Publications

2024

Morgans, C. L., Jago, S., Andayani, N., Linkie, M., Lo, M. G. Y., Mumbunan, S., St. John, F. A. V., Supriatna, J., Voigt, M., Winarni, N. L., Santika, T., & Struebig, M. J. (2024). Improving well‐being and reducing deforestation in Indonesia’s protected areas. Conservation Letters.

2023

Ibbett, H., Jones, J. P. G., Dorward, L., Kohi, E. M., Dwiyahreni, A. A., Prayitno, K., Sankeni, S., Kaduma, J., Mchomvu, J., Wijaya Saputra, A., Sabiladiyni, H., Supriatna, J., & St John, F. A. V. (2023). A mixed methods approach for measuring topic sensitivity in conservation. People and Nature.

Ibbett, H., Dorward, L.J., Kohi, E.M., Jones, J.P.G., Sankeni, S., Kaduma, J., Mchomvu, J., Mawenya, R. & St. John, F.A.V. (2023). Topic sensitivity still affects honest responding, even when specialized questioning techniques are used. Conserv. Sci. Pract., e12927.

2022

Ibbett, H., Dorward, L., Dwiyahreni, A. A., Jones, J. P. G., Kaduma, J., Kohi, E. M., Mchomvu, J., Prayitno, K., Sabiladiyni, H., Sankeni, S., Saputra, A. W., Supriatna, J., & St John, F. A. V. (2022). Experimental validation of specialized questioning techniques in conservation. Conservation Biology. 36:e13908

2021

Ibbett, H., Jones, J. P. G., & St. John, F. A. V. (2021). Asking sensitive questions in conservation using Randomised Response Techniques. Biological Conservation, 260, 109191.

Gálvez, N., St. John, F. A. V., & Davies, Z. G. (2021). Drivers of Predator Killing by Rural Residents and Recommendations for Fostering Coexistence in Agricultural Landscapes. Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2, 712044.

St. John, F. A. V., Mason, T. H. E., Bunnefeld, N. (2021). The role of risk perception and affect in predicting support for conservation policy under rapid ecosystem change. Conservation Science and Practice. 3:e316

Santika, T., Wilson, K. A., Law, E. A., St. John, F. A. V., Carlson, K. M., Gibbs, H., Morgans, C. L., Ancrenaz, M., Meijaard, E., & Struebig, M. J. (2021). Impact of palm oil sustainability certification on village well-being and poverty in Indonesia. Nature Sustainability. 4, 109-119

Jones, S., Papworth, S., Keane, A. M., Vickery, J., & St. John, F. A. V. (2021). The bean method as a tool to measure sensitive behavior. Conservation Biology, 35(2), 722–732.

2020

Jones, S., Papworth, S. K., St. John, F. A. V., Vickery, J. A., Keane, A. M. (2020). Consequences of survey method for estimating hunter harvest rates. Conservation Science and Practice. 2:e315.

Friedman, R. S., Rhodes, J. R., Dean, A. J., Law, E. A., Santika, T., Budiharta, S., Hutabarat, J. A., Indrawan, T. P., Kusworo, A., Meijaard, E., St. John, F. A. V., Struebig, M. J., & Wilson, K. A. (2020). Analyzing procedural equity in government-led community-based forest management. Ecology and Society, 25(3), art16.

Friedman, R. S., Guerrero, A. M., McAllister, R. R. J., Rhodes, J. R., Santika, T., Budiharta, S., Indrawan, T., Hutabarat, J. A., Kusworo, A., Yogaswara, H., Meijaard, E., St. John, F. A. V., Struebig, M. J., & Wilson, K. A. (2020). Beyond the community in participatory forest management: A governance network perspective. Land Use Policy, 97, 104738.

Meijaard, E., Santika, T., Wilson, K. A., Budiharta, S., Kusworo, A., Law, E. A., Friedman, R., Hutabarat, J. A., Indrawan, T. P., Sherman, J., St. John, F. A. V., & Struebig, M. J. (2020). Toward improved impact evaluation of community forest management in Indonesia. Conservation Science and Practice.

Dobson, A.D.M., Milner-Gulland, E.J., Aebischer, N.J., Beale, C.M., Brozovic, R., Coals, P., Critchlow, R., Dancer, A., Greve, M., Hinsley, A., Ibbett, H., Johnston, A., Kuiper, T., Le Comber, S., Mahood, S.P., Moore, J.F., Nilsen, E.B., Pocock, M.J.O., Quinn, A., Travers, H., Wilfred, P., Wright, J., Keane, A. (2020). Making messy data work for conservation. One World 2(5), 455-465.

Brittain, S., Ibbett, H., de Lange, E., Dorward, L., Hoyte, S., Marino, A., Milner-Gulland, E.J., Newth, J., Rakotonarivo, S.O., Verissimo, D., Lewis, J. (2020). Ethical Considerations when conservation research involves people . Conservation Biology.

 2019

Jones, S., Papworth, S., Keane, A., St. John, F. A. V., Smith, E., Flomo, A., & Vickery, J. (2019). Incentives and social relationships of hunters and traders in a Liberian bushmeat system. Biological Conservation, 237, 338-347.

Jones, S., Keane, A., St. John, F. A. V., Vickery, J., & Papworth, S. (2019). Audience segmentation to improve targeting of conservation interventions for hunters. Conservation Biology, 33(4), 895-905.

Santika, T., Wilson, K. A., Budiharta , S., Kusworo , A., Meijaard , E., Law, E. A., Friedman, R., Hutabarat, J.A., Indrawan, T.P., St John, F. A. V., & Struebig, M. J. (2019). Heterogeneous impacts of community forestry on forest conservation and poverty alleviation: evidence from Indonesia. People and Nature 1(2), 204-219.

Moon, K. , Blackman, D. A., Adams, V. M., Colvin, R. M., Davila, F., Evans, M., Januchowski-Hartley, S. R., Bennett, N. J., Dickinson, H., Sandbrook, C., Sherren, K., St John, F. A. V., van Kerkhoff, L., & Wyborn, C. (2019). Expanding the role of social science in conservation through an engagement with philosophy, methodology and methods. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 10(3), 294-302.

2018

 Jones, S., Keane, A., St John, F. A. V., Vickery, J., & Papworth, S. (2018). Audience segmentation to improve the targeting of hunters by conservation interventions around Gola forest, Liberia. Conservation Biology, 33(4), 895-905.

Hinsley, A., Keane, A., St. John, F. A. V., Ibbett, H., & Nuno, A. (2018). Asking sensitive questions using the unmatched count technique: Applications and guidelines for conservation. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 10(3), 308-319.

St John, F. A. V., Steadman, J., Austen, G., & Redpath, S. M. (2018). Value diversity and conservation conflict: Lessons from the management of red grouse and hen harriers in England. People and Nature, 1(1), 6-17.

McKay, J., St John, F. A. V., Harihar, A., Martyr, D., Leader-Williams, N., Milliyanawati, B., Agustin, I., Anggriawan, Y., Karlina, K., Kartika, K., Mangunjaya, F., Struebig, M., & Linkie, M. (2018). Tolerating tigers: Gaining local and spiritual perspectives on human-tiger interactions in Sumatra. PLoS ONE, 13(11), e0201447.

Robinson, J., Fraser, I., St John, F. A. V., Randrianantoandro, J., Andriantsimanarilafy, R., Razafimanahaka, J. H., Griffiths, R. A., & Roberts, D. L. (2018). Wildlife supply chains in Madagascar from local collection to global export. Biological Conservation, 226, 144-152.

Williams, S., Gale, S., Hinsley, A., Gao, J., & St John, F. A. V. (2018). Using consumer preferences to characterize the trade of wild‐collected ornamental orchids in China. Conservation Letters, 11(5), e12569.

Struebig, M. J., Linkie, M., Deere, N. J., Martyr, D. J., Milliyanawati, B., Faulkner, S. C., Le Comber, S. C., Mangunjaya, F. M., Leader-Williams, N., McKay, J. E., & St John, F. A. V. (2018). Addressing human-tiger conflict using socio-ecological information on tolerance and risk. Nature Communications, 9, 3455.

St John, F. A. V., Linkie, M., Martyr, D., Milliyanawati, B., McKay, J., Mangunjaya, F., Leader-Williams, N., & Struebig, M. (2018). Intention to kill: Tolerance and illegal persecution of Sumatran tigers and sympatric species. Conservation Letters, 11(4), e12451.

Gálvez, N., Guillera-Arroita, G., St John, F. A. V., Schüttler, E., MacDonald, D., & Davies, Z. (2018). A spatially integrated framework for assessing socio-ecological drivers of carnivore decline. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55(3), 1393-1405.

Meredith, H. M. R., St John, F. A. V., Collen, B., Black, S. A., & Griffiths, R. A. (2018). Practitioner and scientist perceptions of successful amphibian conservation. Conservation Biology, 32(2), 366-375.

Teel, T. L., Anderson, C. B., Burgman, M. A., Cinner, J., Clark, D., Estevez, R. A., Jones, J. P. G., McClanahan, T. R., Reed, M. S., Sandbrook, C., & St John, F. A. V. (2018). Publishing social science research in Conservation Biology to move beyond biology. Conservation Biology, 32(1), 6-8.

2017

Robinson, J., Griffiths, R., Fraser, I., Raharimalala, J., Roberts, D., & St John, F. A. V. (2017). Supplying the wildlife trade as a livelihood strategy in a biodiversity hotspot. Ecology and Society, 23(1), 13.

