Preprints, peer-reviewed papers, commentaries & reports 2025–2026

2026
Aitchison RM, Vanderwright WJ, Matsushiba JH, Dulvy NK. Submitted. From wings to tails: the aspect ratio of propulsive surfaces as a general proxy for vertebrate dispersal potential. Royal Society Open Science.

Akçakaya HR, Milner-Gulland E, Hoffmann M, Regan HM, Naujokaitis-Lewis I, Punt AE, Gaston KJ, Keith DA, Butchart SH, Stuart SN, Collar NJ, Di Marco M, Bohm M, Berryman AJ, Mallon DP, Hochkirch A, Dulvy NK, Rivers M, Brooks TM, Westrip JR, Rodríguez JP, Hilton-Taylor C, Scott JA, Tarr S, Ledger SH, Linardich C. 2026. Three decades of classifying threatened species: lessons learned from and about the IUCN Red List criteria for quantifying extinction risk. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 293:20260316.

Barrowclift E, Bigman JS, Digel ED, Berggren P, Dulvy NK. 2026. Offspring size resolves a latitudinal population growth rate paradox in rays and skates. Fish and Fisheries 27:927–941.

Cabanillas-Torpoco M, Forsberg K, Dulvy NK, Thykjaer VS, Charvet5 P. 2026. The forgotten international trade of sawfish rostral teeth in Latin America. Conservation Letters. 19:e70053.

Dulvy NK, Aitcheson RM, Arnold AE, Booth H, Charvet P, Finucci B, Fordham SV, Matsushiba JH, Mull CG, Pacoureau N, Rigby CL, Seidu I, Sherman CS, VanderWright WJ, Simpfendorfer CA. 2026. Bending back the curve of shark and ray biodiversity loss. Nature Reviews Biodiversity.  2:92–115. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44358-025-00120-2 Or email me for pdf "dulvy at sfu.ca"

Finucci B, Rigby CL, Dulvy NK, Cavanagh RD, Fowler S, Harrison LR, Lawson JM, Pollom R, Simpfendorfer CA, Walls RHL, Jabado RW. 2026. Insights from three decades of IUCN Red List assessments catalyzing shark, ray, and chimaera conservation. Conservation Biology.


2025

Judah AB, Mull CG, Dulvy NK, Finucci B, Assad VE, Drazen JC. 2025. Deep-sea mining risks for sharks, rays, and chimaeras. Current Biology 35:1–10. 

Horswill, C., Kindsvater, H.K., Dulvy, N.K., Mull, C.G., Judah, A., D’Aberto, B.M., Matthiopoulos, J. and Mangel, M. (2025) Imputation of fisheries reference points for endangered data-poor fishes, with application to rhino rays. Fish and Fisheries. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.70003

Temple, A., Cochran, J., Pirog, A., Dulvy, N., Cortes, E., Weigmann, S., Booth, H., Wheeler, C., Finucci, B., Haque, A., Heithaus, M., Seidu, I., Rummer, J. and Berumen, M. (2025) Opportunities to enhance conservation success for sharks. NPJ Ocean Sustainability 4, 24

Ospina-Alvarez, A., de Silva, J., Carceres, C., Sumaila, U.R., Sant, G., Dulvy, N.K., Simpfendorfer, C.A., Garcia, R., Niedermüller, S. and Villasante, S. (2025) Ocean leadership: European Union influence on the global shark meat trade. Marine Policy 177, 106659. PDF

Nakhostin, M. and Dulvy, N.K. (2025) Spatial scale and conservation options for carpet sharks. Biological Conservation 308, 111211.