Nature Heritage strongly believes in evidence-based research. Peer-reviewing is essential to assure adequate data collection, proper analysis and appropriate conclusions.
Although many, if not most, conservation-related, environmental and social consultancies do not publish in a manner allowing critical scrutiny of the work, we have strived to publish our work in peer-reviewed journals and in academic books, which are all listed here. Nature Heritage associated authors are highlighted in bold.
2021
- Fa, Julia E., Funk, S.M., Tagg, N., 2021. Trade in Ape Meat and Parts, in: Arcus Foundation (Ed.), State of the Apes: Killing, Capture, Trade and Ape Conservation. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
- Fa, Julia E., Nasi, R., Funk, S.M., 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic endangers Africa´s indigenous Pygmy populations. EcoHealth in press.
- Fa, Julia E., Ros Brull, G., Ávila Martin, E., Okale, R., Fouda, F., Fárfan, M.Á., Cain, B., Fisher, R., Coad, L., Funk, S.M., 2021. Hunting territories and land use overlap in sedentarised Baka Pygmy communities in southeastern Cameroon. Scientific Reports 11, 3503.
- Funk, S.M., Fa, J.E., Stephanie N. Ajong, Edem A. Eniang, Daniele Dendi, Massimiliano Di Vittorio, Fabio Petrozzi, NioKing Amadi, Godfrey C. Akani, Luca Luiselli, 2021. Pre- and post-Ebola outbreak trends in wild meat trade in West Africa. Biological Conservation 255, 109024.
2020
- Ávila Martin E., Ros Brull G., Funk S.M., Luiselli L., Okale R., Fa J.E., 2020. Wild meat hunting and use by sedentarised Baka Pygmies in southeastern Cameroon. PeerJ 8, e9906.
- Billong Fils P.E., Afiong Nana N., Betti J.L., Sylla O., Tientcheu Womeni S., Ávila Martin E., Ros Brull G., Okale R., Fa J.E., Funk SM. 2020. Ethnobotanical survey of wild edible plants used by Baka People in southeastern Cameroon. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 16, e64.
- Briceño C., González-Acuña D., Jiménez J.E., Bornscheuer M.L., Funk SM, Knapp L.A., 2020. Ear mites, Otodectes cynotis, on wild foxes (Pseudalopex spp.) in Chile. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 56, 105–112.
- Funk S.M., 2020. Biodiversity Loss and Countermeasures, in: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals- Life on Land. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 1–13.
- Funk S.M., 2020. Ecoregions: Mapping Ecosystems to Protect Biodiversity, in: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P.G., Wall, T. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals- Life on Land. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 1–12.
- Funk, S.M., Guedaoura, S., Juras, R., Raziq, A., Landolsi, F., Luís, C., Martínez, A.M., Musa Mayaki, A., Mujica, F., Oom, M. do M., Ouragh, L., Stranger, Y.-M., Vega-Pla, J.L., Cothran, E.G., 2020. Major inconsistencies of inferred population genetic structure estimated in a large set of domestic horse breeds using microsatellites. Ecol Evol 10, 4261–4279.
- Funk, S.M., Palomo Guerra, B., Bueno Zamora, A., Ickowitz, A., Poni, N.A., Abdou, M.A., Sibama, Y.H., Penda, R., Ros Brull, G., Abossolo, M., Martín, E.Á., Okale, R., Ze, B.A., Moreno Carrión, A., García Sebastián, C., Ruiz de Loizaga García, C., López-Romero Salazar, F., Amazia, H., Álvarez Reyes, I., Sánchez Expósito, R., Fa, J.E., 2020. Understanding Growth and Malnutrition in Baka Pygmy Children. Human Ecology 48, 293–306.
- Funk, S.M., Palomo Guerra, B., de Mena Martínez, N., Ickowitz, A., Fa, J.E., 2020. Divergent trajectories of BMI over age for adult Baka Pygmy people and their sympatric non-Pygmy populations. Human Ecology 48, 143–153.
2019
- Fa, J.E., Wright, J.H., Funk, S.M., Márquez, A.L., Olivero, J., Farfán, M.Á., Guio, F., Mayet, L., Malekani, D., Holo Louzolo, C., Mwinyihali, R., Wilkie, D.S., Wieland, M., 2019. Mapping the availability of bushmeat for consumption in Central African cities. Environ. Res. Lett. 14, 094002.
2018
- Mavah, G.A., Funk, S.M., Child, B., Swisher, M.E., Nasi, R., Fa, J.E., 2018. Food and livelihoods in park-adjacent communities: The case of the Odzala Kokoua National Park. Biological Conservation 222, 44–51.
2017
- Funk, S.M., Conde, D., Lamoreux, J., Fa, J.E., 2017. Meeting the Aichi targets: Pushing for zero extinction conservation. Ambio 46, 443–455.
2016
- Turvey, S.T., Peters, S., Brace, S., Young, R.P., Crumpton, N., Hansford, J., Nuñez-Miño, J.M., King, G., Tsalikidis, K., Ottenwalder, J.A., Timpson, A., Funk, S.M., Brocca, J.L., Thomas, M.G., Barnes, I., 2016. Independent evolutionary histories in allopatric populations of a threatened Caribbean land mammal. Diversity and Distributions 22, 589–602.
