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William Darwall is affiliated with the International Union for Conservation of Nature in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions in nature and landscape conservation, global and planetary change, ecology, ecological modeling, and aquatic science.

Their work covers a range of topics related to fish biology and ecology, including fish ecology and management studies, fish biology, ecology, and behavior, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, species distribution and climate change, marine and fisheries research, and freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology.

Several recent publications reflect the thematic diversity and applied nature of Darwall's research. These include:

  • Freshwater fish diversity hotspots for conservation priorities in the Amazon Basin (2020, Conservation Biology)
  • Twenty-five essential research questions to inform the protection and restoration of freshwater biodiversity (2021, Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems)
  • A multi-taxon analysis of European Red Lists reveals major threats to biodiversity (2023, PLoS ONE)
  • Monitoring extinction risk and threats of the world's fishes based on the Sampled Red List Index (2022, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries)
  • The Natura 2000 network and the ranges of threatened species in Greece (2021, Biodiversity and Conservation)

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Darwall on multiple occasions include:

  • Craig Hilton-Taylor
  • Caroline M. Pollock
  • Kent E. Carpenter
  • Nicholas K. Dulvy
  • Jörg Freyhof

Darwall's contributions have been published in a variety of scientific venues, such as:

  • Conservation Biology
  • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • PLoS ONE
  • Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
  • Biodiversity and Conservation

Best Publications

  • The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates

    Michael Hoffmann;Craig Hilton-Taylor;Ariadne Angulo;Monika Böhm

  • Balancing hydropower and biodiversity in the Amazon, Congo, and Mekong

    K. O Winemiller;P. B McIntyre;L Castello;E Fluet-Chouinard

  • Bending the Curve of Global Freshwater Biodiversity Loss: An Emergency Recovery Plan.

    David Tickner;Jeffrey J Opperman;Robin Abell;Mike Acreman

  • Global patterns of freshwater species diversity, threat and endemism

    Ben Collen;Felix Whitton;Ellie E. Dyer;Ellie E. Dyer;Jonathan E.M. Baillie

  • Key Biodiversity Areas as Site Conservation Targets

    Güven Eken;Leon Bennun;Thomas M. Brooks;Will Darwall

  • Freshwater crabs and the biodiversity crisis: Importance, threats, status, and conservation challenges

    Neil Cumberlidge;Peter K.L. Ng;Darren C.J. Yeo;Celio Magalhães

  • Odonata enter the biodiversity crisis debate: The first global assessment of an insect group

    Viola Clausnitzer;Vincent J. Kalkman;Mala Ram;Ben Collen

  • The alliance for freshwater life : a global call to unite efforts for freshwater biodiversity science and conservation

    William Darwall;Vanessa Bremerich;Aaike De Wever;Anthony I. Dell

  • The freshwater biodiversity crisis.

    Ian Harrison;Ian Harrison;Robin Abell;William Darwall;Michele L. Thieme

  • Implications of bias in conservation research and investment for freshwater species

    William R. T. Darwall;Robert A. Holland;Kevin G. Smith;David Allen

  • An evaluation of the suitability of non-specialist volunteer researchers for coral reef fish surveys. Mafia Island, Tanzania — A case study

    William R.T. Darwall;Nicholas K. Dulvy

  • Europe's freshwater biodiversity under climate change: distribution shifts and conservation needs

    Danijela Markovic;Savrina Carrizo;Jörg Freyhof;Nuria Cid

  • The diversity of life in African freshwaters: underwater, under threat: an analysis of the status and distribution of freshwater species throughout mainland Africa.

    William Darwall;Kevin Smith;David Allen;Robert Holland

  • Future large hydropower dams impact global freshwater megafauna.

    Christiane Zarfl;Jürgen Berlekamp;Fengzhi He;Sonja C. Jähnig

  • The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in the Western Ghats, India

    B. A. Daniel;W.R.T. Darwall;Sanjay Molur;K. G. Smith

  • Global diversity patterns and cross-taxa convergence in freshwater systems.

    Clement Tisseuil;Jean‐François Cornu;Olivier Beauchard;Sebastien Brosse

  • Conservation of Freshwater Fishes: Lost fishes, who is counting? The extent of the threat to freshwater fish biodiversity

    William R. T. Darwall;Jörg Freyhof

  • Essential biodiversity variables for measuring change in global freshwater biodiversity

    Eren Turak;Eren Turak;Ian Harrison;David Dudgeon;Robin Abell

  • Identifying important sites for conservation of freshwater biodiversity: extending the species‐based approach

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  • Conservation priorities for freshwater biodiversity: the key biodiversity area approach refined and tested for continental Africa

    R.A. Holland;W.R.T. Darwall;K.G. Smith

  • Focus on African freshwaters: hotspots of dragonfly diversity and conservation concern

    Viola Clausnitzer;Klaas-Douwe B Dijkstra;Robert Koch;Jean-Pierre Boudot

  • The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in Indo-Burma

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  • Freshwater Megafauna: Flagships for Freshwater Biodiversity under Threat.

    Savrina F Carrizo;Sonja C Jähnig;Vanessa Bremerich;Jörg Freyhof

  • Assessing the cost of global biodiversity and conservation knowledge.

    Diego Juffe-Bignoli;Thomas M. Brooks;Thomas M. Brooks;Thomas M. Brooks;Stuart H. M. Butchart;Stuart H. M. Butchart;Richard B. Jenkins

  • The Alliance for Freshwater Life: A global call to unite efforts for freshwater biodiversity science and conservation

    W. Darwall;Vanessa Bremerich;Aaike de Wever;Anthony I. Dell

Frequent Co-Authors

Klement Tockner
Klement Tockner Goethe University Frankfurt
Sonja C. Jähnig
Sonja C. Jähnig Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Thomas M. Brooks
Thomas M. Brooks International Union for Conservation of Nature
Jonathan M. Jeschke
Jonathan M. Jeschke Freie Universität Berlin
Jörg Freyhof
Jörg Freyhof Leibniz Association
Eren Turak
Eren Turak Office of Environment and Heritage
Hans-Peter Grossart
Hans-Peter Grossart University of Potsdam
Stuart H. M. Butchart
Stuart H. M. Butchart BirdLife international, UK
Christiane Zarfl
Christiane Zarfl University of Tübingen
Ben Collen
Ben Collen University College London

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