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as the top 3 threats to the species of research. Habitat loss was clearly the major threat for the sample of 
papers analysed (Habitat=habitat loss, Exp=over-exploitation, Inv=invasive species, Climate=climate 
change, Polln=pollution, Human=human influences (accidental), Chains=chains of extinction, 
Manage=unsuitable management practices) 

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4.3.5 Recommendations and Dissemination 
72% of respondents made recommendations for conservation action or potential management 
strategies and had a significantly higher proportion of findings implemented than those who 
had not (fig. 18 (a)). 77% of respondents had disseminated their findings through forms other 
than the peer reviewed paper, and in these cases a higher proportion of findings were 
implemented (fig. 18 (b)) 
Fig 18. The relationship between (a) recommendations for conservation action (b) further dissemination of 
research findings and implementation. There was a higher level of implementation when recommendations 
were made (X
2
 = 18.44, df = 1, p= <0.001) There was a higher level of implementation when findings were 
further disseminated (X
2
= 25.41, df = 1, p = <0.001) 
There were no significant differences in levels of recommendations made by journal, but BD 
had significantly lower levels of dissemination than the baseline (z=-2.63, df=449, p=<0.01) 
and was also the journal with the lowest levels of implementation (section 4.3.1).
Levels of dissemination were similar regardless of author capacity (fig. 19 (a)), but levels of 
uptake when findings were not further disseminated (fig. 19 (b)) suggest that further 
dissemination of findings is not as important to those with NGO/Govt affiliations, likely 
because those involved in the research have the capacity to influence conservation practice. 

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