2015
- Michaelides, S., Cole, N., Funk, S.M., 2015. Translocation retains genetic diversity of a threatened endemic reptile in Mauritius. Conserv Genet 16, 661–672.
2014
- Funk, S.M., Rusowsky, D., 2014. The importance of cultural knowledge and scale for analysing internet search data as a proxy for public interest toward the environment. Biodiversity and Conservation 23, 3101–3112.
- Funk, S.M., Rusowsky Fuenzalida, D., 2014. Mining in isolated areas: Establishing bridges for the development of socio-environmental management, in: Proceedings 3rd International Seminar on Environmental Issues in Mining (Winchester, S, Valenzuela, F, Mulligan, D., Eds.). gecamin ltda, Santiago, Chile, pp. 457–466.
2013
- Funk, S.M., 2013. Chilean Matorral Forests, in: Howarth, R.W. (Ed.), Biomes and Ecosystems: An Encyclopedia. Salem Press, pp. 460–461.
- Funk, S.M., 2013. Valdivian Temperate Forests, in: Howarth, R.W. (Ed.), Biomes and Ecosystems: An Encyclopedia. Salem Press, Ipswich, MA, USA, pp. 1263–1265.
- Galov, A., Byrne, K., Gomercic, T., Duras, M., Arbanasic, H., Sindicic, M., Mihelic, D., Kovacic, A., Funk, S.M., 2013. Genetic structure and admixture between the Posavina and Croatian Coldblood in contrast to Lipizzan horse from Croatia. Czech Journal of Animal Science 58, 71–78.
- Gottelli, D., Sillero-Zubiri, C., Marino, J., Funk, S.M., Wang, J., 2013. Genetic structure and patterns of gene flow among populations of the endangered Ethiopian wolf: Ethiopian wolf population genetic structure. Anim Conserv 16, 234–247.
2011
- Fa, J.E., Funk, S.M., O’Connell, D., 2011. Zoo Conservation Biology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
- Jenner, N., Groombridge, J., Funk, S.M., 2011. Commuting, territoriality and variation in group and territory size in a black-backed jackal population reliant on a clumped, abundant food resource in Namibia. Journal of Zoology 284, 231–238.
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2010
- Durbin, J., Funk, S.M., Hawkins, F., Hills, D.M., Jenkins, P.D., Moncrieffe, C.B., Ralainasolo, F.B., 2010. Investigations into the status of a new taxon of Salanoia (Mammalia: Carnivora: Eupleridae) from the marshes of Lac Alaotra, Madagascar. Systematics and Biodiversity 8, 341–355.
- Funk, S.M., Fa, J.E., 2010. Ecoregion Prioritization Suggests an Armoury Not a Silver Bullet for Conservation Planning. PLoS ONE 5, e8923.
- Goldenberg, M., Goldenberg, F., Funk, S.M., Henschel, J., Millesi, E., 2010. Diet composition of black-backed jackals, Canis mesomelas in the Namib Desert. Folia Zoologica 59, 93–101.
2009
- Gowtage-Sequeira, S., Banyard, A.C., Barrett, T., Buczkowski, H., Funk, S.M., Cleaveland, S., 2009. Epidemiology, pathology, and genetic analysis of a canine distemper epidemic in Namibia. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 45, 1008–1020.
2008
- Zhao, L., Zhang, J., Liu, Z., Funk, S.M., Wei, F., Xu, M., Li, M., 2008. Complex population genetic and demographic history of the Salangid, Neosalanx taihuensis, based on cytochrome b sequences. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8, e201.
2007
- Acosta J., G., Funk, S.M., Dunstone, N., 2007. Immobilization of kodkod (Leopardus guigna) with ketamine hydrochloride and xylazine hydrochloride. Avances en Ciencias Veterinarias 22, 5–9.
- Gonzalez-Acuna, D., Briceno, C., Cicchino, A., Funk, S.M., Jimenez, J., 2007. First records of Trichodectes canis (Insecta : Phthiraptera : Trichodectidae) from Darwin’s fox, Pseudalopex fulvipes (Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae). European Journal of Wildlife Research 53, 76–79.
- Guschanski, K., Olivieri, G., Funk, S.M., Radespiel, U., 2007. MtDNA reveals strong genetic differentiation among geographically isolated populations of the golden brown mouse lemur, Microcebus ravelobensis. Conservation Genetics 8, 809–821.
- Li, M., Liu, Z., Gou, J., Ren, B., Pan, R., Su, Y., Funk, S.M., Wei, F., 2007. Phylogeography and Population Structure of the Golden Monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana): Inferred from Mitochondrial DNA Sequences. American Journal of Primatology 69, 1–15.
2006
- Funk, S.M., Fa, J.E., 2006. Phylogeography of the endemic St. Lucia whiptail lizard Cnemidophorus vanzoi: conservation genetics at the species boundary. Conservation Genetics 7, 651–663.
- Wandeler, P., Funk, S.M., 2006. Short microsatellite DNA markers for the red fox (Vulpes vulpes). Molecular Ecology Notes 6, 98–100.