Hinsley, A., Nuno, A., Ridout, M., & St John, F. A. V. (2017). Estimating the Extent of CITES Noncompliance among Traders and End-Consumers: Lessons from the Global Orchid Trade. Conservation Letters, 10(5), 602-609.

2016

Gardner, C. J., Gabriel, F. U. L., St John, F. A. V. & Davies, Z. (2016). Changing livelihoods and protected area management: a case study of charcoal production in south-west Madagascar. Oryx, 50(3) 495-505.

St. John, F. A. V., Brockington, D., Bunnefild, N., Duffy, R., Homewood, K., Jones, J. P. G., Keane, A. M., Milner-Gulland, E. J., Nuno, A., & Razafimanahaka, J. H. (2016). Research ethics: Assuring anonymity at the individual level may not be sufficient to protect research participants from harm. Biological Conservation, 196, 208-209.

Duffy, R., St John, F. A. V., Buescher, B., & Brockington, D. (2016). Toward a new understanding of the links between poverty and illegal wildlife hunting. Conservation Biology, 30(1), 14-22.

2015

Duffy, R., St John, F. A. V., Buescher, B., & Brockington, D. (2015). The militarization of anti-poaching: undermining long term goals? Environmental Conservation, 42(4), 345-348.

Robinson, J., St John, F. A. V., Griffiths, R. A., & Roberts, D. L. (2015). Captive Reptile Mortality Rates in the Home and Implications for the Wildlife Trade. PLoS ONE, 10(11), e0141460.

Nuno, A. & St John, F. A. V. (2015). How to ask sensitive questions in conservation: A review of specialized questioning techniques. Biological Conservation, 189, 5-15.

Robinson, J., Griffiths, R. A., St John, F. A. V., & Roberts, D. L. (2015). Dynamics of the global trade in live reptiles: Shifting trends in production and consequences for sustainability. Biological Conservation, 184, 42-50.

Keane, A. M., Nuno, A., & St John, F. A. V. (2015). Data collected using the randomised response technique must be analysed using specialised statistical methods. Biological Conservation, 187, 279-280.

2014

St. John, F. A. V., Keane, A. M., Jones, J. P. G. & Milner-Gulland, E. J. (2014). FORUM: Robust study design is as important on the social as it is on the ecological side of applied ecological research. Journal of Applied Ecology, 51(6), 1479-1485.

Roberts, D. L. & St. John, F. A. V. (2014). Estimating the prevalence of researcher misconduct: a study of UK academics within biological sciences. PeerJ, 2, e562.

 2013

St John, F. A. V., Keane, A. M., & Milner-Gulland, E. (2013). Effective conservation depends upon understanding human behaviour: Chapter 19. in DW Macdonald & KJ Willis (eds), Key Topics in Conservation Biology 2. Wiley Blackwell, pp. 344-361.

Cross, P., St. John, F. A. V., Khan, S., & Petroczi, A. (2013). Innovative Techniques for Estimating Illegal Activities in a Human-Wildlife-Management Conflict. PLoS ONE, 8(1), e53681.

2012

St John, F. A. V., Edwards-Jones, G., & Jones, J. P. G. (2012). Opinions of the public, conservationists and magistrates on sentencing wildlife trade crimes in the UK. Environmental Conservation, 39(2), 154-161.

St John, F. A. V., Keane, A., Edwards-Jones, G., Jones, L., Yarnell, R. W., & Jones, J. P. G. (2012). Identifying indicators of illegal behaviour: carnivore killing in human-managed landscapes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 279(1729), 804-812.

2010

St John, F. A. V., Edwards-Jones, G. & Jones, J. P. G. (2010). Conservation and human behaviour: lessons from social psychology. Wildlife Research, 37(8), 658-667.

St John, F. A. V., Edwards-Jones, G., Gibbons, J. M., & Jones, J. P. G. (2010).Testing novel methods for assessing rule breaking in conservation. Biological Conservation, 143(4), 1025-1030.

Comments

Humle, T., Duffy, R., Roberts, D. L., Sandbrook, C., St John, F. A. V., & Smith, R. J. (2014), Biology’s drones: Undermined by fear. Science, 344(6190), 1351.

Newing, H. & St John, F. A. V. (2013). Wildlife consumption and recall accuracy – but is it recall of hunting, of cooking or of eating? Animal Conservation, 16(6), 606-607.

Smith, R. J., Biggs, D., St John, F. A. V., & ‘t Sas-Rolfes, M. (2015). Elephant conservation and corruption beyond the ivory trade. Conservation Biology, 29 (3), 953-956.

Smith, R. J., Roberts, D. L., Duffy, R. & St John, F. A. V. (2013). New rhino conservation project in South Africa to understand landowner decision-making. Oryx, 47(3), 323.