Mammal and bird species held in zoos are less endemic and less threatened than their close relatives not held in zoos

Mammalian Collection on Noah's Ark: The Effects of Beauty, Brain and Body Size

(2013) Daniel Frynta et al.   PLoS One

Computing evolutionary distinctiveness indices in large scale analysis

(2012) Iain Martyn et al.   Algorithms for Molecular Biology

The global diversity of birds in space and time

(2012) W. Jetz et al.   NATURE

Identifying Cinderella species: uncovering mammals with conservation flagship appeal

(2012) Robert J. Smith et al.   Conservation Letters

Has the Earth’s sixth mass extinction already arrived?

(2011) Anthony D. Barnosky et al.   NATURE

An Emerging Role of Zoos to Conserve Biodiversity

(2011) D. A. Conde et al.   SCIENCE

Being Attractive Brings Advantages: The Case of Parrot Species in Captivity

(2010) Daniel Frynta et al.   PLoS One

Projected range contractions of montane biodiversity under global warming

(2010) F. A. La Sorte et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

What are we saving? Developing a standardized approach for conservation action

(2009) N. Sitas et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Recent Captive-Breeding Proposals and the Return of the Ark Concept to Global Species Conservation

(2009) ANDREW E. BOWKETT   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Geographical variation in predictors of mammalian extinction risk: big is bad, but only in the tropics

(2009) Susanne A. Fritz et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Why tropical island endemics are acutely susceptible to global change

(2008) Damien A. Fordham et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Extinction Risk Escalates in the Tropics

(2008) Jana C. Vamosi et al.   PLoS One

Noah's Ark is full of common species attractive to humans: The case of boid snakes in zoos

(2007) Jana Marešová et al.   ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS