mammal maps perform better than random.

A habitat class to land cover translation model for mapping Area of Habitat of terrestrial vertebrates

This paper develops a data-driven model to translate IUCN habitat classes to land-cover classes for mapping Area of Habitat of terrestrial vertebrates, showing it performs equally well to expert knowledge with greater standardization.

Migration strategy and site fidelity of the globally threatened Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius

This study identifies two migration routes of the Sociable Lapwing, reveals high site fidelity to stopover and wintering areas, and estimates the global population size while highlighting threats from hunting and habitat loss.

The environmental impacts of palm oil and its alternatives

This study compares the environmental impacts of five major vegetable oils, finding oil palm has the lowest carbon and biodiversity loss per tonne of oil but affects range-restricted species more than sunflower and rapeseed.